Do you sometimes get a craving to actually do something cultural, but don't really have a lot of money lying around? Would you like to impress that chick that makes your latte-with-extra-foam every morning, but don't really want to spend a lot of cash? Are you basically kind of a cheapskate like I am? This past Wednesday, I took a break from the daily grind to indulge in a lovely cultural lunch date. My BF picked me up from work and we drove over to the Milwaukee Art Museum for Free Day. Milwaukee residents save $12 on Wednesdays with a Milwaukee ID. In fact, the day before, Chris finally got his Milwaukee drivers license specifically to go to the Museum!
Zoos and Art, History, and Science Museums all over the country offer free days, afternoons, and evenings. These make for pretty awesome date days and nights...you know, a way to mix things up a little without spending a dime. A comprehensive list can be found here, but just for the fun of it, in case I have a random blog passer-by reading this particular post, here are just a smattering of Zoos and Museums offering a bucket of delicious freeness:
In addition to Art Wednesdays, here in Milwaukee, the Public Museum is free on Mondays for city residents. And the Milwaukee County Zoo offers Family Free Days throughout the year.
Chicago has loads of freeness, but the following are opportunities at the Biggies: The Art Institute of Chicago is free on Thursday from 5-8, and Museum of Contemporary Art is free for everyone on Tuesdays. The Museum of Science and Industry has a bunch of free days scattered through out the year (check here for deets.) Also offering various free days throughout the year is the Shed Aquarium. That place is amazing!!
New York City also has a bunch of free museums, but the popular ones have a unique "recommended" admission situation. For example, The Met has a recommended admission of $20, but you honestly can give them anything...or nothing! Same with the American Museum of Natural History...recommended admission of $16. The Bronx Zoo has a "Pay What You Wish" Wednesday deal. Other museums have "Pay What You Wish" opportunities--what I would call "Date Appetizers": From 4-8 on Fridays at the MOMA and from 5:45-7:45 on Saturdays at the Guggenheim. A pretty lovely way to gear up for a fabulous date night in the greatest city in the world, if I do say so myself!
This great land's other coast offers boatloads of freeness as well! The Museum of Contemporary Art in LA is free from 5-8 on Thursdays. And the LA Natural History Museum is free on the first Tuesday of every month. The Getty, one of the most visited museums in the US, is free to everyone!
While you have to pay a fee for the ferry, Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay is always free! Talk about romance!!
Seattle's very unique and incredible Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame offers free admission from 5-8 on the first Thursday of the month.
Free Love doesn't stop there! The Denver Zoo offers several free days scattered throughout the year. The Cleveland Museum of Art is free all day every day, except when it's closed on Mondays, but that's just fine because the Cleveland Zoo is free on Mondays with a Cuyahoga County and Hinckley Township ID.
Memphis's Rock n Soul Museum is free to Shelby County, TN residents on Tuesday from 2-7 with ID.
The Dallas Museum of Modern Art is free on the first Tuesday of every month. And the New Mexico Museum of Art is free on Fridays from 5-8.
Of course ALL Smithsonian Museums (as well as the Smithsonian Zoo) in D.C. are always free! As is the Alamo! Meanwhile, in 2009, the National Park Service offered free entry to Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and 144 other national parks during three weekends in the summer...the story came out last June, so hopefully they'll do the same thing this summer.
So yep, get the heck out there and explore your own city! Take a look at this list and see if there are any freebies in your area's delicious gooey cultural center. If anything, you'll save money to get extra tipsy on an additional martini afterward!
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Brown Baggin' It
Oh how I long for the warmer days. It's right about this time of year...the holidays--aka drunken distractions--are long over, and the lengthening daylight and clear blue skies tease us into thinking it's NOT barely 15 degrees outside...that I get a desperate itch for summer.
