Post by fishpole on Jan 2, 2009 23:26:22 GMT -5
i just moved out the house this year and i am currently going to school right now and realizing the value of a dollar since i started living on my own. college plus art supplies equals one broke a** kid! i cut the the expenses were ever i can and after seeing the way that JC gets his steaks and such i thought i might list a few of the ways ive been learning to pinch pennies since i got here.
number one would be, as uncle ted says, kill it n grill it. my school does not offer a meal plan to students. now im a country boy living in the city and i eat more wild game there than i ever did when i was home back in the sticks. i swear to god anything with fur, feathers, or fishy-ness is fair game for the fry pan in my book these days. im hauling back venison from the doe i shot this thanksgiving, several bunnies n squirrels, a grouse or two, and 3 blue fish and well as two striped bass fillets this semester. these meals ill probably eat for dinner and then left overs for lunch the next day. i can get buy with the amount im bring till may, that means paying little to nothing for dinner's till may comes round. thats some cool $hit right there! another tip is go to an art opening every now n then...free food lol!
number two, is sinking my fur check into my art supplies. im an artist, and paints/ canvas/ paper/ other BS is expensive. i bring back the fur check from one month of hard trapping and buy the supplies for class for one semester. about 300 bucks right there that if im lucky i can cut in half.
number three way to cut expenses is something i recently figured out. being a sportsmen i accumulate lots of junk! lots of it! i know this becuase my girlfriend and mother just cant remind me enough! so some of this junk is absolutley of no use to me anymore and after realizing that (very hard to do btw) i decided to sell it. so i brought an old compound bow (ive never shot anything but trad) and a dozen bent arrow shafts, some binoculares, and some old skateboard decks to a pawn shop and maybe juiced up the value a bit
, i managed to pay for books! pretty cool stuff.
one other great way to save some cash at school is not drinking and smoking up your work study pay check! i dont drink at school, period. that disipline goes a long way when it comes to the end of the week and all my buddies blew there cash on beer and pot. go to the parties, get some numbers, have a good time, but dont drink. use that extra cash to take out some girl ya met at the party, a good system all in all ;D.
now all im doing is taking advantage of the things im good at, which is, hunting, trapping, and fishing. if i could only have a garden id be in buisness lol!
there it is, just thought id share some of the ways ive been cutting the bill down a bit after hearing all the talk from everyone else. hope this can maybe help some of the guys on their way to or in college.
-cory
number one would be, as uncle ted says, kill it n grill it. my school does not offer a meal plan to students. now im a country boy living in the city and i eat more wild game there than i ever did when i was home back in the sticks. i swear to god anything with fur, feathers, or fishy-ness is fair game for the fry pan in my book these days. im hauling back venison from the doe i shot this thanksgiving, several bunnies n squirrels, a grouse or two, and 3 blue fish and well as two striped bass fillets this semester. these meals ill probably eat for dinner and then left overs for lunch the next day. i can get buy with the amount im bring till may, that means paying little to nothing for dinner's till may comes round. thats some cool $hit right there! another tip is go to an art opening every now n then...free food lol!
number two, is sinking my fur check into my art supplies. im an artist, and paints/ canvas/ paper/ other BS is expensive. i bring back the fur check from one month of hard trapping and buy the supplies for class for one semester. about 300 bucks right there that if im lucky i can cut in half.
number three way to cut expenses is something i recently figured out. being a sportsmen i accumulate lots of junk! lots of it! i know this becuase my girlfriend and mother just cant remind me enough! so some of this junk is absolutley of no use to me anymore and after realizing that (very hard to do btw) i decided to sell it. so i brought an old compound bow (ive never shot anything but trad) and a dozen bent arrow shafts, some binoculares, and some old skateboard decks to a pawn shop and maybe juiced up the value a bit
, i managed to pay for books! pretty cool stuff.one other great way to save some cash at school is not drinking and smoking up your work study pay check! i dont drink at school, period. that disipline goes a long way when it comes to the end of the week and all my buddies blew there cash on beer and pot. go to the parties, get some numbers, have a good time, but dont drink. use that extra cash to take out some girl ya met at the party, a good system all in all ;D.
now all im doing is taking advantage of the things im good at, which is, hunting, trapping, and fishing. if i could only have a garden id be in buisness lol!
there it is, just thought id share some of the ways ive been cutting the bill down a bit after hearing all the talk from everyone else. hope this can maybe help some of the guys on their way to or in college.
-cory
. Aside from the school thing, we have lot in common. During the years of homesteading in my cabin back in the 80's - I foraged on anything and everything I could get my hands on. I trapped slews of crawdads and feasted on them regularly. A handful of crawdad tails, some mayo and bread and ya got yourself a free lobster roll. I made chowders with fish & crawdads and countless recipes with squirrel meat. 
so I don't speak a fraction of my money saving techniques. 
