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More Frugal Tips

With the Dow heading south faster than a snowbird, it’s time to share more of my tips for being frugal. Those of you who know me may be like “Whoa dude, how are you frugal, you guys go out all the time and you drive two cars…”. To which my witty riposte would be “how do you think we get the money to do that?”. Anyways.

1. Second hand is OK
I can’t tell you how infuriated I get when I hear someone say that they won’t “stoop to” buying second hand. If it works, its good. Don’t throw out a toaster because it is old, throw it out because it sucks or is not working anymore. There is a coffeemaker at my guy’s family cottage that still makes great coffee after 15-20 years. Ending is not better than mending - if you haven’t read “Brave New World”, now would be a really great time to pick it up.

2. You Don’t Need New Clothes
Nobody needs new clothes. We want new clothes. Old clothes can be taken in, let out, hemmed, etc. for far less money than going out and buying new.

3. Stop going to Wal-Mart and buying useless shit.
You don’t need it and it isn’t making you happy. Put the money towards a gun for when the economy collapses and you need to fend off marauding hordes - wouldn’t that be 10 times better than a trip to Wal-Mart? Who needs a fucking egg slicer?

4. Do Free Stuff
Go for walks, go to lectures, enjoy your friends. Going out and getting faced at a bar is going to cost you 100.00 a pop for the average drinker - just stay away. I have to admit this is the most painful tip for me to make. Which brings us to…

5. Drink @ Home
Most of us have a stash of hard liquor at home. Have a shiteface party where you research enigmatic girl drinks and make them. That is its own reason for a get together. Make sure you have lots of sleeping bags on hand and a mop.

6. Budget Grocery Stores
Around me, the Price Chopper is the discount grocery store of choice. Why pay more for the same stuff because the interior decorating of the store and layout is more attractive? I kind of like the vintage feel of the Price Chopper myself. Shopping here will allow you to subsidize buying a 35.00/week box of fresh veggies from a local organic farm - check out this one if you are local to Hamilton. I’m signing up for that stuff. Nums.

Posted: October 16th, 2008 under Anarchy, Food & Drink.
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Comment from Doug
Time: October 28, 2008, 11:33 am

Haha, “Who needs a fucking egg slicer” — Nice. Every time I see some bullshit nick-nack at the end of the aisles in the grocery store, or in wall-mart I think

“The guy that invented this probably thought ‘this is crap, but people will buy it because its cheap and seems like it has a point’”

The people in taiwan that make it probably think, “This is crap but people will buy it because its cheap and seems like it has a point”

The cashier thinks that when they ring it out.

It’s like everybody is in on the same joke, except the sod that buys it and finds it just takes up room in their house.

Then I don’t buy it and that makes me happy.

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