Okay it's not as easy or fun as going out for lunch, but if you chew on the numbers, you will quickly realize that even if you factored $6/day for a week that's $30... for a month is $120, for a year is... wait for it... $1,440. Tightwad is addicted to a vegetarian panino at her local grocery store. Price: $5.95 (+ tax) = $6.61 x 5/week = $33.05. She's wrestling with the fact that if she actually made the effort to buy all of the ingredients: sundried tomatoes (in olive oil), artichoke hearts, spinach, goat cheese and the special bun that's a cross between foccaccia and a dinner roll, she could really slash her costs (and without all the mayonnaise). A quick investigation reveals:
1 x 210 ml jar of sundried tomatoes = $5.99
1 x 170 ml jar of marinated artichoke hearts = $1.79
1 x bunch of fresh spinach = $1.29
100 grams of goat cheese = $4.49
8 x 100% whole wheat Portuguese buns = $2.99
For the sake of argument Tightwad divided everything by a factor of eight, since there are eight count in the buns. So, $16.55/8 = $2.06! Investigative journalism at its finest. New school year and new attitude. Tightwad is off to make a grocery list right this second.
1 x 210 ml jar of sundried tomatoes = $5.99
1 x 170 ml jar of marinated artichoke hearts = $1.79
1 x bunch of fresh spinach = $1.29
100 grams of goat cheese = $4.49
8 x 100% whole wheat Portuguese buns = $2.99
For the sake of argument Tightwad divided everything by a factor of eight, since there are eight count in the buns. So, $16.55/8 = $2.06! Investigative journalism at its finest. New school year and new attitude. Tightwad is off to make a grocery list right this second.
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