Mundane expenses

[anon_j_anon]

List ten things you wish you didn't have to buy on a regular basis

(eg gasoline, toilet paper, bread, cigarettes, lottery tickets, hyposprays)

Comments

[ariadnechan]

meds (i hate wasting so much money in making me staying alive!!!)
school thingies (pencils and blah)
taxi( it is expensive, but i must take my child to therapy)*sigh*
bread and pasta (b ut my faamily can live wiothout)
electricity and natural gas for the house heating(expensive and expensive
I say meds??
thingies for the mothly bood visit
school bus
washing machines, and everything who died on me this year!
house repairs

I say med yet?

[anon_j_anon]

agreed-- meds're definitely so freaking expensive. And taxis, like burning money.

How have things been for you, since the earthquake? Are you okay?

lo siento for my spanglish

[ariadnechan]

better than last year

Re: lo siento for my spanglish

[anon_j_anon]

<3

That's really all I can say. You're an amazing person to be dealing with all that AND still write fic AND be active in fandom AND write amazing K/S poetry. I hope things get better for you.

I'm okay. I'm settling. That's what it feels like right now. Preparing, in some sense. Reflecting.

[danahid]

1-5. Plane tickets! (this one feels like it deserves multiple slots on my ten-things list)
6. Hair dye (to cover those damn greys; I started going grey in my early 20s -- I blame my mother)
7. Children's shoes (they grow out of them so fast, and A's feet are like skis so it's hard to find a good fit)
8. Paper products (toilet paper, printer paper, paper towels, etc.)
9. Gasoline (because the closest gas station is horrible)
10. Soaps (dish washing soap, dishwasher soap, liquid soap, shampoo, etc., because they all seem to run out so fast)

[anon_j_anon]

Plane tickets-- the amount that you fly never ceases to amaze me.

Ahaha, children's shoes! My cousin's son (another cousin, I have so many) the other day refused to go around without his shoes. He had a fit, walking around on tiptoes because he would not let all of his feet touch the ground.

I like that comparison, feet like skis. At first I wrote skies. That would be nice too, feet like skies.

[davyjonesing]

Haha, this list mostly consists of my girly things. Because girly things aren't cheap and need to be repurchased often

[anon_j_anon]

You guys crack me up.

Veri, I know your birthday's coming up soon. Is there a list you'd like to see? (List 10 dresses you'd buy for verizonhorizon if you had unlimited money :D)

[emluv]

1. Insurance (car, health, etc.)
2. Hair dye (right there with you Dani; first gray hair at 16)
3. Disposable paper stuffs (tissues, TP, paper towels)
4. Feminine hygiene products
5. Loads of clean laundry (pay washer down the hall)
6. Gasoline
7. Postage/shipping costs
8. Advil
9. Sponges
10. Garbage bags

[anon_j_anon]

Ahh! Insurance. And yeah, shipping is so damn expensive.

I'm curious why you need so many sponges? Or you just don't like buying them?

[emluv]

LOL! I suppose I buy the same number of sponges as most people, it's just they never seem to last very long and I hate them when they start to fall apart but I feel like they still have wear in them. And I kind of resent the need to have them at all. I kind of want a more aesthetically pleasing cleaning item, but nothing else is quite as effective.

[ms_mercurial]

Not that I actually pay for (most) of these myself since I still live at home, but whatevs.

1. Feminine hygiene products
Grr. Hate that I need these at all. Hates them forevers.
2. Water
Seriously, this shit should be free and taste good. EVERYWHERE.
3. Medicine
4. Co-pay for doctor/therapy
Much cheaper than if without a plan, but still. $10/week minimum.
5. Sketchbooks
Because I have to evaluate whether I like the texture, if the weight is good, if it's a good value, etc. every damn time. You can never be sure if companies have changed their paper-making process since last time, and you can't buy tons of them in one go because the paper starts aging and stuff.
6. Planner/agenda page refills
Similar issue to that of sketchbooks, plus they charge you only because they've done the updated dates themselves. I don't like any of the formats out there very much, but it's tons easier to buy them rather than make them myself.)
7. Internet serviceBecause the U.S. is woefully behind in terms of speed - cf. Japan - and yet generally charges a

[anon_j_anon]

I went in to buy a decent sketchbook the other day, I had the urge for some reason. Was very surprised by how expensive they are.

I used to be very particular about my erasures too, but now I don't use pencils much anymore.

[ms_mercurial]

Yes, I know! They're ridiculous! So much money for something that you'll use and then put away somewhere -___-
I'll still pay for it, but it irks my penny-pincher sensibilities.

I liiiivveee off of pencils - if it's possible, I'm more picky about pens than I am pencils! I generally dislike them.

(I realized upon re-reading that most of my list are things that I wish were free, not things that I resent needing to buy at all. Curious!)