In all honesty, for many years I really liked winter, and I abhorred the summer. Summer is Wisconsin, is, er, was (I'll get into that in a sec) blazenly hot and sticky and gross, and I'm not a fan. "You can always put on more layers, but you can only take off so many," I used to claim to my friends who looked at me with absolute shock and pure disgust when I'd tell them Winter followed closely after Fall as my favorite season.
I'm done with that now. Perhaps it's my ripe old age of 30, but I just can't handle the winters like I used to (I recall wearing sandals to high school in January). Or maybe it's the cockamamied global warming the kids are talkin' about these days. Summers in Wisconsin are no longer that hot and sticky. Long gone are the 100+ degree heatwaves of my youth. Not to mention Wisconsin winters...for awhile, it would be rare to have a white Christmas and snow days were unheard of. This year has been relatively mild due to El Niñ-something. But the past few winters were most definitely full of city-crippling blizzards and sub zero temps. Long story short, I'm over it.
Now there's a Love on a Budget post in here somewhere, um, ah yes, summer. So late last summer, on a particularly comfortable evening, the BF and I took a walk around his neighborhood. We stopped at a liquor store and bought a couple of 16oz Sprecher beers, each placed into a concealing--yet obvious--brown paper bag. We cracked open those bad boys and continued our constitutional to the lakefront beach nearby and took in the sweet summer breezes and dazzling distant city lights. Now, clearly this may or may not be an illegal activity. Of course I didn't specify that it could or could not have been Sprecher's famous, and delicious, Root Beer. Either way, the activity was romantic, slightly adventurous (oh that zany root beer!), exercise, and--most importantly--cheap.
For many of us warm weather is insanely far away, and recalling this particularly lovely night just drives me even more Cabin Crazy than I already am. In the meantime, however, I guess I'll just uncork a bottle of delicious red wine (LOAB Holiday Gift #11: Alcohol of any kind, even cheap alcohol, makes a great birthday present), stream The Reader from the Roku, and enjoy the electric heat from our fake fireplace. Bottoms up Wisconsin Winter.
In all honesty, for many years I really liked winter, and I abhorred the summer. Summer is Wisconsin, is, er, was (I'll get into that in a sec) blazenly hot and sticky and gross, and I'm not a fan. "You can always put on more layers, but you can only take off so many," I used to claim to my friends who looked at me with absolute shock and pure disgust when I'd tell them Winter followed closely after Fall as my favorite season.
I'm done with that now. Perhaps it's my ripe old age of 30, but I just can't handle the winters like I used to (I recall wearing sandals to high school in January). Or maybe it's the cockamamied global warming the kids are talkin' about these days. Summers in Wisconsin are no longer that hot and sticky. Long gone are the 100+ degree heatwaves of my youth. Not to mention Wisconsin winters...for awhile, it would be rare to have a white Christmas and snow days were unheard of. This year has been relatively mild due to El Niñ-something. But the past few winters were most definitely full of city-crippling blizzards and sub zero temps. Long story short, I'm over it.
Now there's a Love on a Budget post in here somewhere, um, ah yes, summer. So late last summer, on a particularly comfortable evening, the BF and I took a walk around his neighborhood. We stopped at a liquor store and bought a couple of 16oz Sprecher beers, each placed into a concealing--yet obvious--brown paper bag. We cracked open those bad boys and continued our constitutional to the lakefront beach nearby and took in the sweet summer breezes and dazzling distant city lights. Now, clearly this may or may not be an illegal activity. Of course I didn't specify that it could or could not have been Sprecher's famous, and delicious, Root Beer. Either way, the activity was romantic, slightly adventurous (oh that zany root beer!), exercise, and--most importantly--cheap.
