tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post3004226106338186608..comments2024-03-24T05:22:27.179-04:00Comments on Orthonomics: Orthonomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-60907442228695741102007-04-04T21:13:00.000-04:002007-04-04T21:13:00.000-04:00I agree with you completely. This year I'm pregnan...I agree with you completely. This year I'm pregnant (first time), and I really wanted a new outfit for the seder, b/c I've just started wearing maternity clothes (finishing my 6th month now). Unfortunately, I waited too long and didn't have time to go shopping in the cheaper areas (Geula), so I ended up looking through my wardrobe for the nicest pre-pregnancy outfit I could find that still fits. In the end, I feel it was a better decision than buying something new just for the sake of it being new.Leah Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16546935038863589318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-5453986761864800372007-03-30T11:28:00.000-04:002007-03-30T11:28:00.000-04:00Last year, after Pesach I bought tons of Matza mea...Last year, after Pesach I bought tons of Matza meal, cake meal, and potato starch at huge clearence savings (less than $1 each). Where we live, this stuff is more than $3 a box, and I like to make cakes for Pesach. We also got a few bottles of israeli olive oil for less than $3. I put all of it away, and this year, I didn't have to buy any of that type of baking stuff. It was such a treat!Selenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131171115871320579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-31257778851694999842007-03-30T09:56:00.000-04:002007-03-30T09:56:00.000-04:00Well, we spend a lot on Pesach food... but KA"H th...Well, we spend a lot on Pesach food... but KA"H there are a lot of us. It's mostly the matzo (only shmurah, including the matzo meal) and the meat (dh is makpid on meat every day of Pesach for simchas yomtov) and the produce. We certainly don't buy a lot of junk, and I'm morally opposed to fake noodles, bagels, etc.<BR/><BR/>And my in-laws are coming for first days (my MIL has a huge list of allergies, much of it "hidden" ingredients like citric acid) and my parents are coming for last days (my mother is allergic to potatoes) which makes the cooking more interesting.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I don't wear makeup, and we don't buy a lot of new clothes, (hard to find tzniusdik anyway) although everyone does need (and I really mean need, we're talking outgrown and/or falling apart) new shoes.miriamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339767447913960853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-76454066290065999602007-03-27T13:05:00.000-04:002007-03-27T13:05:00.000-04:00I only buy new lipstick for Pesach, but as my regu...I only buy new lipstick for Pesach, but as my regular brand is one of the Pesach-acceptable ones, I just continue using it throughout the year. We have been using the same dishes for Pesach since I can remember, and we have an inexpensive set of pots and pans we bought about ten years ago that still look like new (even though it was a $20 cheap garbage set) because we only use them one week out of the year. And of course, any non-perishable Pesach foods get packed away for next Pesach.<BR/><BR/>I don't usually do a whole lot of shopping before Yom Tov, because usually I just don't have the time for it, forget the money. I pick things up here and there during the year, when I have the time and the budget for it. Also, sometimes my mother and I will go out to the nearest outlet mall during chol hamoed. :)Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-64253721014251835242007-03-27T12:39:00.000-04:002007-03-27T12:39:00.000-04:00not buy kosher l'pesach makeup? what about the li...not buy kosher l'pesach makeup? what about the livelihood of those of us selling it??? :) lol. chag sameach!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-28156348554818280152007-03-26T21:34:00.000-04:002007-03-26T21:34:00.000-04:00I hear you Ari. Baruch Hashem we have a great dis...I hear you Ari. Baruch Hashem we have a great dishwasher with a chin cycle on it or I'd be tempted to buy paper all year round. It has literally paid for itself. <BR/><BR/>I once found a cosmetically damaged, never used, full sized portable dishwasher at Sears for $99. I regret not buying it. But I don't have the space. The next time. . . . . . .Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-40706353920768383172007-03-26T21:13:00.000-04:002007-03-26T21:13:00.000-04:00good advice, but i must disagree with no. 1, regar...good advice, but i must disagree with no. 1, regarding the disposable tableware and cooking utensils. the only thing more important to me than money (that did not come out right) is time. doing the dishes is usually my job, but i really don't have that much time after school, work, family and blogging. so do i really want to waste an hour saturday night with dishes? we even try not to cook food if it requires pots and pans. so for me it is disposable stuff that is a luxury rather than fancy china. friends of ours chipped in and bought us a set of (non-fancy) china when we got married and i'm embarassed to say how many time(s) we've used it.<BR/><BR/>of course i can enjoy the luxury of disposables because my eshet hayyil does not buy makeup, fancy clothing, etc. <BR/><BR/>-ari kinsberg<BR/>agmk.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-26173345133337047182007-03-26T20:54:00.000-04:002007-03-26T20:54:00.000-04:00Great overview. Makes me wonder how many of our "m...Great overview. Makes me wonder how many of our "must have"s shouldn't be!RaggedyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022064984702182705noreply@blogger.com