Debt Dumpers 2025

[barkley]

Butter chicken is one I like to double or triple and freeze.

I use this instant pot recipe then freeze the chicken in the sauce. On another night we'll reheat some sauce, cook rice, maybe add frozen broccoli. I buy the big naan packs at Costco and keep it in the freezer.
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YUM! I have some rogan josh in the freezer. I've not tried costco's naan but am addicted to trader joe's (their fresh which I freeze vs. their frozen ones).

 

[amalone1013]

YUM! I have some rogan josh in the freezer. I've not tried costco's naan but am addicted to trader joe's (their fresh which I freeze vs. their frozen ones).

Costco carries the stonefire brand in a pack of 18 mini ones for $7ish in our area.

I wish we had a Trader Joe's closer!

 

[WDW_fan_in_TX]

Buying tires for DW's care. OOF! What a pain. And super expensive. I called and searched online and had it down between Sam's and Discount Tire. Was leaning toward Sam's because they were about $100 cheaper if I bought 4 (buying 2 was going to cost $550, buying 4 was going to cost $850 plus all the fees). However, buying 4 was just out of my price range of $600 right now. I visited with a guy from our church a few weeks ago, and he owns a tire shop. So I called him. He was willing to do all 4 of the same exact tires I was checking at Sam's and Discount. But his were $40 less per tire. So it came to $760 for all 4. With the life of tire damage of $15 per tire, it brought it to $840. He said he was willing to take $600 today and let me pay out the rest in 3 monthly payments of $80 each. PTL. Answered prayers.

 

[disney-inspired]

Buying tires for DW's care. OOF! What a pain. And super expensive. I called and searched online and had it down between Sam's and Discount Tire. Was leaning toward Sam's because they were about $100 cheaper if I bought 4 (buying 2 was going to cost $550, buying 4 was going to cost $850 plus all the fees). However, buying 4 was just out of my price range of $600 right now. I visited with a guy from our church a few weeks ago, and he owns a tire shop. So I called him. He was willing to do all 4 of the same exact tires I was checking at Sam's and Discount. But his were $40 less per tire. So it came to $760 for all 4. With the life of tire damage of $15 per tire, it brought it to $840. He said he was willing to take $600 today and let me pay out the rest in 3 monthly payments of $80 each. PTL. Answered prayers.

That's great!
My grandma had a roofing guy at her church who she referred to do my aunt's roof and then my dad used the same guy because his prices were best priced. They were done SO fast too.

 

[EilonwyWanderer]

omfg June get out of here.

We had a couple big things going through in June that I was (mostly) prepared for. Camp full fees came due and we had one last payment for the pool club. Okay fine. Big chunk of change but after that it's smooth sai--

I'm sorry, a new front door costs HOW MUCH!?

Our front door is original to our house and beat to hell. When I say "original" I mean at least 100 years old, possibly older because this house is made up of parts they just grabbed from places. If you look up in the basement all the boards are different colors, you can actually pick out a 100 year old door they used for a bit of the ceiling in the bulkhead entry, and the bottom railing of the basement stairs is literally a fence post.

It was one of those latch doors so a HUGE chunk is taken out where the doorknob would be. So there's a big metal plate there instead. And a couple chunks taken out of the edges here and there--also in the frame which allows cold and bugs in depending on the season. I LOVE the door. But it's time to go.

Or maybe it's not because 4-5k is not in my budget right now!

 

[firefly_ris]

I would bondo the chunk missing, fill other imperfections, sand it real nice, paint it a fun color, weather strip it better, maybe add a nice metal kickplate and call it a day. Or look on FB Marketplace for a similar sized door in a little better shape. I would be vomiting in my mouth ponying up that kind of money for 1 door. That is insane. But I personally prefer older, "character" materials over new stuff anyway.

 

[EilonwyWanderer]

It's not just the door, it's the frame. Like I'm looking at it right now and the place where the lock goes it looks like someone once took a crowbar to it and I can see the outside :/

 

[comicguy]

It's not just the door, it's the frame. Like I'm looking at it right now and the place where the lock goes it looks like someone once took a crowbar to it and I can see the outside :/

I totally get this! I have a house orginally buily in 1890, added on at least twice (probably 3x counting front porch) at least 1 of the additions was whatever material they could scavage based on opening of the walls. Everything is major PITA to update, I try to do as much as I can myself with the exception of plumbing, roofing, doors and taping sheetrock. Materials are expensive and labor is jusr as much, but sometimes just have to eat the cost to get the work done but still sucks to pay that much

 

[Tygerlilly]

omfg June get out of here.

We had a couple big things going through in June that I was (mostly) prepared for. Camp full fees came due and we had one last payment for the pool club. Okay fine. Big chunk of change but after that it's smooth sai--

I'm sorry, a new front door costs HOW MUCH!?

Our front door is original to our house and beat to hell. When I say "original" I mean at least 100 years old, possibly older because this house is made up of parts they just grabbed from places. If you look up in the basement all the boards are different colors, you can actually pick out a 100 year old door they used for a bit of the ceiling in the bulkhead entry, and the bottom railing of the basement stairs is literally a fence post.

It was one of those latch doors so a HUGE chunk is taken out where the doorknob would be. So there's a big metal plate there instead. And a couple chunks taken out of the edges here and there--also in the frame which allows cold and bugs in depending on the season. I LOVE the door. But it's time to go.

Or maybe it's not because 4-5k is not in my budget right now!

We just went to look at doors also. Both our front and back need replaced at some point. Some point is looking like several years from now because oooooofffff.

 

[Tygerlilly]

Have to take my car in. We noticed when we were heading home that the coolant was leaking. The cruise randomly stopped working a couple months ago so that had needed fixed as well. It's still under warranty, so it should only cost me the deductible $100 to get it all fixed, but it's going to take a couple days so I need to rent a car while it's in the shop. I just looked and a week is $400. That sucks a whole lot since we just unexpectedly had to spend a small fortune going to the funeral on hotels and eating out.

Told hubby he needs to win me some money at the casino on father's day (he gets extra free play). Or maybe I'll just go win it myself.

 

[LoveDaisy]

Have to take my car in. We noticed when we were heading home that the coolant was leaking. The cruise randomly stopped working a couple months ago so that had needed fixed as well. It's still under warranty, so it should only cost me the deductible $100 to get it all fixed, but it's going to take a couple days so I need to rent a car while it's in the shop. I just looked and a week is $400. That sucks a whole lot since we just unexpectedly had to spend a small fortune going to the funeral on hotels and eating out.

Told hubby he needs to win me some money at the casino on father's day (he gets extra free play). Or maybe I'll just go win it myself.

I would ask the dealer for a loaner car. If it is still under warranty they will normally provide this to you at no charge. Both Honda and Subaru have done this for me.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I would ask the dealer for a loaner car. If it is still under warranty they will normally provide this to you at no charge. Both Honda and Subaru have done this for me.

Lincoln did this for me as well. In my case it was for a recall. Of course the hard part is they loaned me an almost brand new car which makes my old 2016 feel even older...
I had to keep reminding myself, "Don't look at it, just drive." lol.

 

[Tygerlilly]

I would ask the dealer for a loaner car. If it is still under warranty they will normally provide this to you at no charge. Both Honda and Subaru have done this for me.

It's not going into the dealer, it's going into their recommended shop because they're booked out until July. Maybe I'll call and see what they say tho.