For many of us warm weather is insanely far away, and recalling this particularly lovely night just drives me even more Cabin Crazy than I already am. In the meantime, however, I guess I'll just uncork a bottle of delicious red wine (LOAB Holiday Gift #11: Alcohol of any kind, even cheap alcohol, makes a great birthday present), stream The Reader from the Roku, and enjoy the electric heat from our fake fireplace. Bottoms up Wisconsin Winter.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Holiday Gift #10: Thrift Store Finds
When you pay $2.50 for some hockey skates, it's going to be a great holiday. Way back in the day, my boyfriend played hockey for awhile, and was even drafted to the NHL although never officially played for the league before he called it quits to pursue "the arts." Meanwhile my stepdad got his stepdaughters totally obsessed with the sport back in the mid '90s. I still have binders full of hockey cards and an old Sabres jersey in my closet. No lie, I used to dream of meeting and marrying a hockey player. Obsessed I tell you. Well here I am dating an ex player and here in Milwaukee we have an official US Olympic training facility, the Pettit National Ice Center. It's a match made in heaven.
Well the magic doesn't stop there people. At the Pettit it costs $10 for public skating and that includes the $3 skate rental. Now this might not sound like all that much, but I'd love to go more often since it's fun, romantic, and a hell of a good workout for my ass. So right after Christmas, my boyfriend discovered that a local thrift store, Value Village, put out a bunch of used ice skates. He wanted to get me a pair for Christmas, but obviously a new pair is very much out of budget range. Well we scurried on over there and I found a pair of hockey skates that fit for $5! Oh it gets better! It was Half Off Wednesday, so a dull rusty pair of $2.50 Bauer Chargers were officially mine, thanks to my boyfriend and his sweet belated Christmas gift.
I'll probably revisit the awesomeness that is thrifting again and again in this blog because it's a fantastic resource for cheap gifts, and cheap fun altogether! My boyfriend is a huge Dokken fan, and last summer he took me to see them at the State Fair. (CLASSIC right?!) Well a few weeks prior we were on one of our thrifting adventures and I found his favorite Dokken album on vinyl and surprised him. You probably had to be there, but trust me it was pretty stellar.
Ok back to the skates. As I mentioned public skate with rental is $10, but now that I've got myself my own pair of skates, the cost comes down to $7 and I think I can handle that. Because sometimes you have to spend money to save money, right?
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So yeah! That will officially conclude my Ten Fabulous Holiday Gifts on a Budget. Coupon books, memory journals, and wallets full of goodies. Homemade planners, coasters, and cake cookies. Scavenger hunts, Blurb books, and enough decoupage that will get you high off the glue. I think the list provides a vast array of quality ideas that can be utilized throughout the year for really any occasion. So treat your husband, your girlfriend, your brother, and your best friend to some of your sweet creativity. PS my 30th birthday is on Wednesday. Just sayin'...
Well the magic doesn't stop there people. At the Pettit it costs $10 for public skating and that includes the $3 skate rental. Now this might not sound like all that much, but I'd love to go more often since it's fun, romantic, and a hell of a good workout for my ass. So right after Christmas, my boyfriend discovered that a local thrift store, Value Village, put out a bunch of used ice skates. He wanted to get me a pair for Christmas, but obviously a new pair is very much out of budget range. Well we scurried on over there and I found a pair of hockey skates that fit for $5! Oh it gets better! It was Half Off Wednesday, so a dull rusty pair of $2.50 Bauer Chargers were officially mine, thanks to my boyfriend and his sweet belated Christmas gift.
I'll probably revisit the awesomeness that is thrifting again and again in this blog because it's a fantastic resource for cheap gifts, and cheap fun altogether! My boyfriend is a huge Dokken fan, and last summer he took me to see them at the State Fair. (CLASSIC right?!) Well a few weeks prior we were on one of our thrifting adventures and I found his favorite Dokken album on vinyl and surprised him. You probably had to be there, but trust me it was pretty stellar.
Ok back to the skates. As I mentioned public skate with rental is $10, but now that I've got myself my own pair of skates, the cost comes down to $7 and I think I can handle that. Because sometimes you have to spend money to save money, right?
