Comments on: My Last Hundred Bucks: Spending Money to Make Money http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Sun, 19 May 2013 11:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jenn@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-8606 Jenn@twitter Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:40:17 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-8606 @OneTooManySpoons I feel like you've hit it right on the head... you have to buy more things to make anything wearable! So the tops look kind of cheap at $5-10 each, but you have to buy two or three of them to make them wearable. Oh yeah, and often they're so "cheap" per piece NOT because the material is sheer but because they're made in places where they don't have to provide a living wage or a humane work environment. Drives me nuts. On that note, does anyone know of a place where I can get sustainably made, economically responsible, long-lasting plus-sized clothing that is appropriate to wear in a professional office (i.e. NOT SHEER and not a bunch of hippie skirts, which I love but don't go over well in Southern U.S. corporate culture)? :( @OneTooManySpoons I feel like you’ve hit it right on the head… you have to buy more things to make anything wearable! So the tops look kind of cheap at $5-10 each, but you have to buy two or three of them to make them wearable. Oh yeah, and often they’re so “cheap” per piece NOT because the material is sheer but because they’re made in places where they don’t have to provide a living wage or a humane work environment. Drives me nuts.

On that note, does anyone know of a place where I can get sustainably made, economically responsible, long-lasting plus-sized clothing that is appropriate to wear in a professional office (i.e. NOT SHEER and not a bunch of hippie skirts, which I love but don’t go over well in Southern U.S. corporate culture)? :(

]]> By: Jobeans http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7829 Jobeans Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:06:16 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7829 @OneTooManySpoons As someone who works (worked! today was my last day!) in fast fashion retail, sheer is all the fucking rage these days. @OneTooManySpoons As someone who works (worked! today was my last day!) in fast fashion retail, sheer is all the fucking rage these days.

]]> By: OneTooManySpoons http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7827 OneTooManySpoons Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:58:23 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7827 @Jenn@twitter Late comment, but I have to rant: what is up with tops these days?? I went shopping recently for some nicer-ish tops for work, and nearly all of them were see-through or required layering for some reason or another. And I just... why?? I like layering, sure. But I would really like to be able to buy a shirt that I can simply put on and wear. I hate the idea of needing to buy MORE THINGS just to make my garment wearable. Especially for what I was buying--they're (kind of, for me) expensive shirts, made for work. They should be good enough on their own, not require creativity and extra purchases and all that. @Jenn@twitter Late comment, but I have to rant: what is up with tops these days?? I went shopping recently for some nicer-ish tops for work, and nearly all of them were see-through or required layering for some reason or another. And I just… why?? I like layering, sure. But I would really like to be able to buy a shirt that I can simply put on and wear. I hate the idea of needing to buy MORE THINGS just to make my garment wearable. Especially for what I was buying–they’re (kind of, for me) expensive shirts, made for work. They should be good enough on their own, not require creativity and extra purchases and all that.

]]> By: boysplz http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7648 boysplz Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:12:16 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7648 @probs ahhh, Velveeta melted with a can of Rotel, truly the processed cheese food of the gods and Texas. @probs ahhh, Velveeta melted with a can of Rotel, truly the processed cheese food of the gods and Texas.

]]> By: probs http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7583 probs Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:20:48 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7583 By: probs http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7582 probs Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:20:16 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7582 @redheaded&crazy oh, absolutely. You can keep it in the pantry! Best thing ever. Artisanal herb-studded goat cheese or whatever from the farmer's market may have my mind, but Velveeta will always have my heart. @redheaded&crazy oh, absolutely. You can keep it in the pantry! Best thing ever. Artisanal herb-studded goat cheese or whatever from the farmer’s market may have my mind, but Velveeta will always have my heart.

]]> By: redheaded&crazy http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7577 redheaded&crazy Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:52:05 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7577 @probs I stand with Velveeta. @probs I stand with Velveeta.

]]> By: probs http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7576 probs Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:22:51 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7576 Perhaps I'm calling myself out as déclassé, but who didn't eat spaghetti with hot dogs in it and cheddar cheese melted on top as a kid? Actually, retracted, that was probably Velveeta. Sign me up for yam shakes and shrimp paste pasta, though. Perhaps I’m calling myself out as déclassé, but who didn’t eat spaghetti with hot dogs in it and cheddar cheese melted on top as a kid? Actually, retracted, that was probably Velveeta. Sign me up for yam shakes and shrimp paste pasta, though.

]]> By: Megano! http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7567 Megano! Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:42:59 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7567 @Spinach Party I love yams so I definitely want one. @Spinach Party I love yams so I definitely want one.

]]> By: jasmined@twitter http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/my-last-hundred-bucks-spending-money-to-make-money/#comment-7562 jasmined@twitter Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:18:11 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6789#comment-7562 @Annie@twitter That's what I thought. And now I would like an <em>ube</em> milkshake. @Annie@twitter That’s what I thought. And now I would like an ube milkshake.

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