Bingo!

Continuing the theme of fun, free and frugal, I went and played bingo with the SIL today. She paid, so of course she would have reaped the winnings (unfortunately neither of us won) but it was fun and exciting, it was free for me, and it was a frugal way to spend an hour!

Bingo!

We have guests this week and they wanted to play bingo so off to bingo we went!  For us it is an inexpensive form of entertainment ($7 each to play, offset by two free drinks each) which we play occasionally but just for fun because winning is literally luck (unlike poker where winning has at least a little something to do with skill).  We didn't win but we had fun anyway!

Cheap Entertainment

We didn't have a plan today and we didn't want to spend much money so we did two interesting things for our entertainment today...

The first was buying a bottle of sarsaparilla, a beverage I'd never tried before.  I saw it at the grocery store and thought it would be interesting to give it a try.  It was just OK.  It it similar to root beer (I had to look up the difference--sarsaparilla is made with sarsaparilla root only and root beer is made with sarsaparilla root and other things).  I like root beer better.

The second was going to a marijuana dispensary.  Both hubby and I haven't seen marijuana since the 1970s and we happened to be shopping in the same complex as a marijuana dispensary (marijuana is legal in Nevada) so we went in to take a look.  Hubby was weirded out that something that had been illegal his entire life was now on display in sales racks.  Some of his (elderly) friends recommended CBD oil (it's derived from marijuana but doesn't make you high) for his back pain.  We took a look around, everything seemed very expensive, and we ended up not buying anything.  It was an interesting experience though.

I Love the Free Seasonal Entertainment in Las Vegas

Now that we have lived in Las Vegas for nearly two years, we have got the hang of the "seasons" around here.  The seasons actually have nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with what kind of entertainment is going on.  This week means late fall/early winter because it is National Finals Rodeo week.  Here's a couple of pictures from the team roping event we went to today (some of the events are free to the public which is great for our budget!)...

Other seasons around here include spring (NASCAR week in March), summer (the World Series of Poker), and later summer (Electric Daisy Carnival).