/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9156663
Margarine is .89 /lb
Butter is 2.59 /lb when it's on sale
Margarine is much higher in saturated fats that your body processes differently than butter.
Margarine is worse for you than butter in every way, but it's so cheap

Being poor, you make this kind of trade off with literally every single food purchase you make. I would spend hours of my time a month tracking down deals and agonizing over opitions, trying to decide which net weight was more worth the price/flavor/other bullshit.
>I could make a pizza and it would be filling, tasty and I could put healthy shit on it for around 25-30 dollars, after 2hrs cooking/prep time
>ooor just get a $6 pizza from little ceasars
>oooooor just get a $4 great value pizza that I can store forever, cook in 20 min, and eat 4 of and still be well under the $30 mark.
After slaving for +8 hours at Slave Mart, you pop whatever microwave piece of shit you bought at the dollar store in, and choke it down when it's ready because it's all you can get at your wage.
Rice and beans are staples, but that gets boring, and it never really satisfies you.

You want to talk about being poor, I was there, and I still think I had a better time of it than a lot of folks, even when I lost my job during the recession and had to go on food stamps and public aid.

My view on the 'it's too expensive' mentality is this: buckle down, get a good job, build your credit and put your nose to the grindstone until you're in a good place to afford a luxury hobby like lolita.
It took a lot of growing up and working my ass off to get here, and now I am going to enjoy my bourgeoisie lifestyle and keep moving forward.
I get the mentality, I really do. The envy hurts so bad when you see so many people doing better than you, when you have to look them in the eyes day after day and deal with them when they aren't happy that their favorite brand of (expensive shit you can't get) doesn't come in 80 varieties at your store.