Money Peeve
One of the biggest sieves in our budget is things that we buy that we think we’ll use that we don’t. Or that we use just enough so that we can’t return it.
Like the new handle/lock set for the front door that required some package mangling to get out, but turns out didn’t quite fit on the door, by just a few millimeters. Or the shower door in the box next to the bed that was not quite the right size that we couldn’t return because it was a special order? [Grrrr. Worse because it’s 100% my fault, though.] [Did I mention it’s been leaning up against our bedroom wall for over 2 years?]
Or trying to anticipate food demand for the household for the week. My husband eats large amount of highly perishable fruits and veggies … except for the weeks when he doesn’t. It’s not east to balance the "there’s no fruit in the house!" vs. having to throw something away that went bad. Or having to eat all the produce myself.
SMB said,
April 8, 2006 @ 7:01 pm
I just read on BG’s OW that you live in Austin. Neat!
Terri said,
April 8, 2006 @ 7:59 pm
It’s true! And I saw that you were looking at moving thisaway. We’re down in the SW corner, just outside of the city limits.
jim said,
April 10, 2006 @ 6:44 pm
Terri/Andrew,
I just created a page that contained all the pictures I could find of personal finance bloggers, you two included. I also included a picture of your darling daughter Audrey, let me know if you didn’t want me to (or include you two).
Cheers,
jim
Terri said,
April 10, 2006 @ 7:22 pm
No problem! Just as long as it wasn’t one of my Humpty-Dumpty like 9 month pregnant photos … Heh.
jim said,
April 11, 2006 @ 1:41 pm
They’re not.
My girlfriend loves to eat banana’s… unless they have brown spots on them. Then they taste “icky” and get frozen for “banana bread” later on … except these frozen banana’s are two years old.
Terri said,
April 11, 2006 @ 1:46 pm
My husband is the exact same way! He won’t touch what the rest of the world might describe as a “ripe” banana — if it’s got any brown on it. So it’s into the freezer or I have to be creative. So then I end up buying green bananas, and about half the time they end up being the kind that go straight from green to spotted with no nice yellow period in between. Arrggghhh!