My favorite:
“When your buddy shows you his $2,500 car, and you say to yourself ‘I could have gotten 2 cars for that’”.
When the price of a 12 pack of ramen soup goes up a dime and you notice,you’re on a budget.
I've come close to being guilty of that one!
Here’s one of my budgetary tricks I learned from my frugal grandfather. If me and a few of my friends wanted to go out to get some Chinese food, what I used to do.
I bought a giant two quart $5 bowl of savory congee. I stretched it out by sneaking in my own vegetables, protein and brown rice. I grew the vegetables at my house which further cut down on costs. To wash down the food, I ordered a pot of tea, which I made stronger by bringing in a few teabags I found for free at a doctor’s office. For flavoring, I sneaked in one of those Crystal Light drink mix packets for water bottles. I ordered lots of ice in my water. I poured the tea in the water.
I now have a nutritious meal which feeds 4 people and we all have a nice, cool glass of lemon iced tea to wash down the congee. All for under $8 total.
Did it enough times to save up for a car. After a while, the Chinese restaurant where I went to stopped serving congee. Did I fail to mention that my grandfather’s Asian Indian? :P