Eating out on a budget

As we tighten our budget, I’m always looking for ways to spend less. Most of our budget refinements have been cutting things out, not driving as much, or buying less “things.” However, I just found this great site that allows us to still splurge on a dinner out every once in awhile! You can buy gift certificates to local restaurants (no chains) for a discount – for example, a $25 GC for $10 or a $10 GC for $3! Looks like the only catch is most of them have a minimum you have to spend in food purchases and some limit the nights of the week you can use the GC. I found a $25 gift certificate to Wine Knot in Kenosha for $10 and can be used any night of the week.

http://www.restaurant.com/index.asp?pgn=home