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So yeah! That will officially conclude my Ten Fabulous Holiday Gifts on a Budget. Coupon books, memory journals, and wallets full of goodies. Homemade planners, coasters, and cake cookies. Scavenger hunts, Blurb books, and enough decoupage that will get you high off the glue. I think the list provides a vast array of quality ideas that can be utilized throughout the year for really any occasion. So treat your husband, your girlfriend, your brother, and your best friend to some of your sweet creativity. PS my 30th birthday is on Wednesday. Just sayin'...
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Holiday Gift #9: Memory Journal
Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa semi-belatedly! And a fabulous New Years Eve to all! Yeah yeah, I wasn't able to squeeze in all ten gifts before the celebration of gift-giving officially ended, but in my eyes it's STILL the holidays and it's never to early to plan for next year!
And speaking of next year, here's a good idea: start a holiday journal! My mom started one a billion years ago (I kid, mom)...but really, it was before my time I think (thirty long long years ago). Anyway, each year she started with Thanksgiving and worked her way through the holidays, describing events, meals, Christmassy outings, gifts, etc.
But Katie, I'm like twenty years into my marriage, what's the point of keeping track now?
A holiday journal is a pretty snazzy thing to pass down from generation to generation, I say! Just think of the time capsule-esque capabilities! "Wow, look here, in Christmas of 1994, you got all sorts of Magic the Gathering stuff...where did all that end up?!" It's always fun to remember what kinds of gifts people asked for, what sorts of odd phases they were into over the years. It's also fun to look back and laugh about the things that went wrong! Like when the family hamster escaped into the crawl space and died, but no one noticed the smell until Christmas morning when dad forgot that he had hid mom's new blender in there.
But Katie, I don't want to stop at just a holiday journal! What more can I do?!
I'm glad you asked! This year my sister undertook QUITE the endeavor for one of her boyfriend's Christmas gifts. She kept a relationship journal all year long, documenting their dates and various day-to-day moments. They started dating in September of 2008, so the entirety of 2009 was the majority of their relationship. So basically a sort of Year One memory log. Indeed, as I said, quite the endeavor. But maybe kind of a fun idea for those of you who love to write. It doesn't even have to be an every day journal, but just important dates and memorable moments. Like when he surprised you with a love note on page 189 of the medical text book that put you guys in the poor house. Or when she decoupaged a nightstand with Hitchcock posters for your birthday. The receiver of this relationship journal will get to look back on all that fun stuff and ways in which he or she really made you happy. On the other hand, you could also use the journal to discuss times when perhaps you got into an argument over where to keep the paper towel roll, but you solved the issue in a loving and appropriate manner. When you write about problems, it provides a constructive place to hash them out and often gives you more incentive to solve them too. Obviously you may not want to bash your wife on paper and then give it to her on an anniversary, but if you're constructive and positive and discuss how you solved the issue in the aforementioned loving and appropriate manner, it'll be a great tool to use for the future. Orrrrr maybe it'll just rip open old wounds, I don't know, I'm not a psychologist. Just write some stuff down, be funny, be cool, be generous with your kind words, and be grateful for the great moments you share.
And speaking of next year, here's a good idea: start a holiday journal! My mom started one a billion years ago (I kid, mom)...but really, it was before my time I think (thirty long long years ago). Anyway, each year she started with Thanksgiving and worked her way through the holidays, describing events, meals, Christmassy outings, gifts, etc.
But Katie, I'm like twenty years into my marriage, what's the point of keeping track now?
A holiday journal is a pretty snazzy thing to pass down from generation to generation, I say! Just think of the time capsule-esque capabilities! "Wow, look here, in Christmas of 1994, you got all sorts of Magic the Gathering stuff...where did all that end up?!" It's always fun to remember what kinds of gifts people asked for, what sorts of odd phases they were into over the years. It's also fun to look back and laugh about the things that went wrong! Like when the family hamster escaped into the crawl space and died, but no one noticed the smell until Christmas morning when dad forgot that he had hid mom's new blender in there.
