Eating out on the cheap is really often overlooked. I eat out every single day and spend a maximum of $10 - most of the time even organic food. You just have to figure out when restaurants have happy hours, take out discounts, etc. With the right strategy eating out is much cheaper than doing it yourself. Even in a worst case scenario I would prefer much more writing a stupid online marketing article for one of the freelance sites and earn $5 for half an hour of work "work" than doing some cooking instead.
Can you explain this "happy hour" thing? I thought "happy hour" was when restaurants or bars set their drink prices lower so that people will get drunk ("happy"), and as such I always avoided them. Is there another kind of "happy hour" that enables you to eat cheaply?
Happy hour means if you buy a drink, you get cheap food. I don't go to places like that much, but if I do it means I can buy a Coke or whatever and get a $4 plate that would be $8 usually. It is intended for alcoholic drinks, but applies to other drinks as well where I've gone.
