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Let’s make no succulent, tender lamb shanky bones about it; saving can be expensive. Time to tuck your
napkin into your t-shirt because I’m about to plate up some pretty sloppy logic.
I recently spent $68 on a slow cooker that was on special. I saved 20 bucks, but here’s the pinch of
irony that complements the dish; I didn’t just save money, a ‘slow’ cooker also saves you time. It’s
an oxymoron. Actually when it comes to my slow cooked beef stew it’s a Gravoxymoron. Just
like Bernard Tomic’s attitude to tennis, you chuck it all in and walk away. That’s it. You don’t
have to be there.
My wife Fleur, let’s call her the leader of the opposition, and myself have reached a
bipartisan agreement here at Warnerworld to limit our spending in an effort to save.
So my very opaque point is this, it depends on what you’re trying to save. I’m not going
to sit here and bang on about what you should or shouldn’t do with your hard earned.
That’d be like Shane Warne dishing out relationship advice but when you have an S.O.S
moment, Save or Spend, think about what you’re actually saving, by spending. I saved
my marriage by spending on a dishwasher, it saw an end to the rolled up wet tipped tea-
towel fights over who’s washing and who’s drying. I helped save a Cassowary by spending
on a cute little fluffy stuffed one at ARF. If you don’t buy a stuffed cassowary, cassowary’s
are stuffed. My wife’s busy trying to save her own skin by spending on moisturizer. Save
on power bills and save the planet by spending on Solar. I’ve saved precious memories by
spending on a video camera.
My wife Fleur,
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the opposition
To save or to spend? It’s a question that’ll outlast religion but I will say this, if you want to spend
with absolute abandon, then spend the most precious currency you have, and that’s time, with your
family and the ones you love. It’s the most rewarding investment you’ll ever make. And for $68 a slow
cooker will buy you that time. If you’re interested in a good deal, I know a guy who knows a guy. Bon Appétit!
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