Comments on: Are you ever frugal by accident?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:59:35 +0000

In reply to Karl. B. Very fascinating for sure... You don't hear non-ferrous smelter all too often ;)

By: Karl. B

Karl. B — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 15:32:08 +0000

In reply to J. Money.

I’m an engineer by trade but now a non-ferrous smelter specialist (titanium, platinum and nickel mostly). I mostly do construction management now. The travel and time away from home is tough on the personal life – that’s why you have to take advantage of the good parts. I typically work in mining towns but you do fly in through the big cities to get there.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:40:09 +0000

In reply to Shawna.

Ouch! Haha… sorry to hear :)

I’m all for gym memberships so long as you actually *go*. So far I do much better at home unless someone drags me out of it and takes me to the gym :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:37:26 +0000

In reply to Moneybee. That is pretty! Just googled it :)

By: Moneybee

Moneybee — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:17:45 +0000

In reply to J. Money. It's the Tervis Tumbler Mehndi Elephants water bottle, with a white lid. (I think it was a Christmas gift from my mom.)

By: Shawna

Shawna — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 16:19:20 +0000

Hmmm let’s see what’s accidental:
-I barely drink (like once every 4 months) because my partner doesn’t drink at all
-I either make coffee at home or drink the coffee at work because it’s faster than going out for coffee
-I only have to fill up my gas tank once every 4-6 weeks because I work 2 miles from my home (Id bike but there’s a massive hill in the way!) and I work from home regularly
-I paint my own nails
-I’d argue my gym memberships save me on medical costs long term because it keeps me healthy but I just dislocated my knee while working out so no savings right now ;)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:25:37 +0000

In reply to Kat L.

Nicely done!! I think I’ll always be Barista FIRE too – just cuz I love being around people and always curious about different jobs… I really want to work as a bank teller one day so I can look for rare coins/notes that come through too ;)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:13:20 +0000

In reply to Karl B..

WOWWWW!!!!

What type of work do you do to score that??

What a perk!!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:11:55 +0000

In reply to Liberty @ Love Liberty Shelter. And it's all still "new" to them, so probably just as exciting! My kids love any time we bring home boxes of used clothes haha...

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:05:32 +0000

In reply to John Butrick.

I don’t know what’s better – the fact you save 50% or that your girlfriend works there!!

You win in both!! :)