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Needed a new belt for a job interview. Got one from Banana Republic, put masking tape over the price tags, got the job, then returned it today. $60 saved. Old ratty belt still works just fine 
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That kind of sounds like the dark side of frugality.
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Apr 5, 2014 02:39
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Ethanfr0me posted:Needed a new belt for a job interview. Got one from Banana Republic, put masking tape over the price tags, got the job, then returned it today. $60 saved. Old ratty belt still works just fine You should have kept that belt 
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Apr 5, 2014 02:43
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Lots of leather belts at Goodwill that look newish enough. Actually just went to Goodwill today and splurged $7 on a few glass bowls. Spent the afternoon making some super cute succulent terrariums with my mom. My bonsai friend said that she'll help me make succelent centerpieces for my wedding this fall in big champagne glasses, so I'm excited for that! Maybe I can even make a succulent bouquet... no cacti of course, or the bouquet toss would be dangerous  Also got a HUGE aquarium for free from a neighbor...looking forward to spending approximately a million dollars fixing that up, but ZOMG aquarium!!
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Apr 5, 2014 03:11
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Ethanfr0me posted:Needed a new belt for a job interview. Got one from Banana Republic, put masking tape over the price tags, got the job, then returned it today. $60 saved. Old ratty belt still works just fine  What other tricks do you have?
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Apr 5, 2014 03:11
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Cicero posted:That kind of sounds like the dark side of frugality.  don't get me started, frugality definitely has a dark side and I embraced it fully for a long time. Now that my situation is better I don't do things like that anymore. I try to make up for it now by being more charitable and helping others but I totally get why some people do it.
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Apr 5, 2014 03:38
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What do you think of never buying trash bags? My wife and I never do. We just use plastic bags from the supermarket. We usually get our groceries double-bagged. There are times when a giant bag would be preferable to 8 smaller ones.. but not enough to actually waste our money on them.
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Apr 5, 2014 03:54
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Cicero posted:That kind of sounds like the dark side of frugality. My grandmother's friend used to buy dresses, wear them to parties, then return them the next day
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Apr 5, 2014 03:59
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edit: nm I really shouldn't get started. Juanito posted:What do you think of never buying trash bags? My wife and I never do. We just use plastic bags from the supermarket. We usually get our groceries double-bagged. Grocery bags are used for most of our garbage. We have a bunch of little trash cans in the rooms we use the most so grocery bags work perfectly. I think we've used store bought trash bags more for storage than we have for actual garbage. moana posted:Lots of leather belts at Goodwill that look newish enough. I'm not sure if these are everywhere but in my city there are goodwill outlets that literally sell clothes by the pound. They don't bother to sort them or anything, most of the clothes my wife finds there still have tags on them from places like Banana Republic, Aeropostle, The Gap, Victoria's Secret, etc. Sephiroth_IRA fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Apr 5, 2014 04:04
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:I'm not sure if these are everywhere but in my city there are goodwill outlets that literally sell clothes by the pound. They don't bother to sort them or anything, most of the clothes my wife finds there still have tags on them from places like Banana Republic, Aeropostle, The Gap, Victoria's Secret, etc. Bring a pair of disposable gloves when sorting through the "clothing by the pound". Trust me, all it takes is one experience to convince you 
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Apr 5, 2014 04:38
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I sometimes visit Chinese textile workshops and let me tell you that a lot of times brands are over rated. The same product line can be diversified into different clients. Bras from Mark's and Spencer are the same as Wal-Mart and Victoria's secret. Same product line, different price tags. Granted, there are quality differences but it's really minute. It's either just a heavier cotton or special color dye. Sure a 140 gram t shirt is a lot crappier than 160 gram. But a 160gram is not much crappier than 180gram.
