According to my esteemed colleague Andy, "It is good to be frugal, but not obviously." Recently, I've been noticing some of my colleagues employing some questionable money-saving techniques. How far are you willing to go? I'll replace the heels on my shoes 3 or 4 times before I'll buy a new pair...but there's a line somewhere. I've observed the following money-saving practices at work recently:
- reusing sandwich bags in your lunch for an entire week
- consuming a leftover Subway sandwich that was 6 days old
- using an old spaghetti sauce jar in place of a water bottle
- adding Starbucks Via to Kirkland Signature Brand frappuccionos.
- buying a new TV only once every 10 years.
- living for an entire week on nothing but free food from the Holiday Inn express.
Thoughts? What obscure money-saving techniques do you have?
I am a fan of the spaghetti sauce jar water bottle trick. It also encourages you to drink more water throughout the day due to its size. Other favorites of mine:
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2. Drink a protien shake right before going into a restaurant. You'll order less food.
3. Instead of paying for online content like the subscriber-only portion of the wall street journal, financial times, or new york times, simply google the exact article title, and click on the applicable link that comes up, this will let you into the whole article with no fee.
Regarding booze at music festivals: whoever claimed it was a good idea to stuff plastic baggies of vodka in your bra (reused from several days of lunch or not) should be punished.
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