"Janet" > wrote in message
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> In article >, says...
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>> "Janet" > wrote in message
>> t...
>> > In article >, says...
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>> >> We also buy carrot chips. Those are larger carrots (probably the
>> >> sweeter
>> >> ones) that have been diagonally, ripple sliced. They are great for
>> >> dips.
>> >
>> > Really? I know how to cut up a carrot all by myself. Even
>> > diagonally, with ripples.
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>> I could do that too. So?
>> >
>> > You frequently appear to be short of money, Julie. Why on earth do you
>> > spend it on stuff like pre-sliced carrots?
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>> As I said... I believe they use the same, sweeter carrots that they use
>> for
>> the baby carrots. They are not just cut up carrots. And they are not
>> expensive. About $1 a bag, sometimes less. A bag of those every now and
>> then isn't going to break our budget.
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>> And, no. I don't frequently appear to be short of money. But... The VA
>> does owe us since from Sept. Much drama over that and won't get into
>> that
>> here. Our finances are not yours or anyone else's business.
>
> Then why keep posting about them? Other people don't do that.
I don't know if they do or not. But if you were owed money for many months
from your employer, I'd bet you wouldn't just sit there and not say a thing.
>
> All we know is what you post, and your posts frequently mention how
> expensive stuff is, that you shop with coupons a lot, that you earn
> pennies by visiting websites or filling in surveys, that you can't
> afford this or that, that you only eat in cheap places. That's been
> going on since long before your husband retired and didn't get his
> pension.
> You creat an impression of someone constantly on a tight budget trying
> to make ends meet.
I don't post that I shop with coupons a lot. I do use them when I can. But
thanks to that Extreme Couponing show and those on it who broke the law and
bent the rules and such, coupons are getting harder and harder to find. So
much so that I may just cancel my newspaper. Twice in a month there weren't
even any in there. And yet every time I consider this, the next week there
are tons. Lots of people use coupons. No harm in that.
I do not *only* eat at cheap places. But the type of food I prefer to eat
is not expensive food. I also don't like dressing up and fancy places do
not appeal to me at all.
My husband was in the military. Military people do not get a pension here.
They get retirement. And he did get that. What he did *not* get was the
money owed to him from the VA for his disability. I wouldn't expect you to
know this, not being in this country. But even those in this country
probably wouldn't know this unless they were in the military and this
applied to them. The VA is blaming sequestration for the delays in the pay.
And I was told that even when we do get the first check, the back pay may
not be with it. I am pretty sure that if you were owed a very large sum of
money, you wouldn't just sit there and not say a thing.
I don't earn pennies by visiting websites. You apparently didn't read what
I wrote. I don't earn pennies doing surveys either. Why would I bother to
do something if it only pays pennies? What I earn for doing what I do is
none of your business. Someone asked me about the Swagbucks and I told her.
It is obviously worth my while or I wouldn't do it. Yesterday I cashed in
my $15 in Petco Perks plus earned Swagbucks on my purchase and took
advantage of the free shipping on any order over $49 and their "black
Friday" deal of 25% off the entire site. Why not? Who doesn't like to save
money? I have a wealthy aunt and even she likes to save money!
I am not on a tight budget. My husband is working now. The only iffy part
was when he first retired and had no job. Or I should say a job that paid a
living wage. He did have a job that afforded him some perks like free
lunch, golfing at a country club and also paid a small wage. So it did
benefit him. But it wasn't really providing us income.
I also posted that he moved to NY for work. I don't know how it is where
you are, but here, good jobs are hard to come by and one often does have to
move cross country or at least to another state in order to live. He just
got lucky to be able to find a job back here that he is qualified for.
I just don't understand why it is anyone's business here what I buy. Other
people post what they buy. I just got my two little stainless steel bowls
today so I can try the Martha Stewart method of peeling garlic. Each bowl
was $1.03. I think that's a very good price. My vanilla beans should be
coming soon. I got those from Ebay.