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Day 1673 – Late Night Date Night – At Where It All Began

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Since I’ve known Bret, he’s always been pretty frugal. Being married to this great guy has helped me to be pretty frugal too. I may have mentioned that we both went like 5 years without buying new jeans. This has helped us to pay off a huge amount of debt and live within our means. I am SO thankful for this side of us. I pray that when we do have more money, we’ll keep this frugal attitude (How To Be Rich has been VERY helpful in preparing me for that).

That being said, he does love to spoil me. Now that there is a bit more breathing room in our budget, we’ve been able to go out to eat a time or two more than normal. We’ve also had a few gift cards/coupons to help with that. (Sidenote: gift cards really are a GREAT gift! They have allowed us to get to the movies and dinners we would never have gone to!) Sometimes, if I’d like to go out, I make jokes/comments…really not expecting for him to say yes. Last night while driving home late, I made a comment about going to TGIFridays…since it is almost our 7 years knowing each other anniversary….and we met at TGIFridays…specifically the one I was suggesting.

Well, he said yes! 🙂 I mentioned that he wouldn’t have to do anything for our 7 year anniversary now….but….I think we’ll still do something. 🙂

We each had a drink and an entree (thanks to a coupon!) So much fun!

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Day 1653 – The Best Mexican Restaurant In Tulare, California

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On the way to our new years eve celebration at Bret’s cousin’s, we stopped for a beer.

I tried to find a place and where we arrived…it wasn’t a restaurant….or anything. So, we kept driving and found a little place called Alejandra’s Mexican Restaurant in Tulare, California.

We sat down, ordered our beers and started chatting. A little while later, we started chatting with our waitress. Come to find out it was the end of her shift on a day off. She came in to just help out. We then talked about life, money and work for about 15 minutes. What was really awesome about this was that the manager/owner came by to give us more salsa and chips and just to check on us a few times. He never “gave her a talking to.” This was really refreshing to see! Granted, she was technically “off.” But I know other managers would have looked down on this. I felt like I was hanging out with a friend and it was a very friendly environment. It was also really cool to see the manager/owner helping out. That speaks VOLUMES to Bret and I. I know we’ll be stopping by the next time we’re in town visiting Bret’s family. 🙂

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Day 1649 – Traveling From California To Texas

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What a fun drive from California to Texas we had! We planned on taking our time driving home this year and visiting a few clients. We also wanted to actually SEE some of the awesome places we’ve driven past/near a bunch of times.

One thing we did was stop at an Applebee’s for a late night beer. We made it JUST in time for last call!

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Very funny story to share at this point…

We sat down and didn’t really look around too much when we first got there since we were rushing to get our drink orders in. But a little later, I looked up and noticed that I was sitting under the Baltimore Raven’s banner! There were football teams all around the bar. And Bret sat under the Oakland Raiders! (That’s his team by the way….even though he’s almost won over to Baltimore). It was too funny.

Oh, and look at this, we actually took a picture together! 🙂

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Day 1644 – Dickey’s Barbeque Pit In Hanford, California

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One of the days of our visit, I had to kill some time because Bret had something to do. I ended up hanging out with our friend Crystal. She took me to this AMAZING BBQ place in town! I think the best part for me was the marketing on the cup!

Here’s what it said!

“I really love adventures. I’m a super great travel buddy! Let’s face it, you can always pick me out of a crowd. So…where are we going?”

Genius!

Oh and it was delicious too! (The BBQ, not the cup…)

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Day 1643 – Duck Commander Wine – Miss Priss

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A few days back, I grabbed a bottle of the Duck Commander Wine, Miss Priss. I won’t lie, I didn’t have super high expectations. But as soon as Bret and I took a sip, that wine was pretty much gone! Oh man! Soooooo delicious!

The best part? We drank it straight from the bottle. 🙂

Second best part? It was only 9 bucks!

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