Comments on: Halloween Is Expensive – Trip To The Farm Left My Pockets Empty! http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/ Coupons, Frugal Living Tips, and Personal Finance Tips to Make Life A Little Easier Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kyle http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Kyle Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:58:01 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/#comment-461 We live in Redding, CA, couple hours north of Sacramento. I like the idea of the pay as you go farm, would have saved us money! The 'spectator' fee for my wife and I is what bothered me the most and will keep us from coming back next year. There are a couple other similar farms we will look into instead. We live in Redding, CA, couple hours north of Sacramento. I like the idea of the pay as you go farm, would have saved us money! The ‘spectator’ fee for my wife and I is what bothered me the most and will keep us from coming back next year. There are a couple other similar farms we will look into instead.

]]> By: Lynnae @ Being Frugal http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Lynnae @ Being Frugal Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:43:06 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/#comment-460 Good grief! Where do you guys live? I don't think our pumpkin patch is that expensive! Actually our pumpkin patch sells tickets to individual events...corn maze, pony rides, face painting....and then offers some free activities as well. We just set a dollar limit, and then ask the kids to prioritize their activities and let them do their top picks, as well as all the free stuff. Good grief! Where do you guys live? I don’t think our pumpkin patch is that expensive! Actually our pumpkin patch sells tickets to individual events…corn maze, pony rides, face painting….and then offers some free activities as well.

We just set a dollar limit, and then ask the kids to prioritize their activities and let them do their top picks, as well as all the free stuff.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Kyle Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:29:15 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/#comment-459 Not a bad idea, I live on 3 acres, I could have a big ol' corn maze next year and charge all the neighbor kids to get in!! Not a bad idea, I live on 3 acres, I could have a big ol’ corn maze next year and charge all the neighbor kids to get in!!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Jennifer Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:22:53 +0000 http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/blog/2007/10/23/halloween-is-expensive/#comment-458 Annoying. I think I would have said, "OK kids go on in. We will wait for you out here..." and then to the bouncer, "Have fun...mwahahahaha." I'm sure they'd like to see what my 3 year old would do to that place without supervision, but it's not really worth $7.25 to me, as it happens to my house on a daily basis. I want to take my kids to a corn maze, but its $10 a person (no pumpkin patch or porta potties) and I'm not paying $40 when I could grow my own corn maze for about that much moola. Annoying. I think I would have said, “OK kids go on in. We will wait for you out here…” and then to the bouncer, “Have fun…mwahahahaha.” I’m sure they’d like to see what my 3 year old would do to that place without supervision, but it’s not really worth $7.25 to me, as it happens to my house on a daily basis.

I want to take my kids to a corn maze, but its $10 a person (no pumpkin patch or porta potties) and I’m not paying $40 when I could grow my own corn maze for about that much moola.

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