Thanks. Y'know, I'd forgotten entirely about dumpstering—not sure I want to re-learn it yet, but it's an idea. I'm currently budgeting about $4.30/day for groceries, and getting back below $120/mo. would be a neat trick. Though I might be able to achieve that just by keeping the grain-and-bean pots simmering.
That (sufficiency+$30–50) figure actually does include a little bit budgeted for fun, so I can impinge on that if I need to for some more breathing room, and I'm already doing some creative things with my phone bill and such. All told, I'm doing okay—it's just that it wouldn't take much of a push for me to be suddenly doing NOT okay, and I don't like that. Maybe that's just Recession Life. :/
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That (sufficiency+$30–50) figure actually does include a little bit budgeted for fun, so I can impinge on that if I need to for some more breathing room, and I'm already doing some creative things with my phone bill and such. All told, I'm doing okay—it's just that it wouldn't take much of a push for me to be suddenly doing NOT okay, and I don't like that. Maybe that's just Recession Life. :/