Comments on: Out of Control Spending http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/ Trying to live large ...one step at a time Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:54:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Livingalmostlarge http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-1594 Livingalmostlarge Sat, 10 May 2008 21:33:57 +0000 http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/#comment-1594 They bought everything. I didn't pay, they wanted to see a grocery store. That's the way they are, curious about what different types of foods are elsewhere. Lots of stuff doesn't make it to Hawaii because of cost I think. So they buy a bunch to take back as well. So that's what they left after they ate their fill and finished buying. Mostly dried fruit (bananas, mangoes, persimmon, fruit ends, ginger), and bread. They bought everything. I didn’t pay, they wanted to see a grocery store. That’s the way they are, curious about what different types of foods are elsewhere. Lots of stuff doesn’t make it to Hawaii because of cost I think. So they buy a bunch to take back as well.

So that’s what they left after they ate their fill and finished buying. Mostly dried fruit (bananas, mangoes, persimmon, fruit ends, ginger), and bread.

]]> By: Meg http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 Meg Sat, 10 May 2008 20:59:09 +0000 http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/#comment-1595 We used to spend a bunch of mone on food -- so much that we're still paying off some of those dinners out and carts full of convenience foods. We're paying a lot more attention to prices now and trying to grow some stuff ourselves. We still have our luxuries, but we're pickier about them. I'd rather have one pricey bar of chocolate that's extraordinary, than five that aren't. We used to spend a bunch of mone on food — so much that we’re still paying off some of those dinners out and carts full of convenience foods. We’re paying a lot more attention to prices now and trying to grow some stuff ourselves. We still have our luxuries, but we’re pickier about them. I’d rather have one pricey bar of chocolate that’s extraordinary, than five that aren’t.

]]> By: Barb1954 http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 Barb1954 Sat, 10 May 2008 15:58:17 +0000 http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/#comment-1597 Why are you feeding everyone during their visit. When you go to the grocery store together, why aren't they giving you some money to help pay for it or, at the very least, taking you and your husband out to dinner one or two nights as a thank you for your hospitality? It's great to visit family and have them visit in return, but there should always be some consideration given for much such visits cost the hosts. Why are you feeding everyone during their visit. When you go to the grocery store together, why aren’t they giving you some money to help pay for it or, at the very least, taking you and your husband out to dinner one or two nights as a thank you for your hospitality? It’s great to visit family and have them visit in return, but there should always be some consideration given for much such visits cost the hosts.

]]> By: Mrs. Micah http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-1596 Mrs. Micah Fri, 09 May 2008 21:55:51 +0000 http://www.livingalmostlarge.com/2008/05/09/out-of-control-spending/#comment-1596 That makes sense. The part of our budget that fluctuates most month by month is food. I don't stress if it's a bit over or under because it seems to go both ways. Some of it has to do with the meals I plan and some just with food seeming so necessary. We can't live without it, so it feels like we're not really overspending. I don't really know how to broach the subject with Micah. That makes sense. The part of our budget that fluctuates most month by month is food. I don’t stress if it’s a bit over or under because it seems to go both ways. Some of it has to do with the meals I plan and some just with food seeming so necessary. We can’t live without it, so it feels like we’re not really overspending. I don’t really know how to broach the subject with Micah.

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