# Living on Your Own: Any Tips? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 8, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191 "2005-10-08T16:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/21 "2005-10-09T02:57:27Z")
Howie about summed it up. Live within your means. Dont overextend yourself financially. Party til the sun comes up. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/22 "2005-10-09T03:09:24Z")
beck, your room mate works at a pizzeria. you have no reason to spend money on food. that is all. -dan ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/23 "2005-10-09T04:42:55Z")
i cant stress this enough PUT PLASTIC ON YOUR WINDOWS IN THE WINTER when i lived down on bird, our gas bills were 300 dollars in the winter (it was a HUGE apt), and that was 6-8 years ago. with the plastic they came down to under 200. shop at aldis (is that how you spell that?) eating at home will save you between 50 and 100 dollars a week learn to like cheap beer šŸ™‚ buy a couple kegs and have parties every month. that will help cover the bills. even if we didnt have a ā€œcover chargeā€ and just put out a donation bucket we would make a ton of cash. you should see how quickly drunks will empty their pockets. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/24 "2005-10-09T07:43:46Z")
we dont pay for heat, electricity, or water. all you have to do is change your eating habbits and buy a dieselā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![AKA-FERRARI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/aka-ferrari/32/7260_2.png) [@AKA-FERRARI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AKA-FERRARI)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/25 "2005-10-09T08:04:37Z")
!!!SHOP AT ALDI!!! ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/26 "2005-10-09T08:51:55Z")
> [@AKA-FERRARI](#): > > !!!SHOP AT ALDI!!! So, as Iā€™ve mentioned, Iā€™m living in my grandfatherā€™s house. Heā€™s 83 or so, and living in a nursing home. I went through the cupboards yesterday, because I figured itā€™s about time I straighten up around here. There were 2 cupboards used for spices. There were up to 5 bottles of some spices, many unopened. In all, there had to be a total of 50 spice bottles. Went down to the basement to store the extras in the pantry, and found even more of some of the same spices. I have no idea what Papa was going to be doing with so much nutmeg. Now, to my reason for saying thisā€¦ Most of his food in this house had to come from Aldi. Itā€™s all no-name stuff, but itā€™s no worse than store-brand (like Wegmanā€™s, etc.). So yeah, shop at Aldi, Big Lots, Dollar General, and all the other low-priced food stores. ---
**Author:** ![RedGoober4Life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redgoober4life/32/7610_2.png) [@RedGoober4Life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedGoober4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/27 "2005-10-09T14:25:06Z")
Aldiā€™s cookies are nurmmy in my turmeys Grandma Aldi makes them herself! ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/28 "2005-10-09T14:41:30Z")
oh who are we kiddingā€¦ beck can get girls to do anything for him. come over and bring food. clean my house. bring me your momā€™s couch. thanks. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AlbinoMonkeyRat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AlbinoMonkeyRat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/29 "2005-10-09T16:00:45Z")
> [@JEG](#): > > avoid hookers with walkie talkies you said that wrong. itā€™s supposed to be ā€œBE a hooker with a walkie talkie.ā€ Friends who work at restaurantā€™s = teh rule need food for a few daysā€¦on $10, maybe less? get a pizza. one slice = one meal. (well, this only works if you really donā€™t feel like cookingā€¦and you know that the roomates arenā€™t gonna eat it on youā€¦lol) use 87, unless you really need to use a higher octane on your days off from work, beat up a homeless dude and take his money. Or just get to the cans first. take your pick. see change on the ground? pennies add upā€¦and if you find bills, donā€™t even think about looking for the rightful ownerā€¦ use coupons where applicable. (ie: spending $2 on the paper every Sunday can be worth it!) ---
**Author:** ![supry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@supry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/supry)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191/30 "2005-10-10T05:29:30Z")
Most of this has already been stated: Tubs of Kool-Aid Rice Instant stuffing and canned chicken is good for 2+meals Ramean Mac and cheese, go store brand If you drink soda, drink store brand, hell, get everything store brand Sterlite and rubbermaid can be your friends Become a regular at walmart at 2 a.m. Dont go out to eat Definatly plastic the windows turn down the heat make sure everyone cleans up after themselves steal wireless internet get lots of roomates, in rochester I lived in a house with 5 people and I only paid $190 a month, utilities are cheaper too. When you trow parties, suggest someone go pick up some frozen pizzas or something, and make sure everyone pitches in, they will get lots of food and leave most of it behind Cans and bottles can add up quickly, again left behind from parties get a girlfriend and move in with her parents [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/living-on-your-own-any-tips/3191.md?page=1)