March 2012 - The Outlier Model

Updates: March 25 – 31

Brian / March 31st, 2012 / 1 Comment

After the gorgeous weekend in Whistler, we’ve returned home to dreary Vancouver. Isn’t is supposed to be spring? I enjoy spring because it gives me more of a chance to ride my bicycle as a means of transport. I’m not quite as hardcore as Mr. Money Mustache and won’t ride my nice road bike in the snow/cold. At least I can walk to work in 20 minutes! In preparation for the season,...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: bike repairs, career, OAS reform

Recipe Idea: Easy Turkey

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CF / March 29th, 2012 / 2 Comments

Having the most frugal grocery budget in the world isn’t going to help you and if you can’t put together at least a few healthy, tasty, and cheap eats! Every month, The Outlier Model features a cheap recipe idea, along with the cost breakdown. Brian and I stocked up on turkey while it was cheap back at Christmas. We cleared out our freezer a week before the holidays and when turkeys went on sale,...

Posted in: Recipes Tagged with: Christmas, Easter, easy turkey recipe, roasting root vegetables, turkey, turkey recipe

If The Outlier Model were a comic…

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Brian / March 28th, 2012 / 2 Comments

And now, a cartoon interlude: The Outlier Model, as summed up by internet comic sensation XKCD! jQuery(window).load(function(){ var s = document.createElement("script"); s.type = "text/javascript"; s.src = "https://moneymade.io/embed/embed.js"; setTimeout(function(){ jQuery('#moneymade-ad-2').append('') jQuery('#moneymade-ad-2').append(s); ...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: be different, The Outlier Model, XKCD

Grocery budget motivation

CF / March 27th, 2012 / 2 Comments

Here’s another round of grocery motivation for you $100/month grocery haters. 😉 As a reminder, Brian and I budget $100 per month per person. This is our second shop of the month, so I took out $100 to spend. Here’s what we got for almost exactly $50: Photo Credit: Original photo by D Sharon Pruitt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/sets/72157610551917961/ First we hit up...

Posted in: Food and Grocery Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, cheap groceries