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Q&A | is it ok to take freebies and run?

Go through on for the freebie dilemma, but first, 1 about my desk!

Curious about your desk in the office…is it an adjustable sit/stand desk? If so, what brand and how do you like it?

-Kaitlin

Sure, it is a sit-stand desk it is from Ikea, and you just use the crafted-in cope with to crank it up or down.

But I’m not gonna lie: I pretty much completely use it as a sitting desk!

The challenge with transferring it up and down is that if you have cords down the back again (like for a watch or keyboard), they get messed up when you modify the height from sitting to standing.

messy office

Keepin’ it true with the place of work circumstance. It is not generally tidy!

I consider the sit/stand combo would be superior if you experienced a more minimalist desk set up, like with just a laptop computer. But I have a bunch of stuff on my desk!

So…I do not know if I’d get this model once more, but it does operate just fine as a very simple sitting desk. 😉

Hello, can you share the Aussie hen recipe? I’m guaranteed it’s been on just before, but I really don’t bear in mind.

-Randi

Absolutely sure thing! I intended to hyperlink that in the most the latest menu write-up and somehow it slipped my head. Here’s the Aussie Rooster recipe, which I assume is an at-home version of a dish that Outback Steakhouse employed to provide.

aussie chicken 

I don’t think it is faintly authentic as Australian food items goes, but it is tasty. 😉

Kristen, right after yrs of examining your blog site I’m just noticing you under no circumstances involve snacks in your what we ate posts. Is that for the sake of simplicity, or are you guys not significant snack eaters?

-Beth

Oh, no, no, we do consume snacks often!

pretzel bag.

And we also eat breakfast and lunch. 😉 But my WIS, WWA posts generally just go over meal meals.

If you’d like a peek at some of my breakfast and lunch meals, nevertheless, here’s a operate-though with shots of each meal.

I would say that these times, my snacks aren’t commonly manufactured of snack foods per se…if I am hungry amongst meals, I may possibly grab a little something like:

  • some cheese and fruit
  • a piece of toast spread with peanut butter
  • a bowl of cottage cheese
  • a banana with peanut butter

But I do also try to eat some matters like wheat thins and cheese. Or the pretzels pictured over.

Curious: When you choose up freebies, do you routinely buy everything else (when the deal is not contingent on your purchasing a thing, these types of as a free cookie if you get a meal)? I never ever just take gain of things like this, it’s possible due to the fact I constantly truly feel like I want to Buy some thing to justify the goody they are giving me. Asking yourself if everyone else feels like that? I would sense super unusual walking in and just obtaining a free of charge regardless of what and then walking out (and hey, definitely no judgment for all those who do this—the small business finds the transaction worthwhile in some way, or else they wouldn’t do it). Just thinking how other people navigate this.

-Oregon Visitor

Nope! If it is a flat-out freebie, I just decide on that up and go.

sugar cookie.

I am guessing that the majority of persons do invest in something with their freebie provide, and that is why a whole lot of companies mail out birthday presents. It’s kind of like Panera’s Endless Sip club they almost certainly lose money on the club, but it receives folks into the cafe and after men and women are there, they are very likely to get other things.

As an additional example, I’m a member of CVS’s ExtraCare Moreover software I shell out $4/thirty day period and then I get a $10 credit history to shell out at CVS, moreover some other bargains.

CVS 30% mail coupon

That is like acquiring $6 cost-free each individual thirty day period, but it almost certainly functions out for CVS due to the fact most people will shell out much more all round at CVS due to the fact the ExtraCare Furthermore program will get them in the doorway.

I also glance at it like the decline leaders at grocery merchants.

Warehouse golf equipment normally selling price their rotisserie chickens so low that they are losing money on them, but it performs out due to the fact when people quit in to purchase a rotisserie rooster, they decide up other factors way too.

rotisserie chicken

But if you halt in and only get the rotisserie hen, I don’t believe you’re executing just about anything incorrect!

Of program, it’s fine to only do what you really feel comfortable with. But I’m just sayin’ that I really don’t personally have a challenge taking the freebie and operating. 😉

Kristen with a starbucks cup.

This year’s birthday espresso

(Uhhh, just so you know, I never pretty much run. I stroll out of the shop like a Regular HUMAN Currently being. 😉 )

What is your get on this freebie dilemma? Do you feel obligated to make a acquire?

And if you have acquired good frugal snack concepts, or a sit/stand desk recommendation, share that way too!

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