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Apr 5, 2014 04:38
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canyoneer posted:Bring a pair of disposable gloves when sorting through the "clothing by the pound". Trust me, all it takes is one experience to convince you Yeah, I haven't been myself but I just told my wife to do this next time she goes. edit: I went to Target the other day and accidentally used my American Express Rewards Card instead of my target card.  "Oh crap, I meant to use my target card" "Oh, don't worry you can just go to customer service and they'll fix that for you." "Oh... ok." "Customer service how may I help you?" "uh yeah, I forgot to use my redcard, here's my receipt." "OK sir, just a second. Ok here's $5 cash." Sephiroth_IRA fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Apr 5, 2014 04:44
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Juanito posted:What do you think of never buying trash bags? My wife and I never do. We just use plastic bags from the supermarket. We usually get our groceries double-bagged. I bought a seven dollar box of garbage bags from Costco. It lasted eighteen months. I'm ok with that. Edit: also, who still uses plastic grocery bags? You monster! tuyop fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Apr 5, 2014 |
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Apr 5, 2014 06:00
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Juanito posted:What do you think of never buying trash bags? My wife and I never do. We just use plastic bags from the supermarket. We usually get our groceries double-bagged. At $0.10 a plastic grocery bag here that will get expensive. Cloth bags are where it is at. Save the environment for there kids man.
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Apr 5, 2014 06:35
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All my basil from seeds died. I gave up and went to home depot and bought a 2 dollar plant of basil that has 5 stems in it. gently caress GROWING BASIL FROM SEEDS. Everything else though is going gangbusters, especially my herbs I'm growing at work!
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Apr 6, 2014 20:49
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Veskit posted:All my basil from seeds died. I gave up and went to home depot and bought a 2 dollar plant of basil that has 5 stems in it. gently caress GROWING BASIL FROM SEEDS.
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Apr 6, 2014 21:06
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I just went out to an enormous birthday dinner, where the bill was divided between about 16 of us. People started shuffling around for cash and their credit cards so I asked if I could just pay with my CC and get everybody to venmo their share my way. Nobody flaked on their tab, and I just picked up 1,200 airline miles. 
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Apr 6, 2014 21:28
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It's your god drat fault for making it sound so easy!
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Apr 6, 2014 21:38
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I've managed to get my previously several times a week lunches out at work down to at most once a week. Feels nice taking a little control, since I'm not sure where else to do so. Resist buying things, dumped Netflix and barely-played-WoW a little while back. A fair bit in the green monthly, inching closer toward 10k in savings. (And I'd already be there if not for some harsh car issues in the last few months. Makes me wonder if I could make the 14 mile trip to/from work on a bike ...) Still trying to figure out if/when to increase student loan payments. While I'm sure there are more corners I could cut, the biggest problem right now definitely seems to be the income! No idea where to go with that yet. Still, managing at least one step feels good! 
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Today, I decided not to buy a house. I know that doesn't sound like a big deal, but it was a pretty tough decision for me. Now I just need to stop spending so much money on dates...
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Apr 7, 2014 17:39
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Not a Children posted:Today, I decided not to buy a house. Uhhhh, was it in the works to buy it and then you decided not to, or did you finally mentally decide buying a house is a bad idea?
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Apr 7, 2014 17:45
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Veskit posted:Uhhhh, was it in the works to buy it and then you decided not to, or did you finally mentally decide buying a house is a bad idea? I've been looking at houses to buy, as in talking to realtors, viewing the properties, and making very serious budget plans. Today I just realized that I'm not doing it for any good reason other than "my roommate can pay my mortgage." I really don't want to blow my savings to tie myself to this area. Maybe I'll feel more comfortable with it next year, when I have a little more perspective and a lot more money.
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Apr 7, 2014 18:31
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Not a Children posted:making very serious budget plans. Does that mean you are current with budget? Because if you don't have a budget right now then I would suggest doing that instead of worrying about houses so you can gain SOMETHING from this venture.
