These chickens are loaded with sodium. They are usually not a healthy option. Put a chicken and and onion in the slow cooker in the morning, it will be cooked by dinner...easy peasy! Much healthier!
Hi Linsey,
Great post for finding ways to be more frugal while on vacation. My wife and I always split our food into to thirds to share with my son. We also order water with our meal and maybe one soda to split between us.
If I am good and stick to my budget, and especially when I am saving for something big and have kept on track then I will splurge on a nice dessert or a few cocktails with dinner. You have to reward yourself for a job well done or you will not want to continue doing it, it is something to look forward to but it should be occasional, like maybe once/month or once every 2 months.
You have to occasionally splurge otherwise you'll explode! I try to limit it to times when it is a really unique item and I know that I'll regret now buying it.
We plan our splurges, as we budget everything else. Even when things were horribly tight we made space for small indulgences.
Every anniversary we do something special. Maybe go out for a really nice dessert at a fancy place or dinner at a more moderate one. We have no problem using coupons or special offers or survey gift cards.
We take a combo work play vacation every summer at a beach. Many meals are "home cooked" and a place to stay is part of the deal. All year long we put change into a jar. Come vacation we divide the contents among our family members to blow anyway we want. Like play mini golf or get ice cream out. The kids love it. All of us plan how we're going to use our blowing money, which only adds to the anticipation.
After reading the comments I feel badly for the person who mentioned she doesn't have any wiggle room. Hoping things improve for her soon.
#11- when you mention aloe vera juice, is this a certain form of aloe vera? i've gotten the aloe vera juice at the market and don't notice that it helps with digestion.
At this point I think we're reaching ground where the Occupy Wall Street folks do not speak with a single voice. Having said that, I think two points are worth making.
First, even though the 99% do share in the profits of corporations (through their 401(k)s, pensions, brokerage holdings, and so on), the vast majority of the gains end up in the hands of the 1%, simply because they own so much of the stock market wealth. (The top 1% own about 42% of the financial wealth.)
Second, current corporate governance practices enable a wealthy management class to skim off a large fraction of the profits. (In fact, even bankrupt corporations are often permitted to pay large bonuses in order to "retain key staff," as if the people who'd run the company into the ground were indispensable.)
I suspect those are the issues that the Occupy Wall Street folks are complaining about. They're not against profits. They're against a system that ensures that profits end up almost entirely in the hands of the already wealthy.
We bought our surround sound and a DSLR camera refurbished. We have had the surround sound for over a year and its awesome, never had a problem with it. We saved a ton of money too. We have had the camera 6 months and haven't had a problem with it either
When you reach a financial goal you've been working on, or feel burnt out by being frugal all the time. You need to be able to reward yourself from time to time.
I try to only splurge if it is a very special occasion. I enjoy saving for the things that I need and get more gratification from saving up for something than splurging a bonus immediately.
I received a ticket today for "Failing to Yield to oncoming traffic". I was stopped at a stop sign, looked both ways and then pulled my car onto the highway. I had plenty of room beetween myself and the car behind me and they did not even have to slow down! When the officer pulled me over he started to tell me I had run the stop sign and I said that I hadn't and waited for a long time to proceed. He then said "ok so you stopped but entered the highway recklessly". I wasn't even going 35 mph when he pulled me over!! It was obvious he was just trying to get revenue on this ticket and I told him it was not fair and that during the time I had been sitting there he should have given every one else entering the highway a ticket as well. Needless to say I am going to fight it but won't win because the system is so backwards. I can't handle driving anymore it's to stressful!! You could be pulled over for anything!
I figure it's okay when you've got money in the budget for it, and your savings are on target. Also--and I guess this is just me--I hate the word "splurge." It sounds dirty. I would never want to do something that could be described by that word.
These chickens are loaded with sodium. They are usually not a healthy option. Put a chicken and and onion in the slow cooker in the morning, it will be cooked by dinner...easy peasy! Much healthier!
Hi Linsey,
Great post for finding ways to be more frugal while on vacation. My wife and I always split our food into to thirds to share with my son. We also order water with our meal and maybe one soda to split between us.
