Bodily Functions

Give those kids something to remember this Halloween...with some cash-refundable organs that you happen to have lying around! Horrify children! Spread meat contamination like crazy! Possibly get arrested by the police for intending to mentally scar those kids for life! And the best part of all: Save money, by teaching those kids what they'll get next year when they try to trick-or-treat you out of your hard-earned savings!

More life updates! Still not feeling 100% in regards to that strange stomach pain lately. The doctor suggested just waiting it out for a few weeks, and best case scenario, the body will fix itself up in time. Also, exams are coming up at university, so if you don't see regular posts happening, you know why.

Reducing your Household Bills

As it turns out, somewhat surprisingly, spending money is sometimes necessary to save money. Whether it's food, water, electricity, or items of questionable moral value, you just can't live without these things if you get right down to it. So get out there, spend money, make mistakes and (try to) learn from them. Because no amount of money can turn your month-old cabanossi into a heroic tale of epic proportions.

Also, brief update from last week's real-life life situation: I'm feeling a little better in general, but the mornings are usually the worst these days. Darn stomach, always being a pain if it doesn't get any food every few hours. But I get by regardless, but hopefully this sort of thing can be avoided by eating right and feeling joyous. Daily exercise? Let's keep things realistic for now...

Buying Happiness

There's a wise saying you may have come across in your travels across the Internet:
"Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg… and my arm… even my fingers. The body I’ve lost… the comrades I’ve lost… won’t stop hurting… It’s like they’re all still there. You feel it, too, don’t you?"
Whatever that vaguely descriptive pain was, I'm sure it literally does not compare to the disappointment of realizing the regret of the moment I pursued money and careers more than anything else...

Speaking of which, I haven't been feeling all too well over the last few days. The local doctor suggests it might be a case of indigestion, so I hope it goes away soon... please? Ah, well, so that might mean that the next few weeks' upload schedules could be rather flaky depending on my overall nausea, and may involve no uploading for particular weeks if it gets that bad.

Simultaneous Loss

Most people don't invite me anymore to shopping adventures or general events that involve spending money. Partly because it's crazy difficult to organize anything involving a lot of people when you're at my age. But mostly because they know that I know that even when all my socks have holes in them and most of my shirts are getting dangerously small, I'd rather look like one of those chumps lining up outside Centrelink than spend money like a normal person would.

Free != Free

We all know the old saying: "Freedom isn't free", and your materialistic goods are no exception.
Over the last two or so years, I'd like to think I've seen it all, especially that one time I argued with a volunteer handing out free packs of tampons, to the point where they reluctantly tossed me a pack and never really wanted to see my face again. But that's only scratching the surface; when I heard about Hetty Green, I finally realized what peak performance truly looks like...

Know your Coupons

We've all come across one of these at some point or another: You find a voucher for something you've always wanted to buy, only to find that the fine print shatters your material dreams faster than Tesla's stock value between March 26 and April 2 in 2018.
Even worse are those snobby little shopkeepers in the city who stupidly refuse to take your coupon because it's "expired" when THERE IS CLEARLY NO EXPIRY DATE ANYWHERE IN THE DARNED FINE PRINT! AUGH! If that's their contribution to society, then I guess I'll waste my money elsewhere...

Price Increase

I'm not sure if anyone still remembers that brief stint that Cadbury did to their fundraiser boxes many years ago, where they bumped up the price from $1.00 or $1.20 and suddenly half the student base at school wasn't interested in buying chocolate anymore. Even now, things like fuel prices are leaning towards the premium end of the price spectrum, which goes to show the profound effect of increasing the cost of something by a few tens of cents. Or I'm just a massive miser. Whichever comes first.