We ditched fancy Friday dinners for murder mystery nights and Sunday breakfasts. We've cut dining out expenses by over half and have more fun together.

Vaishali Gauba with her husband.

Courtesy of Vaishali Gauba

• We used to go out every Friday for drinks and carb-heavy meals, but it was costing us.
• We replaced Friday date nights with Sunday brunches and find it more relaxing and save money.
• We've also come up with more creative ways to spend our Friday nights now.

Until late last year, I would start feeling an itch on Friday evenings.

As a 30-year-old, living in a buzzing city like Toronto and running my business from home...