But Katie, I don't want to stop at just a holiday journal! What more can I do?!
I'm glad you asked! This year my sister undertook QUITE the endeavor for one of her boyfriend's Christmas gifts. She kept a relationship journal all year long, documenting their dates and various day-to-day moments. They started dating in September of 2008, so the entirety of 2009 was the majority of their relationship. So basically a sort of Year One memory log. Indeed, as I said, quite the endeavor. But maybe kind of a fun idea for those of you who love to write. It doesn't even have to be an every day journal, but just important dates and memorable moments. Like when he surprised you with a love note on page 189 of the medical text book that put you guys in the poor house. Or when she decoupaged a nightstand with Hitchcock posters for your birthday. The receiver of this relationship journal will get to look back on all that fun stuff and ways in which he or she really made you happy. On the other hand, you could also use the journal to discuss times when perhaps you got into an argument over where to keep the paper towel roll, but you solved the issue in a loving and appropriate manner. When you write about problems, it provides a constructive place to hash them out and often gives you more incentive to solve them too. Obviously you may not want to bash your wife on paper and then give it to her on an anniversary, but if you're constructive and positive and discuss how you solved the issue in the aforementioned loving and appropriate manner, it'll be a great tool to use for the future. Orrrrr maybe it'll just rip open old wounds, I don't know, I'm not a psychologist. Just write some stuff down, be funny, be cool, be generous with your kind words, and be grateful for the great moments you share.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Holiday Gift #7: Wallet Full of Goodies!
Completely disregarding your sense of morality, imagine finding--and keeping--an average person's lost wallet or pocketbook. Now imagine the contents of said wallet or pocketbook and what types of things might reside inside, things that would be fun to use. Gather all this information and turn it into the coolest gift ever!
Purchase a cheap wallet or pocketbook. Fill it with all kinds of gift cards and cash, maybe a receipt for a lovely Gap sweater that's hiding in the closet, anything papery and worth a little something. Done. While seemingly expensive, this gift doesn't have to be. Goodwill works well to locate the container of choice. And as for the gift cards, think about the aforementioned average person who has like $4.58 left on his Starbucks card. Or what about a restaurant.com certificate...$25 for only $2 on 80% off days! Perhaps your local city has cheap, or even pay-what-you-want shows. Here in Milwaukee, we have a couple venues that offer $10 tickets for up-and-coming bands and artists. (Be the coolest person on your block and Facebook about seeing the latest rad indie band that came into town.) You could throw in a check that hasn't been cashed that just so happens to be written out to the giftee from the gifter. Maybe toss in a couple sticks of gum.
This type of gift spans all kinds of relationships too. You could do something like this with a purse for a bachelorette gift (omg just think of the naughty possibilities), or even a baby shower gift (throw in a pacifier and some Ibuprofen). You could place the wallet on a park bench real quick before your husband passes by. If your wife gets off on shoplifting, perhaps you should place this the purse amongst the other purses at a nearby mall. All kinds of totally legal adventures await you with this fun holiday gift!
Purchase a cheap wallet or pocketbook. Fill it with all kinds of gift cards and cash, maybe a receipt for a lovely Gap sweater that's hiding in the closet, anything papery and worth a little something. Done. While seemingly expensive, this gift doesn't have to be. Goodwill works well to locate the container of choice. And as for the gift cards, think about the aforementioned average person who has like $4.58 left on his Starbucks card. Or what about a restaurant.com certificate...$25 for only $2 on 80% off days! Perhaps your local city has cheap, or even pay-what-you-want shows. Here in Milwaukee, we have a couple venues that offer $10 tickets for up-and-coming bands and artists. (Be the coolest person on your block and Facebook about seeing the latest rad indie band that came into town.) You could throw in a check that hasn't been cashed that just so happens to be written out to the giftee from the gifter. Maybe toss in a couple sticks of gum.
