Good Taste On A Dime
Just because one doesn’t have a fat bank account doesn’t mean one can’t have good taste. In fact, it seems the American culture, in particular is more about mainstream taste than good taste. Take our morning drink of choice for instance: coffee. We’ve gone from straight coffees that we brewed at home to lattes and cappuccinos made at the local Starbucks, which might eventually require cash advances to continue that expensive habit. Try to buy a cup of good tea, though, and you’re left with a glass of tepid water with a ragged teabag floating miserably at the top. Good taste doesn’t have to be in the marketing and the mainstream cattle run. It can be about good choices that pack a lot of punch for the dollar.
For instance, a good cup of tea is just wonderful as a good cup of coffee. High quality tea doesn’t come in a bag; however, it is brewed with loose-leaf tea. Interestingly enough, loose-leaf tea is quite inexpensive at ethnic food stores. Thus, it is a product with a high amount of punch and good taste for the dollar. All it requires is to reorient your thinking from the mass culture to your own ideals of good taste, which you can cultivate within your own budget. Buy a few beautiful, inexpensive perforated loose-leaf teaspoons and you can have a tea party that is high class all the way without taking out any cash advances. Martha Stewart made an empire out of her particular brand of good taste and finding your own sense of good taste can be as financially savvy for you too.
One of the keys to having a style that speaks about good taste is having one or two very high quality items in your budget. You can save for these items or you can take out short-term cash advances to help fund the purchases. They can be the anchors for the rest of what you use to distinguish yourself as a person of fine taste.
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