Spending less than you make is a big part of being frugal. Now some people will say you should never dine out but I personally don’t believe in that. In our budget there is money set aside for dining out because some times we don’t have time to cook and other times we just don’t want to cook. Once in a while that dining out budget goes towards the McDonald’s Big Mac. The Big Mac has been the signature sandwich at McDonalds for over 50 41 years. I love it and so do a lot of other people.
For the last 3 months I’ve been taking an alternate path to getting that great taste. I order a double cheeseburger and ask that they “dress it like a Mac”. The only difference, other than the price, is you get an extra slice of cheese and you don’t get the middle slice of bread (word on the street is they put that in if you ask for it). A Big Mac costs in the range of about $3.50 while the double cheeseburger costs $1.39 and an extra $0.30 for dressing it like a Mac. My fiancé and I order 2 double cheeseburgers like a Mac and 2 medium fries for $7.64. Even with coupons we were hard pressed to find a deal just as good.
Good luck and enjoy but be warned, the first week we did this we had Mcdonalds three times because now it was not only convenient but it was even cheaper.
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