This type of gift spans all kinds of relationships too. You could do something like this with a purse for a bachelorette gift (omg just think of the naughty possibilities), or even a baby shower gift (throw in a pacifier and some Ibuprofen). You could place the wallet on a park bench real quick before your husband passes by. If your wife gets off on shoplifting, perhaps you should place this the purse amongst the other purses at a nearby mall. All kinds of totally legal adventures await you with this fun holiday gift!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Date night: great food, super cheap!
Three words: Restaurant dot com
And even better? This deal
Normally, Restaurant.com sells gift certificates for 60% off, so a $25 certificate will only cost you $10. A pretty good deal. But every once in awhile, Restaurant.com will have a mega sale. Countless times, I've purchased $25 gift certificates for $2. I've also purchased $10 gift certificates for 80¢. EIGHTY CENTS! There are some caveats, however, depending on the restaurant. For example, I had a $25 certificate to the fabulous Irish restaurant Brocach here in Milwaukee. At this particular place, you must spend $35 and none of the total can be alcohol. It's slightly more difficult than it sounds for two people to spend $35 solely on food, especially when it's a delicious, but filling feast of high-caloric mounds of Irish meat and potatoes. Apps and dessert? Do you want me to explode? In any case, I did end up throwing a dessert on the bill that I took home and never ate. Kinda defeating the purpose of saving money. Meanwhile, however, I used my $10 certificate at one of the tastiest, underrated diners in Milwaukee, Cafe at the Plaza, where you only have to spend $15 total. So two hot, mouthwatering, hangover-killing breakfasts with coffee and juice cost me a mere $5, plus the 80¢ certificate, plus tip*.
Restaurants.com is always adding new local restaurants to their roster, but the popular joints' certificates go really fast. For example, Izumi's--this awesome Milwaukee sushi place--NEVER seems to have certificates and it's getting pretty frustrating. Nevertheless, the whole set-up is pretty rad all around, and I highly recommend signing up. You'll receive emails that contain the discount code and remind you of the current deal. Today, for example, is the last day to get $25 certificates for $2 and the code is ENTREE.
So stop feeling guilty about going out for a nice romantic dinner date. The certificates make great holiday gifts too...why not surprise the annoyingly gooey PDA couple in your life!
*Remember to tip off the total bill pre-certificate! Servers might be worse off than you are and need that extra cash. Unless you're at one of those fancy places where you suddenly realize the baseball cap wasn't a wise ensemble choice. Then, perhaps, they're doing ok.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sit your ass down...
...And please enjoy the following entertainment. Despite the fact that it is a balmy 56 degrees here in Milwaukee, WI, winter is fast approaching. Yes it is. No, YES, I'm sorry to say, but it is. And now that we've come to terms with it, what better way to save a few bucks than to lock ourselves inside and get our Netflix on?!
Ah but Katie, I don't really feel like watching Atonement even though it's currently collecting dust on my coffee table. Katie, I'm too lazy and forgot to mail in the last disc of Sunny in Philadelphia Season 2.
Alright people, you need to hook yourself up with PS3 and start streaming your Netflix...I kid...But speaking of streaming, if you really only have like $75 to $100 to spare, why not try Roku? What in God's name is Roku?! Basically, you buy this magical black box for a hundred bucks, and you are whisked away to 50,000+ streaming movies and shows, instantly! PLUS you get access to streaming Netflix and Amazon movies/shows if you have an account with them. So yeah, it's your typical Movies/TV On Demand situation, and you are basically drowning in entertainment.
Wait yeah, I have that On Demand feature already, why am I getting this in ADDITION to cable??
Well here's where Love on a Budget comes into play.
Cancel your cable.
WHA?!?!
Cancel it. With the advent of digital television, you get a fab quality picture without cable. You will no longer be a slave to the television, and you'll save yourself like $50 a month at least.
But I love Top Chef and Mad Men.
