Rug Burn Junky on 17/10/2006 at 15:39
I've found that if you just eat out every meal, you can keep your grocery bill extremely small.
Ghostly Apparition on 17/10/2006 at 17:51
Quote Posted by Starrfall
Hahahahahahah.
In lived in Santa Barbara. Median home price there has been a million + for a couple of years. 500k is
affordable.
LOL, yeah, i've been to Santa Barbara. Its a pretty well known fact that noone can afford to live there unless you're filthy rich. I also wouldn't go home shopping in Beverly Hills. A vacant parcel there was recently on the market for 48 Million, and that didn't include a house. just a vacant lot.
Mr.Duck on 17/10/2006 at 20:02
Coming-up Threads:
The Continuing Passion of Indie Bi-Goth Boy in Grownupville. :cool:
I Know How Much You Spent (in groceries) Last Week.
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All kidding aside, I think that if you discard for a moment all of the living-alone advice, the one thing that is -the- thing to do is to, indeed, move out. Heck, even in Mexico (our mommies don't want us to leaaaaaave) it's frowned upon if you're not at least pitching in on the house income and chores at your age.
Seriously, get out and suck up. 'coz the drama's only just about to begin once you -do- move out and settle in ;)
Best of luck, though, you're going to need TONS of it in your case.
btw...igg and Noid win the thread.
PS. I spend around $70 - 100 every two weeks, making it around $35 - 50 each week...not bad, considering I live in one of the most expensive sectors of Latin America (or Mexico at least). Huzzah.
TheGreatGodPan on 17/10/2006 at 20:57
I hear in Italy the norm is to live at home until you're about thirty or something.
Thanks Sypha for being someone on the forum I can have a good laugh at. I hope when I'm your age if I'm in a similar situation you'll be ridiculously succesful and will mock me mercilessly into getting my shit together.
Shug on 17/10/2006 at 23:47
Quote Posted by ercles
How have you not been mobbed to death by angry XXXX bogans yet? For God's sake get out of Queensland whilst you still can! It's a shithole anyway.
Haha what? You live in ADELAIDE
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, and such
ercles on 18/10/2006 at 03:57
I just moved to Adelaide this year from Sydney and I like it, actually. Although it is uber trendy to just jump on the bandwagon and pay the shit out of Adelaide, it's a well planned city, close to wine county, great food scene, and it's not chock-a-block with banana benders. Although I would mind culling off the emos that wander around the city.
Shug on 18/10/2006 at 05:16
Oh, you moved there from Sydney?
You're like a mixture of everything bad about Australia
HAHA JOKES, that's PigLick
Striker on 18/10/2006 at 06:14
Quote Posted by ercles
Although it is uber trendy to just jump on the bandwagon and pay the shit out of Adelaide
There's a reason people do that. Reason: Adelaide sucks.
PigLick on 19/10/2006 at 14:27
take out the good and keep the bad, thats me!
dont believe all you read in the bible
Nicker on 20/10/2006 at 00:15
Hide all your dishes except for one cup, plate, knife, fork and spoon. Dishes will rule your kitchen unless you tame them daily.
A good cut of meat is better value than the same $$ worth of mystery meats.
Get a steamer (with a digital timer preferably) - cheap to run, fire and forget cooking - best results for rice and veggies. A small crock pot is a good bet too.
Learn to make soup. Soup is your friend. Soup will be there for you when your other friends have fled.
Sit down to piss (that's a clean home suggestion not a lifestyle requirement).
Don't get roommates. Consider all the disgusting or annoying habits you have. Imagine them multiplied and coming from a stranger you can't get away from.
Don't - I repeat, DON'T use creditcards.
Put 10% of your net income into some savings device (RRSP) so you don't piss it away. You won't miss it.
Dimmer switches are the cheapest way to improve the ambience of a room. Paint is the next cheapest.
Enjoy your new place.
