Mini Vacation on a Mini budget

The stress is really getting bad, as you know I lost 10% of my salary almost 2 years ago and bonuses have been non-existant (here that wallstreet? if the company doesn't do good the execs get no bonus!!)

So we haven't had a decent vacation in over a year, so we are doing a Mini Vacation to Temecula - Wine Tasting Area.

This way we could do a short drive (1hr) and only spend 1 night at a hotel but do everything at a leisurly pace, no rushing!!

First thing - we went to priceline and got a hotel for $80 a night, usual price $109, AAA rate $98 - since I have an AAA card I will say my saving are $18. Plus this hotel has a Free Breakfast included - savings between $5-$7 dollars and FREE WiFi another $12 savings. So in total we saved about $35 with the hotel.

I went on line and printed out a lot of (2 for the price of 1) wine tastings and % off lunches. We went to 3 wine tastings and we save $10, $10, & $12 for a total of $32.00.

We saved at least $67 on our mini vacation - but getting away from it all (work, kids, housework, animals) and having some private time together, PRICELESS!