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fandomhigh2017-02-05 08:27 pm
throughaphase) wrote in fandomhigh2017-02-05 08:27 pm
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Adulting 101- Monday
Today the Danger Shop looked a lot like a large supermarket, starting in the middle of the produce aisle.
"It's entirely possible you guys have done some grocery shopping, and if so, good for you," Kitty said. "I know food tends to like, just appear or you order one thing and suddenly have four boxes of pizza or whatever so if you've gotten to branch out from that, that's good. If not, welcome to the supermarket, because next week you're cooking." Fair warning.
"It helps to have a list. Figure out what you need, and write it down so you can pick everything up and don't forget something you really needed. Stores also tend to have weekly sales, so you can check out the ads, or some stores have apps for that. There's a lot of choice out there. A lot of different brands, a lot of different sizes or flavors. So if you're not married to one particular kind, you have to go with what looks good. Stores will often have sales, which they mark on their labels, where you might get two for the price of one or a discount. There's also generics, which are like the store brands. They're cheaper and sometimes aren't as quality as name brands items, but it depends on your preference level and budget. Also be careful about sizes. Companies and stores try to upsell you. If you're getting something like, say, cereal, they might have a couple different sizes of boxes. Check the prices when they do that. It requires doing a little math, but a lot of the time if you're going for the large size of something, you might be able to get two boxes of the smaller size and get the same amount for less than you'd pay for the one.
"I'm telling you this because you're also getting a budget. You each get to spend fifty bucks to feed yourselves for a week, and you have five minutes to come up with a list of things to get. Think about things you might need, or what you need to make something you might want. Staples like produce and meat and dairy are around the edges of the store, other stuff is in the middle, and once you're done we'll see how you end up."
"It's entirely possible you guys have done some grocery shopping, and if so, good for you," Kitty said. "I know food tends to like, just appear or you order one thing and suddenly have four boxes of pizza or whatever so if you've gotten to branch out from that, that's good. If not, welcome to the supermarket, because next week you're cooking." Fair warning.
"It helps to have a list. Figure out what you need, and write it down so you can pick everything up and don't forget something you really needed. Stores also tend to have weekly sales, so you can check out the ads, or some stores have apps for that. There's a lot of choice out there. A lot of different brands, a lot of different sizes or flavors. So if you're not married to one particular kind, you have to go with what looks good. Stores will often have sales, which they mark on their labels, where you might get two for the price of one or a discount. There's also generics, which are like the store brands. They're cheaper and sometimes aren't as quality as name brands items, but it depends on your preference level and budget. Also be careful about sizes. Companies and stores try to upsell you. If you're getting something like, say, cereal, they might have a couple different sizes of boxes. Check the prices when they do that. It requires doing a little math, but a lot of the time if you're going for the large size of something, you might be able to get two boxes of the smaller size and get the same amount for less than you'd pay for the one.
"I'm telling you this because you're also getting a budget. You each get to spend fifty bucks to feed yourselves for a week, and you have five minutes to come up with a list of things to get. Think about things you might need, or what you need to make something you might want. Staples like produce and meat and dairy are around the edges of the store, other stuff is in the middle, and once you're done we'll see how you end up."
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Peasants would work for free, right?
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Go shopping!
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Better yet, he was sampling from all four food groups: whiskey, vodka, the rest of it, and all of that again. He did have to go cheap to get all of that for $50, but quality was at times less important than quantity, and the required quantity was "as close to infinite as possible."
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