Comments on: 3 Great Ways to Spend More Money

By: Swellflamingo

Swellflamingo — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:31:26 +0000

Jamie,
What a beautiful post! Well thought out and well written. And your Mom’s comment made me cry. It seems your way of words comes from someone close to you:)

By: turnitupmom

turnitupmom — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:29:22 +0000

It’s funny, Jamie, when I read the title of this post, I thought, Hmmm….Jamie doesn’t seem like the big spender. Well, I guess if I’m not referring to getting more stuff. This was great, and what I needed to hear right now at a time when the funds are very low.
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By: Katy

Katy — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:59:42 +0000

Such a great post!

I totally agree with you on the food issue. We belong to a CSA which averages out to about $20 per week of amazing, organic food grown less than 100 miles from our home. Part of that $ goes to purchase shares for families in need so that good food isn’t only for those who can afford it but also for those who cannot.

Meredith on Like Merchant Ships once said something like: you can spend $40 on cheap processed food bought with coupons or you could spend $40 on whole bulk food. – pasta, nuts, grains, etc. That really resonated with me.
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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:37:43 +0000

KS, I, too, am grateful for big box stores. That said, I think we are a society of excess. Not only with things, but also in thought. We are ‘all or nothing’. Our ancestors worked (physically) way harder than most of us can imagine. They didn’t have access to all that we do. And we are the fattest that we have ever been! With all the access we have to ‘excess’, it’s a blessing to be able to purchase beautiful fruits and veggies everywhere. But we have this frenetically paced lives and settle for fast/processed foods daily. That can’t be good. So I am striving for a middle ground.

By: KS

KS — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:26:01 +0000

I’m grateful for Mega Big-Box Grocery Stores. Today’s Weekly Standard (weeklystandard.com) has an alternate point of view on Michael Pollan.

By: hailey

hailey — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:49:20 +0000

i agree with number 1 and i think that is doable for me. i just need to research more on what to buy. thanks for this!
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By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:59:55 +0000

This post was a huge encouragement to me! We buy a lot of organic and local food, but sometimes I feel silly when I look in our cart and see how little food we get with our allotted weekly grocery money. It’s tempting to stop shopping organic/local because I feel like I’d get so much more food (in quantity, obviously not quality) if I shopped “normal.” Thanks for the reminder that our health is worth it!

By: Michelle Traudt

Michelle Traudt — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:46:08 +0000

Great post Jamie! I am always telling my family, especially my parents, that if you spend more on food now, you’ll spend less on medical bills later. What a great post, we believe in the same things…healthy, organic food, good books and fun activities.
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By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:40:22 +0000

Excellent post.

Just last week I was having a conversation with the man in the booth next to me at a trade show about food. I told him, “I don’t mind spending money on good food as I view it as in investment in my family and our health.” It is so worth it and our girls see it. The girls are 13 and 16 and they have commented several times about how many more fruits and vegetables we eat compared to their friends and their families. Also, they love that I cook for them; minimal boxed/processed foods at our house. I do keep one convenience meal in the freezer for a night when the girls are on their own but it isn’t a regular occurence.

Books ~ love them. We’ve always told our girls that we will buy them books over toys any day of the week. And, we’ve got most of them that we purchased for them as little girls. Hopefully they will want them some day. I tend to purchase books that my book club reads (again, thinking that my girls may find them of interest someday), cookbooks and reference books.

Experiences ~ I’ve been trying to shift to this for several years and we are making progress. If we had started this when our oldest was tiny, it would have been the norm.
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