Comments on: Betting on Love, Leveling Up and Leaving Atlanta (Part IV)

By: Titania

Titania — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:01:14 +0000

This is by far my favorite post of yours yet. Even if you don’t make your savings/moving goal, you’re learning so many valuable skills–and I’m so excited about your business venture! Far too many people get all wrapped up with saving money and forget that finding ways to make more is an equally if not more important part of the equation.

By: Titania

Titania — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:59:15 +0000

@stuffisthings American food mags tend to spend that space on the per-serving nutritional information, but many budget cooking websites do that.

By: theotherginger

theotherginger — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:47:28 +0000

@Amanda T yeah! this is my favourite post by you so far – because it seems like an honest analysis of your situation. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us.

By: TARDIStime

TARDIStime — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:30:56 +0000

@Amanda T This is my favourite of your posts so far.
I know you didn’t reach your goals this month, but you’ve just developed such a valuable life skill worth much more than $1,100: meal planning! This will save you a bucketload of money in your lifetime.

By: TARDIStime

TARDIStime — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:21:34 +0000

“Heart of Palm and Blood Orange Salad” sounds like a House Banner out of Game of Thrones if you remove the “Salad” part.

By: LLB

LLB — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:41:34 +0000

@Amanda T Thanks! That’s what I thought but I didn’t even know there was such a service! I just bought a house and the only appliance that did NOT come with the deal was a washing machine. I got two ovens (seriously, TWO OVENS) and a dishwasher I don’t use but no washing machine. My laundromat is in a benign college town though so it’s no hassle or risk of theft to use their facilities.

I wonder if you could trade with a friend though who might have a washer/dryer and eliminate that expense? Say, boyfriend picks up xyz groceries at a discounted price and you get to use their washer/dryer twice a month?

By: Amanda T

Amanda T — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:06:04 +0000

@LLB We live in a 4th-floor apartment, so instead of buying a washer/dryer and lugging them with us through every move, we rent a pair from a company that does appliance rentals for like $30/month. Pricey? Sort of. Unnecessary? Technically, although last year we spent approximately 123928403 hours at laundromats babysitting our laundry. The only time we tried to just drop it off Adam got a bunch of his boxers stolen. So yeah, worth it!

By: stuffisthings

stuffisthings — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:22:47 +0000

@Amanda T My GF is French I know all about the home-cooked mussels, TRUST. Even with all the places that do moules frites in DC she is never pleased, and they are like $4/lb even at Whole Foods.

I’m just going to pretend I didn’t read the part about almond butter.

By: LLB

LLB — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:21:10 +0000

What is a “laundry machine” rental?

By: Amanda T

Amanda T — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:29:54 +0000

@stuffisthings Oh man, cooking mussels was a revelation re: cost differential between home cooking/eating out. I got 4 pounds (probs should only have got 2lbs though that was hella mussels) for $11.00. Wild caught, fresh, alive, fancy grocery store mussels, enough for 4 people, for $11.00!! Probably with the almond butter that became $15.00 all told. That comes to $3.75 per serving, when in a resteraunt for probably worse quality mussels, you would have paid like, $15.00 for 1 serving. Everybody buy mussels, they’re great. (and weird because they’re alive but …)