http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/01/15/best-of-tight-fisted-miser-2008/ Extreme Frugality - How to Live Well on Very Little Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:54:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/01/15/best-of-tight-fisted-miser-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-25191 Frugal Babe » Archive » Repurposed Dishwasher Parts And Sunday Round Up Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:39:43 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=807#comment-25191 [...] Fisted Miser has a compilation of his best posts from 2008 - check them out if you missed them the first [...] [...] Fisted Miser has a compilation of his best posts from 2008 – check them out if you missed them the first [...]

]]> http://tightfistedmiser.com/2009/01/15/best-of-tight-fisted-miser-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-25087 Meghan Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:21:03 +0000 http://tightfistedmiser.com/?p=807#comment-25087 The food stamps discussion is interesting. I'm nowhere close to getting food stamps from a financial perspective, and yet my monthly grocery bill is around $260. I don't typically use coupons, and don't skimp at all, though I do buy on sale and stock up (a little) when I can. I eat very healthy, lots of fruits, berries, vegetables, legumes and brown rice, some meat and fish, etc. However, due to a really busy work schedule, I know very well that I could save significantly more if I cooked all week (or enough for all week) all the time. All this to say, I find it unbelievable that one person and one baby have any real issues stretching $260 a month as long as they have access to a stove/microwave, etc. And this girl is going to culinary school, so presumably she's actually living somewhere normal. She also gets over $60 a month in WIC for milk and baby products. To me, food stamps programs are so that you don't starve and have just enough to maintain health, not excess and not every little thing to eat your heart desires without having to do any thinking or budgeting or planning. People who think they should get whatever they want to eat whenever they want to eat it on the taxpayer dime tend to irk me. The food stamps discussion is interesting. I’m nowhere close to getting food stamps from a financial perspective, and yet my monthly grocery bill is around $260. I don’t typically use coupons, and don’t skimp at all, though I do buy on sale and stock up (a little) when I can. I eat very healthy, lots of fruits, berries, vegetables, legumes and brown rice, some meat and fish, etc. However, due to a really busy work schedule, I know very well that I could save significantly more if I cooked all week (or enough for all week) all the time. All this to say, I find it unbelievable that one person and one baby have any real issues stretching $260 a month as long as they have access to a stove/microwave, etc. And this girl is going to culinary school, so presumably she’s actually living somewhere normal. She also gets over $60 a month in WIC for milk and baby products. To me, food stamps programs are so that you don’t starve and have just enough to maintain health, not excess and not every little thing to eat your heart desires without having to do any thinking or budgeting or planning. People who think they should get whatever they want to eat whenever they want to eat it on the taxpayer dime tend to irk me.

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