Rich people can buy snow rooms and clothing with built-in air-conditioners, while YOU have to settle for going to a grocery store on a crazy-hot day, just to stroll down the refrigerated aisles. But it’s not always that way.
People online are talking about “rich people things” that they’ve discovered AREN’T THAT expensive. And here are the highlights:
1. Tailoring your clothes, especially if you can find a good local shop. (OR, teach yourself to sew. Some adjustments require basic skills.)
2. Art exhibits . . . “Some are free, and interesting to walk around.”
3. Ferrero Rocher chocolate . . . “My parents acted like it was expensive.”
4. Good wine . . . “Cheap wine can taste amazing, and pricey wine can taste terrible. One wine expert said, ‘Any bottle is good if you like it.'”
5. Hiring a monthly house cleaner.
6. Playing tennis . . . “Go to public courts, get a racket and a few balls. It’s cheaper and more fun than any gym.”
7. Giving out full candy bars on Halloween . . . It helps if you’re a Costco member. And are NOT in an area that attracts neighborhood-crashing hoards.
8. Salmon
9. Grey Poupon
10. A nice leather belt . . . It can be easy to lose sight of how slightly more expensive, higher quality items are a much better value than the cheap, disposable stuff in the long run. That said, it does require more money up front. (This is where the “poverty is expensive” saying comes from.)
11. TSA PreCheck . . . It costs around $80, and lasts five years.
12. Cloth napkins
13. Broadway shows. Not in every case, but “if you’re flexible on shows and times, it’s not hard to find sub-$100 tickets.” They can be even cheaper than that if you’re flexible enough to put your name in for walk-up tickets or lotteries.
14. “Putting potato chips into a bowl.” (???)
15. And someone said, “Wearing boring-ass clothes.”