I am already a fan on Facebook, hope that counts (and I hope I win, I could really use it). Good luck everyone!!
Yes indeed, if you have saved up the money first and it does not become a routine.
If I am good and stick to my budget, and especially when I am saving for something big and have kept on track then I will splurge on a nice dessert or a few cocktails with dinner. You have to reward yourself for a job well done or you will not want to continue doing it, it is something to look forward to but it should be occasional, like maybe once/month or once every 2 months.
You have to occasionally splurge otherwise you'll explode! I try to limit it to times when it is a really unique item and I know that I'll regret now buying it.
We plan our splurges, as we budget everything else. Even when things were horribly tight we made space for small indulgences.
Every anniversary we do something special. Maybe go out for a really nice dessert at a fancy place or dinner at a more moderate one. We have no problem using coupons or special offers or survey gift cards.
We take a combo work play vacation every summer at a beach. Many meals are "home cooked" and a place to stay is part of the deal. All year long we put change into a jar. Come vacation we divide the contents among our family members to blow anyway we want. Like play mini golf or get ice cream out. The kids love it. All of us plan how we're going to use our blowing money, which only adds to the anticipation.
After reading the comments I feel badly for the person who mentioned she doesn't have any wiggle room. Hoping things improve for her soon.
when it's a great deal on something you have wanted for a long time and you can afford it without going into debt
I think it's okay to splurge when it's something you'll remember for a long time (or use for a long time.)
#11- when you mention aloe vera juice, is this a certain form of aloe vera? i've gotten the aloe vera juice at the market and don't notice that it helps with digestion.
go to Washington DC.
#3 pho? wow.. never thought of that. but could be interesting.
At this point I think we're reaching ground where the Occupy Wall Street folks do not speak with a single voice. Having said that, I think two points are worth making.
First, even though the 99% do share in the profits of corporations (through their 401(k)s, pensions, brokerage holdings, and so on), the vast majority of the gains end up in the hands of the 1%, simply because they own so much of the stock market wealth. (The top 1% own about 42% of the financial wealth.)
Second, current corporate governance practices enable a wealthy management class to skim off a large fraction of the profits. (In fact, even bankrupt corporations are often permitted to pay large bonuses in order to "retain key staff," as if the people who'd run the company into the ground were indispensable.)
I suspect those are the issues that the Occupy Wall Street folks are complaining about. They're not against profits. They're against a system that ensures that profits end up almost entirely in the hands of the already wealthy.
We bought our surround sound and a DSLR camera refurbished. We have had the surround sound for over a year and its awesome, never had a problem with it. We saved a ton of money too. We have had the camera 6 months and haven't had a problem with it either
I splurge on once-in-a-lifetime meals. Last month we went to Alinea and had an unforgettable experience, even though it cost $300pp.
We splurge on things that create memories-like a recent trip to Disneyland.
Of course, we did pay for that in cash and used coupons!
We also get really nice cheese every once in a while.
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When you reach a financial goal you've been working on, or feel burnt out by being frugal all the time. You need to be able to reward yourself from time to time.
I try to only splurge if it is a very special occasion. I enjoy saving for the things that I need and get more gratification from saving up for something than splurging a bonus immediately.
I received a ticket today for "Failing to Yield to oncoming traffic". I was stopped at a stop sign, looked both ways and then pulled my car onto the highway. I had plenty of room beetween myself and the car behind me and they did not even have to slow down! When the officer pulled me over he started to tell me I had run the stop sign and I said that I hadn't and waited for a long time to proceed. He then said "ok so you stopped but entered the highway recklessly". I wasn't even going 35 mph when he pulled me over!! It was obvious he was just trying to get revenue on this ticket and I told him it was not fair and that during the time I had been sitting there he should have given every one else entering the highway a ticket as well. Needless to say I am going to fight it but won't win because the system is so backwards. I can't handle driving anymore it's to stressful!! You could be pulled over for anything!
I figure it's okay when you've got money in the budget for it, and your savings are on target. Also--and I guess this is just me--I hate the word "splurge." It sounds dirty. I would never want to do something that could be described by that word.
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I splurge on gifts