1."Ordering avocado without asking if it's extra, and when they say, 'That's an extra 50 cents,' you say, 'I don't care.'"
2."Getting tickets to anything last-minute during a snowstorm. I live in Boston, and you wouldn’t believe where you can sit at a Bruins game or an opera for next to nothing when all the folks from the 'burbs realize they can’t make it at like 3 p.m. for a 7 p.m. thing."
3."Tailored clothing. Taking in the sides of a shirt or a pair of pants is pretty easy with a sewing machine, some tutorials, and practice. I learned all the basic stuff from a YouTube channel called Stylish Dad."
4."Book a hotel during the week. Pick, like, a Tuesday night. There is a big supply-demand problem where hotels need enough rooms to host a ton of folks on the weekends, but weekdays are usually way less busy. You can snag a five-star hotel for 30–40 bucks a night if you time it right."
5."Drinking grape juice out of a wine glass."
6."Finding money in your old jacket."
7."A quilted pattern on your toilet paper."
8."I buy Powerball tickets because I get to fantasize for about an hour what my life would be like if I won. That's worth $2."
9."Spend 99 cents on an app that you can get the basic [version] for free."
10."Freshly dry-cleaned clothes. I've done it a couple times and feel like I'm ballin' out of control."
11."Using really good shampoo and having nice-smelling hair. Also getting into bed with nice clean sheets."
12."I like to leave large tips. I'm one of those introverts who likes eating alone and doesn't feel self-conscious about it. An absurd tip only adds a few bucks extra. I'm not sure how the servers feel about it, but it makes me feel good."
13."Go to a local food shelter and volunteer. Get your significant other a small gift just because you can. Leave a box of clothes on your doorstep for Veterans of America."
14."Shopping at Goodwill. $300 leather jacket for 30 bucks? Hell yeah. It literally cost more to have it dry-cleaned than what I bought it for."
15."Get a fountain pen — you can actually get single-use fountain pens for the same price as a good-quality ballpoint, but the writing experience instantly makes you feel like a rich British student who studies English or Latin and drinks only the finest tea and scotch."
