I am pretty cheap when it comes to spending money on things, but I don't mind when we spend money on memories and fun family days. I would rather spend money to take my kids to a movie or the zoo for the day then use that to buy me any clothes or all the fancy purses women just love. Not that I don't love them I just don't see the point. Things are just that, things. You can't take them with you, and they can't make you happy at the end of the day. The highlights of my day come from the smiles on my kids faces, the laughter we all have together, and just the thought that this could be something my kids will remember and tell their kids about some day. My greatest memories from when I was a kid had nothing to do with the toys I had or the coolest new electronic, they were about camping trips and fishing at the creek. They were car rides to my grandma's house where we climbed trees and had an Easter egg hunt every year. I remember going camping every summer and my dad skipping with us from the car to the grocery store just to make us laugh. Those are the memories I want our kids to have. Yes we still spoil our kids and they have more toys and video games then they'll ever need, but I know that every time we go to a movie, the park and play tag, or we go camping and cook smores over a fire these are the things that they are going to remember.