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Your Favorite Spring & Summer Frugal Joys

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Your Favorite Spring & Summer Frugal Joys

Frugal joys are free or inexpensive things and experiences that make us happy. The best part about them is that we can add more of them to our lives without increasing our expenses. We can also use them to replace more expensive things to reduce our spending (without losing the joy in our lives). 

Spring and summer are my favorite frugal joy seasons because there are so many great options when the weather is warm.

I polled you, the Fiscal Femme community, to come up with a list of the best warm weather frugal joys and you all delivered!

Your Favorite SPRIG & Summer Frugal Joys

Without further ado, here are your favorite spring and summer frugal joys.

  • Admiring nature / photographing nature

  • Baseball game (pack snacks and get the cheap seats)

  • Beach time (go early or late when parking is free)

  • Explore like a tourist in your own neighborhood

  • Bike rides

  • Bonfires in the backyard

  • Bowling (kids bowl free)

  • Camping trips

  • City attractions like the botanical gardens or museums that are free for residents

  • Family hangout time 

  • Fancy ice cubes

  • Free concerts 

  • Free days at the local museum

  • Gardening

  • Grab a library book and read outside

  • Hammock on the porch

  • Happy hours

  • Hiking (check out state parks)

  • Ice cream

  • Library programs and events

  • Local farmers' market

  • Making iced coffee with coffee ice cubes (ideally drink it while sitting in the sun)

  • Movie night - outside or on the beach

  • Park play dates

  • Picking berries

  • Picnics at the park (or anywhere)

  • Playing catch

  • Popsicles (buying or making)

  • Puzzling with the fam

  • Reading a book in the sun (patio, park, wherever!)

  • Repurposing things for home

  • Running through water / visiting splash pads

  • Sitting in the sunshine at the park

  • Slurpees ($1 treat on a hot day)

  • Spending time in the woods

  • Stargazing

  • Sunsets

  • Tennis or pickleball at public parks

  • Walking around somewhere fun or new

  • Walking with friends or the fam

  • Watching birds at the feeder

  • Yoga at the beach or park

If you are looking to increase the joy in your life (who isn’t?!), test out one or more of these frugal joys each week and see how it goes! I’d love to hear about it. Send me a note and let me know.