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Apr 7, 2014 18:34
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Ethanfr0me posted:Needed a new belt for a job interview. Got one from Banana Republic, put masking tape over the price tags, got the job, then returned it today. $60 saved. Old ratty belt still works just fine Any time I need accessories like belts, ties, socks and even wallets or sunglasses I check Marshall's first. Designer ties for like $10-12, compared to almost $50 at Macy's.
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Veskit posted:Does that mean you are current with budget? Because if you don't have a budget right now then I would suggest doing that instead of worrying about houses so you can gain SOMETHING from this venture. Haha, yeah, I've been budgeting my needs ever since I got out into the big bad world. I could certainly do better -- I don't have the whole job-for-every-dollar thing going on, but I'm definitely paying this month's bills with last months's money. Right now there's a lot sitting in a savings account because I was keeping a down payment in mind, but now I can put a decent chunk of that money to work.
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Is your roth IRA maxed out? Cause if so you can put 5500 to work like, now. Cause it has to be done pretty much this loving second
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Veskit posted:Is your roth IRA maxed out? Cause if so you can put 5500 to work like, now. Cause it has to be done pretty much this loving second Haha, yep. Topped my 2013 total off last week. I swear I'm not as bad at this as I could be!
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gently caress it, go on vacation. Buy a hooker. Or buy a house. Whatever at that point. I mean if you're set up to max out your roth/401k, and you have savings for a house why not spend some money on poo poo you like?
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Apr 7, 2014 20:57
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Veskit posted:gently caress it, go on vacation. Buy a hooker. Or buy a house. Whatever at that point. I mean if you're set up to max out your roth/401k, and you have savings for a house why not spend some money on poo poo you like? That's exactly how and why I'm going to Denmark next month. Now I guess I've got a bit more fun money to use while I'm dicking around Scandanavia.
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Ate leftover pizza with my wife today. The only thing I bought was a soda that we split because I wanted to sit inside a restaurant instead of in the car. I think next time I'll go some place with a dollar menu and get free water because that small soda cost $1.50
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Apr 8, 2014 00:13
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The wife and kid are out of town for 5 days. I'm gonna do my best not to destroy this month's beer budget.
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Apr 8, 2014 01:13
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Leroy Diplowski posted:The wife and kid are out of town for 5 days. I'm gonna do my best not to destroy this month's beer budget. Buy your own brewing kit and start making your own beer. Sell to your neighbours!
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Someone needs to have an avatar that directly links people to the budget thread. This subforum needs a hero. A Shine if you will to bring financial responsibility to our lives. There's already enough villains. I would say budget logs are equally if not more important than workout logs
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Veskit posted:Someone needs to have an avatar that directly links people to the budget thread. This subforum needs a hero. A Shine if you will to bring financial responsibility to our lives. There's already enough villains. I would say budget logs are equally if not more important than workout logs Mine works sometimes when people ask me about BASIL, but yeah. We need a champion.
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tuyop posted:Mine works sometimes when people ask me about BASIL, but yeah. We need a champion. Dude, I think you're the BFC champion.
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Apr 8, 2014 04:24
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It's between Tyuop and Cornholio right? Are there any other major success stories?
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Apr 8, 2014 04:29
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Veskit posted:It's between Tyuop and Cornholio right? Are there any other major success stories? Let's hope Zaurg completes the trilogy and redeems himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27RVJJfny4I
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Bloody Queef posted:Dude, I think you're the BFC champion. Nah, everyone hates me. They'd be like, man if the choice is between unhealthy finances and becoming like this loving guy, I'll take my 600/month coffee habit!
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tuyop posted:Nah, everyone hates me. They'd be like, man if the choice is between unhealthy finances and becoming like this loving guy, I'll take my 600/month coffee habit! The champion is not the hero we want, he's the hero we
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tuyop posted:Nah, everyone hates me. They'd be like, man if the choice is between unhealthy finances and becoming like this loving guy, I'll take my 600/month coffee habit! Step one is getting your thread goldmined. Has there been any word on that?
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