Comments on: Sweet Frugality: Lessons in a Cup of Tea http://theincidentaleconomist.com/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea/ Economics, Health Policy, Law, Life: Musings of Curious Minds. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:17:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Wai Yip Tung http://theincidentaleconomist.com/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Wai Yip Tung Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:42:01 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/05/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea.html#comment-117 There is a great lesson in this story. The simple act of marking the bag with a start date give you important information so that you can evaluate your original plan later on. Marking it with an estimated end date give you a target to compare your result against. Using gut feeling instead of data often leave you way off. So buy a marker pen. Mark things that's supposed to last a while with a date! You never know what you will find out about yourself. There is a great lesson in this story. The simple act of marking the bag with a start date give you important information so that you can evaluate your original plan later on. Marking it with an estimated end date give you a target to compare your result against. Using gut feeling instead of data often leave you way off.

So buy a marker pen. Mark things that’s supposed to last a while with a date! You never know what you will find out about yourself.

]]> By: Funny about Money http://theincidentaleconomist.com/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Funny about Money Sat, 30 May 2009 03:36:59 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/05/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea.html#comment-116 That is <i>amazing!</i> I've been vaguely aware that I probably use more sugar than I pretend to, in spite of ostentatiously avoiding high-fructose corn syrup. Your experience suggests I should change that from "probably" to "definitely" and from "more" to "lots more"! Great object lesson in frugality, too: if we're using more sugar than we think, teaspoonful by teaspoonful, we're no doubt spending more money than we think, nickel by nickel. :-D That is amazing! I’ve been vaguely aware that I probably use more sugar than I pretend to, in spite of ostentatiously avoiding high-fructose corn syrup. Your experience suggests I should change that from “probably” to “definitely” and from “more” to “lots more”!

Great object lesson in frugality, too: if we’re using more sugar than we think, teaspoonful by teaspoonful, we’re no doubt spending more money than we think, nickel by nickel. :-D

]]> By: Rick http://theincidentaleconomist.com/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Rick Thu, 28 May 2009 16:33:09 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/05/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea.html#comment-114 Ditto! Har har har... Ditto! Har har har…

]]> By: SJ http://theincidentaleconomist.com/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-115 SJ Thu, 28 May 2009 13:43:31 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2009/05/sweet-frugality-lessons-in-a-cup-of-tea.html#comment-115 Hahahaha... Wow that is pretty funny ... awesome experiment =) Hahahaha…

Wow that is pretty funny … awesome experiment =)

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