sept 26-28 2008

LOTS of clever tricks this past weekend!!

• art after dark. We have a family pass to the honolulu academy of arts ($95/year) which lets us into this $10 per person event every month! (students are only $20/year). This month was "the British are coming," and we enjoyed the music (band playing 60s music and another group performing the bagpipes), the art (of course!), and the bentleys (ok, who is willing to pay a quarter of a million for those things!?). fun times.
• window shopping. it's free air-conditioning! and sometimes, when you're really lucky, you stumble upon some really great sales (not so free...but i used gift cards!).
• Museum day. yes, i'm sorry i didn't update this earlier, but we were able to print out admission cards permitting us to visit the bishop museum and queen emma summer palace for free! fun, educational, interesting events all on one special day! if you missed it, it's something cool to look forward to next september, i suppose!
• hiking. yep, we did the koko head stairs again. hooray!! (i was actually in a LOT better shape this time...not saying much, but still...) it was an intense workout and a fun, FREE way to spend time with a great friend.
• cooking at home. so the $4 bag of whole wheat flour wasn't too fun to buy last weekend, but since then, we've enjoyed some pretty tasty and healthy pizzas! cooking at home is a great way to relieve stress, feel productive, eat healthy, and save money. even if some of the ingredients are pricey, it's good to know that i'm still saving lots of money by making my own food. :)