Yesterday was a wedding of a good friend.

We gave pretty close to the minimum - $300

Today we went out for lunch with 2 friends visiting from florida - $120
We treated them, I wanted to thank him for doing me a favor a while back.

And today, we are going out to dinner for my MIL 60th birthday (she chose a very reasonable restaurant that she knows WE like, where for 3 of us it will be less than $100). I wonder if this is so that we don't have to spend much.

She also wants to buy herself hiking shoes (I want to buy them for her).

But these are things I am glad we are able to do. Activities with friends (good people that we like and respect, not just random hang-out buddies) are not among the things I want to cut. And I'm glad that minding our money enables us to do this.