Reply #22: Eating out

[prolesunited]

is packing a picnic. :-)

And our trips we're all camping within a three to four-hour drive. Truth be told, I rather enjoyed it.

We were supposed to go to this fancy-schmanzy dinner with some more well-off friends and the last one turned into a fiasco when it came to pay the bill and we refused to put in for the drinks and appetizers we didn't have cause we were watching our spending. Anyway, we decided to go camping instead. I treated us to a nice bottle of port and some good chocolates. We sat under the stars and talking by the campfire and really had the best time.

We were working on voluntary simplicity anyway before it became more of a necessity and I can't say I've missed a whole lot. We're sticking to it when the job situation improves and just getting our house paid off so we can explore the world. Who needs an SUV and a McMansion?