... I'm not sure whether to feel amused or slightly sickened by how the couple in that article were treating thrifty eating as a novelty and being distraught by how a $7 bagel sandwich suddenly seemed too expensive. WELL DUH.
I dunno. I guess I'm so used to the concept of only buying store brands, buying the cheapest, etc... Unfortunately since I've always lived "out of the way" cheap, non-grotty vegetables have never really been available and asian grocery stores are not that prolific. >_> As for eating out... when you're poor it's a luxury, not a regular thing. When I was growing up going out to McDonald's was a big deal.
If those two had an Aldi nearby they probably could have eaten like kings, though. XD Aldi is probably what has helped keep my family from having to go on food stamps all these years.
Nope. I've been an apartment dweller for the past 5 years. Cheyenne doesn't even have a farmers market! :O
But seriously, my husband and I usually spend about 150 every two weeks on "groceries" - but that also includes non-food items like TP and toothpaste and stuff. We're normally only spending slightly (mabye $10 or so) more per week on food than the "food stamp budget" people. 0_o
I briefly considered saving the carcass to make stock, but decided that I didn't want to see what would happen to the webbed feet after a few hours on a low boil. I put it in the garbage.
What a waste of perfectly good bones.
I'm not always thrifty, but this article seems strangely unreal to me. 700 a month seems like a budget for a family of five or more, not a childless couple.
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I dunno. I guess I'm so used to the concept of only buying store brands, buying the cheapest, etc... Unfortunately since I've always lived "out of the way" cheap, non-grotty vegetables have never really been available and asian grocery stores are not that prolific. >_> As for eating out... when you're poor it's a luxury, not a regular thing. When I was growing up going out to McDonald's was a big deal.
If those two had an Aldi nearby they probably could have eaten like kings, though. XD Aldi is probably what has helped keep my family from having to go on food stamps all these years.
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Do you have a yard?
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But seriously, my husband and I usually spend about 150 every two weeks on "groceries" - but that also includes non-food items like TP and toothpaste and stuff. We're normally only spending slightly (mabye $10 or so) more per week on food than the "food stamp budget" people. 0_o
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What a waste of perfectly good bones.
I'm not always thrifty, but this article seems strangely unreal to me. 700 a month seems like a budget for a family of five or more, not a childless couple.
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