Oh!Oh! If you do a post of false economy (not that you have to, I was just thinking that you were continuing the series) because trying to Victory Garden without help or resources really will cost you money and drive you nuts ... (or preserving without help or knowledge will poison your ass) and I'm thnking here of the Save Money by Living in the Grapes of Wrath (okay, yes, I read bad food blogs, whatever, issues, I have them.) nonsense...
Wait, I lost my thought...
Okay, the note upthread about buying cheap ass oil and flavouring it is just...I can't even. No. Just no. That's not helpful. *shudder* Oh! right, that was my thought.
Coupons (or other "deals", but you really see it with coupons) for stuff you don't want isn't worth it. You wind up with forty boxes of bran cereal that's past its expiration date. Even if you paid a penny a box, that's forty cents gone to the rats in the dipsy dumpster in the alley.
A seltzer bottle and generic soda syrups are a great idea. If they are palatable. Moving a weekly soda from the food budget to the treat budget is an option, and certianly a better idea than spending $2 on tonic water and $1 on syrup and letting it sit because it's just nasty.
aaand now I'm completely off the original topic of buying in bulk. Sorry!
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Date: 2011-12-15 05:29 pm (UTC)Wait, I lost my thought...
Okay, the note upthread about buying cheap ass oil and flavouring it is just...I can't even. No. Just no. That's not helpful. *shudder* Oh! right, that was my thought.
Coupons (or other "deals", but you really see it with coupons) for stuff you don't want isn't worth it. You wind up with forty boxes of bran cereal that's past its expiration date. Even if you paid a penny a box, that's forty cents gone to the rats in the dipsy dumpster in the alley.
A seltzer bottle and generic soda syrups are a great idea. If they are palatable. Moving a weekly soda from the food budget to the treat budget is an option, and certianly a better idea than spending $2 on tonic water and $1 on syrup and letting it sit because it's just nasty.
aaand now I'm completely off the original topic of buying in bulk. Sorry!