Watch Out: You Might Have This Money Attitude
In an attempt to save money, you end up spending more
Making my own rice cake story
One afternoon, I was craving for rice cakes. I have a choice to buy a pack in a nearby store at $1.40 or cook one of the boxed ready-to-cook rice cakes in the pantry. My frugal self said:
“Prepare your own”
“The rice cake mixture that you have only costs $1.00”
“YOU WILL BE SAVING $0.40.”
I abided by that little voice in my head.
I took out the butter, eggs, cheese, measuring cups, spoons, spatula, molds, and other utensils. My eyes went through the package instructions making sure that I got the liquid measurements accurately. I stirred the mixture thoroughly and evenly making sure it has no lumps. One by one I filled the molds with the sticky mixture. I steamed 3 batches of goodies for 30 minutes each.
After 2 hours, I’m done!
I did celebrate my imperfect rice cakes with coffee. I did celebrate but I didn’t enjoy it because I was already very tired. Eating while imagining the piles of baking utensils on the sink, you know what I mean.
