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Grocery Shopping for the Cheap and Lazy

Posted August 6, 2008 - 13:10 by Andrea Dickson

Lifestyle, Food and Drink, Budgeting

Are you a cheap and lazy bastard? Go out for dinner a lot because you can't be bothered with cooking? I'm sure you've heard how to save money by shopping with a grocery list or through budgeting. But you know what? You don't have to; you can be incredibly lazy and still eat well for very little (while avoiding Top Ramen). Dine at home and save a bunch on food without ever making a shopping list.

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Why is it so expensive to be healthy?

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Health and Beauty

Why are poor people in America so fat? Would you believe that farm subsidies have something to do with it?

Walmart is where lower income consumers come to shop. Why? Because you get the most bang for your buck. Walmart is also notorious for having the fattest customers. Why? It comes back to value - it turns out that unhealthiest food also gives you the most caloric bang for your buck.

Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about

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The best things in life are (more or less) free

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Lifestyle

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Now, at the risk of sounding like a great big softy, I have to share a moment that I experienced recently that reminded me of the real value of money and the place I want it to have in my life.

Over the weekend, I was driving around Queen Anne hill in Seattle, trying to find a place that I plan on volunteering at in the near future. Seattle is a nice city, but it is mostly made up of dead-end one-way streets and a couple major highways, patrolled largely by small women with small cell phones in large SUVs who seem unaware that anyone else could possibly occupy part of the road as well.

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