And that's what Friends With Cable are for. Bring over a case of PBR and a Papa Murphy's pizza, and you've got yourself a night out!
But I can't NOT have DVR or Tivo.
Bah, everything's online. I even found a website that shows Canadian eps of SVU! Oh Canada indeed!
The reason why I'm a walking advertisement for products like Roku or streaming anything is that they allow you some breathing room in terms of time, mood, and laziness factor when it comes to your TV watching. No more red paper envelopes collecting dust on your coffee table. But even better, they allow you to snuggle up next to your warm buddy and take in a good show for next to nothing, wearing next to nothing if you are so inclined. Recently the BF and I have been hooked on Lost (fully clothed, mind you...and wrapped in blankets to save heating bill cash). I am a Lost junkie and have turned him over to my darkside. Season Six, the final *sniff* season ever, starts next year and I myself very much enjoy watching the show a second time around, from the beginning. I also very much enjoy seeing someone I love, love something I love! My point is, the streaming sitch works on so many freaking levels it's ridiculous. Redonkulous really.
This all sounds lovely, Katie, but I am seriously, really strapped for cash.
Ok ok. Some of us have tumbleweeds rolling around in our wallets, and if this is the case, your local library is the place to be and has nothing to do with streaming anything. I myself haven't owned a library card in decades though, so I cannot speak to the magic of our local library, but I promise to get one soon, and that will most assuredly be a blog post worthy of Love on a Budget.
Ah but Katie, I don't really feel like watching Atonement even though it's currently collecting dust on my coffee table. Katie, I'm too lazy and forgot to mail in the last disc of Sunny in Philadelphia Season 2.
Alright people, you need to hook yourself up with PS3 and start streaming your Netflix...I kid...But speaking of streaming, if you really only have like $75 to $100 to spare, why not try Roku? What in God's name is Roku?! Basically, you buy this magical black box for a hundred bucks, and you are whisked away to 50,000+ streaming movies and shows, instantly! PLUS you get access to streaming Netflix and Amazon movies/shows if you have an account with them. So yeah, it's your typical Movies/TV On Demand situation, and you are basically drowning in entertainment.
Wait yeah, I have that On Demand feature already, why am I getting this in ADDITION to cable??
Well here's where Love on a Budget comes into play.
Cancel your cable.
WHA?!?!
Cancel it. With the advent of digital television, you get a fab quality picture without cable. You will no longer be a slave to the television, and you'll save yourself like $50 a month at least.
But I love Top Chef and Mad Men.
And that's what Friends With Cable are for. Bring over a case of PBR and a Papa Murphy's pizza, and you've got yourself a night out!
But I can't NOT have DVR or Tivo.
Bah, everything's online. I even found a website that shows Canadian eps of SVU! Oh Canada indeed!
The reason why I'm a walking advertisement for products like Roku or streaming anything is that they allow you some breathing room in terms of time, mood, and laziness factor when it comes to your TV watching. No more red paper envelopes collecting dust on your coffee table. But even better, they allow you to snuggle up next to your warm buddy and take in a good show for next to nothing, wearing next to nothing if you are so inclined. Recently the BF and I have been hooked on Lost (fully clothed, mind you...and wrapped in blankets to save heating bill cash). I am a Lost junkie and have turned him over to my darkside. Season Six, the final *sniff* season ever, starts next year and I myself very much enjoy watching the show a second time around, from the beginning. I also very much enjoy seeing someone I love, love something I love! My point is, the streaming sitch works on so many freaking levels it's ridiculous. Redonkulous really.
This all sounds lovely, Katie, but I am seriously, really strapped for cash.
Ok ok. Some of us have tumbleweeds rolling around in our wallets, and if this is the case, your local library is the place to be and has nothing to do with streaming anything. I myself haven't owned a library card in decades though, so I cannot speak to the magic of our local library, but I promise to get one soon, and that will most assuredly be a blog post worthy of Love on a Budget.
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