thrifty thursdays

so following in the great blogging footsteps of rocks in my dryer's "works for me wednesday"s, i am going to embark on my own blogging adventure called "thrifty thursdays."

here's the scoop. i'll share some of my favorite thrifty ideas, and you get to play along. add your thrifty tips in the comments section, and we'll all be able to save some cash.

i'll start it off with two--because i love both ideas and can't choose.

FREE ICE CREAM. now who doesn't love ice cream? and free ice cream is even better. well, brusters gives out free ice cream to all kids 40 inches or shorter (but i don't think they are that picky on the height thing. i went with a 5 year old that was well over that and she got free ice cream too.) each child gets either a cup or a cone, no purchase necessary. got to love that! they are training our kids to be addicted. smart move brusters. i've heard, but haven't tried, that you can ask for a kids cone for yourself and it is only $1. "yummy goodness," to quote my abs.

FREE MOVIES. much thanks to misty for passing this tip on at our annual girls' weekend. movie theaters around the country have free or $1 family oriented movies in the summer. theaters in atlanta that i know of, AMC has 10am movies on wednesday for $1 and a discount on popcorn and drinks. regal cinema has free movies on tuesdays and wednesdays at 10am.

what is your tip for thrifty thursday?