To Cable or Not to Cable???

Yesterday I received an email from Shaw. They are offering basic cable for new subscribers for $9.95/month for 6 months. We do not have cable. The reasons are 1)We just can't justify the extra payment of $32.95 - $50.00/ month. Our monthly entertainment budget is $50/month. 2)We don't watch that much TV and don't really want to. But, having said that, when we were in AB we could get 3-4 channels on what we lovingly called "peasant vision"(rabbit ears). These were the channels that most shows aired on anyway. When we moved to BC, almost 2 years ago, we found this wasn't possible. Shaw offered this same deal as a moving in deal. So, for the first time in years we had cable. We didn't find that we watched that much as we were busy fixing our new home and yard. After 6 months we shut it down. Since then we have followed our favorite shows on the Internet. This can be trying and requires patience, but it's really only American Idol that we follow as a family. (The library is an excellent source for all sorts of entertainment.) So, we talked as a family, to cable or not to cable? We know it would be for 6 months only and that money would come out of our entertainment budget. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there is a problem with someone allotting monies for cable if it part of their family's plan. The thing to remember is that it's not a necessity and so we must think it through before going forward. Is it the best value for our entertainment dollar? Is there something else we'd rather do? Will we stick with our commitment to shut it down after 6 months? Maybe it seems silly to spend all this time deliberating about a total of $60, but the small stuff can end up making or breaking the spending plan. We can nickel and dime ourselves out of our goals.