Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Welcome!

If someone offered you 36 dollars an hour for the easiest work ever, would you take it? How about $360? Well, if you take one second to pick up a penny, in that second you earned $36 an hour! And if it was a dime, ten times that much!

My name's Penny, and I'm married to a superhero, BBQ Sauce Man. I'm a FOT (fresh off the threshold) newlywed looking to save money any way I can! Here are my ideas so far:
  • Drug Dealing
    • Pros: Good money, watching drugged people is entertaining
    • Cons: Crazy people stabbing me in alleys. Maybe not.
  • Mafia Thug
    • Pros: Be part of a family!
    • Cons: A family that takes all your money and kills you if you ever leave.
  • Reality TV
    • Pros: Instant fame and fortune!
    • Cons: I don't have 500 pounds to lose, I'm not hot, single, and looking to marry a billionaire, and I'm not a 5 year old who can play 12 instruments at the same time.
  • Superhero
    • Pros: Awesome spandex outfit!
    • Cons: Spandex + me = something that NEVER happens. For the good of mankind. So really, by not being a superhero, I'm kind of a superhero! Right? Besides, from what I can tell, superheros don't actually get anything but good feelings from saving the world.
  • Super Villain
    • Pros: Maniacal laughter
    • Cons: Again with the spandex. Why??
  • Construction Worker
    • Pros: Good money for working with sweaty, tan, shirtless, ripped men all day
    • Cons: It requires carrying heavy things, opening jars, hammering nails straight, and other manly characteristics. Never mind.
  • Pole Dancer
    • Pros: Great Tips!
    • Cons: Nasty men touched the tips. Ew. Maybe if money was made out of straight bleach.
  • White collar crime
    • Pros: Big bucks!
    • Cons: I'm not white collar. I have no insider information to use.
  • Pyramid schemes
    • Pros: There are LOTS of them to join!
    • Cons: "Hey buddy, we're having a meeting tonight for The Organization. Wanna come?"
  • An extra job doing anything
    • Pros: More money
    • Cons: Less time to spend with BBQ Sauce Man. Besides, I already have a job and am taking a few classes.
Ok, so it turns out, I don't want to do anything new at all to save money. Not anything that takes much time. This leaves me with:
  • Picking up spare change
  • Actually using the coupons in my mailbox
  • Online surveys
  • Picking fruit from local abandoned trees
  • Taking advantage of the sales at grocery stores
  • Cheap entertainment
  • Cheap but tasty meals
Join me on my money-saving journey!

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