More like 730 to 5 or 7 to 5 as far as engineering is concerned. (Or even earlier if they can convince you to do that but they still want you to stay till 5).

There are some beauty and Heathcare products that are WAY cheaper on Amazon because they come in multipacks and I only buy them there. Some of the stuff is about the same and not having to drive to the store or deal with the store minimum to ship is enough to make it worth it.

Confronting just allows them to escalate it. If you don’t add fuel to their fire it often dies out pretty fast vs if you decided to confront them. My hub does this at work all the time and though it frustrates the temper tantrum throwers they usually stop bothering him and throw it elsewhere or they calm down and move…

This one is hard for me because stuff actually makes me really happy, and not just in the buying part (which I’ve toned down a ton since I was at my spending worst) but it makes me really happy every time I see/use the item. I try to stick to items I’ll see often or use often like the Black Widow Lego keychain I just…

If I applied this from the time I left high school I’d be so much better off in my life. I kinda want to say this should apply to big ticket items like where you live and what car you have. If you want a nicer car than you really need, make sure you have double the difference added to your savings and same with the…

Can’t say. All I use mine for is to actually make the espresso. I have a capresso machine that grinds and that takes 2 seconds, and I also have a capresso frother which I just drop the milk in there first and then it’s ready after the espresso is made, drop that in and I have my latte. I also add some flavored syrup…

There is a really odd perspective on frugality these days. Even if not speaking exactly about frugality, pointing out the folly of an item that really has no downside to not doing it or doing it in a much more financially responsible way gets a bad reaction from most. Sometimes it’s as bad as if you’re telling them to…

I got mine on sale but regular price is $40 and it’s this one https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-ECM1…

We didn’t get tickets during the general sale and we only got his because of a professional friend only had one ticket available. It’s slightly more his thing and he can deal with running around better than me stamina wise so he got the ticket. Again. The same exact thing happened last year. San Diego Comic Con is…

My espresso machine cost about $25 on sale at target (usually closer to $40), my burr machine and my frothing machine together for $140 with costco deals (bought back when I was trying to make my coffee machine not taste like behind and it turns out I just needed a simple espresso machine and I could get away with not…

It’s not whether you can afford it. It’s whether you should be spending your money and time on buying coffee when you could just make it yourself. You could use that money for something else much more meaningful by just taking a minute and making it yourself. Or even better investing it or if you’d like donating it.

I think it’s okay to give something super small/simple for you to do that maybe others don’t include and make that part of what differentiates you from your fellow competitors. So long as it’s something super simple and dmall but still perceived as valuable to the client. But you have to commit to doing such a thing…

If you run the numbers and understand that it would take you less time to make it yourself at home and are cool with giving up both of those valuable resources on the daily than by all means, go for it. (Most people do not do that, which is a shame. I was once like that but about other stuff).

I think it’s more for when you have a job and you’re looking for a new one. Even if you don’t have a job there’s still a point where too many red flags make it a no go. But that's often hard to tell. For me I didn't take a job because the guy was super creepy and point blank asked me inappropriate questions. Done. Not…

This is great unless the person interviewing you isn’t your direct boss and/or your boss quits 6 months in. (Happened to hub 3 times now). Always have an exit strategy in case things to had beyond the foreseeable.

That is true but how much of that is true choice and real thought put into it about priorities etc and how much of it is actually mindless and based on what society tells us our lifestyle should be. Then add the fact that perceived effort versus actual effort is often very skewed and in reality what’s actually best is…

That’s up to 800 a year. (minus weekends and a 2 week vacation it’s still almost 550). And many of the people at my hub’s work get one coming in, get one leaving and even though the company has free coffee one with their lunch (I have no idea what drink they get but I like to pretend it’s the cheapest one there…

I think Starbucks as a treat is fine. It’s people who buy everyday that it starts to become a financial problem. I make my own lattes at home (which are yummy) but for social or being not home reasons I still buy from Starbucks (and I tend to get the frappe bc I can’t easily make that at home, yet). This is a great…

My mom overdid the buying partially because she equated it with love/she had a problem with over shopping herself but also because she would fairly regularly fly off the handle and be really cruel to me (which could last hours to days) and it was her way of saying sorry. I honestly would have preferred she got help…

My heart breaks for those who are stuck in this trap. It’s true that for many there is a way out but the amount of discipline, knowledge, and luck needed to just get out of it far exceeds the discipline, knowledge, and luck needed to be suceesful if you never were stuck in it to begin with. And getting stuck in the…