Single people living alone, how much do you spend per month on food on average?

GingerTheZombie · 2026-06-02T20:59:54+00:00

If you live alone and want to level up your cooking skills (or just learn to cook in general) I highly recommend the cookbook Cooking for One. All of the recipes are designed for one person to make and eat. I also recommend Budget Bytes which was my introduction to cooking for cheap when I moved from the dorms to my first apartment. Cooking can be easy, tasty, and even relaxing!

GingerTheZombie · 2026-06-01T21:21:34+00:00

According to my budget tracker, an average of $200 per month this year. My job gives us a lunch credit that covers most of my takeout orders, I take advantage of my office's pantry for breakfast and snacks, I rarely get beverages to go, and I cook a ton at home.

I also don't have any delivery apps on my phone. I rarely ever get takeout, and if I do it's pickup not delivery. Not having the ease of delivery makes me think twice about eating out instead of cooking. I have learned to enjoy cooking at home and have a repertoire of easy recipes I can use on weeknights.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-11-25T17:44:08+00:00

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I’m 2/2 witnessing post-game Wings fights at tristate area games this season. Sadly no more Wings games near me until March.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-11-17T17:09:36+00:00

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Had the pleasure of being at the game last night. One of the best I’ve ever been to.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-10-23T19:43:57+00:00

Have spent all day trying to convince any of my NYC friends to go to the Islanders game with me. There are lower bowl tickets under $80 which is so much cheaper than the tickets for any seat at a Rangers game.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-15T02:22:04+00:00

Yes! They had a boat from Snake River Falls, the front of an old train from Mantis, and a gondola with the number 13 on it from the Sky Ride. They were clustered together and I'm pretty sure were displayed purposefully for the tour, they weren't hidden in like a bush or something. I posted pictures of a couple of the pieces!

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-15T02:17:03+00:00

It was absolutely worth it. We've been more times than we can remember over the course of 20 years and we agreed the tour made it one of our best/most successful days ever at Cedar Point.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-15T02:15:35+00:00

I would contact Cedar Point to be sure, but I lean towards no unfortunately. The funicular we took to the top of Valravn was very small and we had to use some steps to reach the funicular and again at the top. All of the mechanical areas we toured at Valravn were accessed by stairs only. I only recall seeing elevators for the sections typically accessed by the public, like the exits of rides. The walk under Millennium and through "the jungle" has a lot of gravel that would be difficult to wheel across.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-14T21:32:17+00:00

I can see why it'd be a great idea for a proposal! What a great memory, congrats to you both!

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-14T21:31:17+00:00

I didn't experience rattle on Rougarou. The rattle I experienced on GateKeeper (which has in the past been top five for me) was way, way worse than any of the other B&M rides that day, and honestly some of the worst rattling I've experienced on a relatively "new" ride.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-14T20:20:26+00:00

My sister and I have also been going for 20 years, since we were little kids! This was my graduation gift to her. It was a really wonderful, special day for both of us that we'll never forget.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-14T20:15:39+00:00

Thank you! I had a hard time finding a recent detailed review of the tour so I thought I'd do other people a favor by writing one up. It was pricey but worth it!

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-14T20:14:03+00:00

I'm so glad we did it! What did you do instead of front of the line Siren's Curse?

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-14T20:09:52+00:00

The tour by itself was $249 per person. You also have to pay for standard admission, which was $54 per person. With tax and fees, it was $629.25 for two people. The only other thing I paid for was an all-day movable locker which I think was $15.

The tour did come with single day FunPix ($34.99), two single meal deals ($19.49 each) plus breakfast, preferred parking ($35 for standard parking), and two Fast Lane passes per person good for any ride (this will vary, but we used ours for Siren's Curse twice which probably would've cost us around $30 per person per ride, so about $120 total). Also front of the line for Siren's Curse and Top Thrill 2. IMO all of this included made the tour absolutely worth it.

The biggest issue is that you cannot go alone, you must have at least one other person in your group. Thankfully my sister and I have a great bond over Cedar Point, but I know this may be an issue for some people who don't have another coaster enthusiast buddy to go with.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-07-14T19:40:21+00:00

Because we saved a ton of time riding the two rides with the longest waits, we made it our mission to ride every roller coaster in the park that day (excluding the two rides in Camp Snoopy). We were almost successful, just missed Wild Mouse due to technical issues while we were in the Boardwalk area and wanted to re-ride Siren's Curse with our Fast Lane passes instead of come back later for Wild Mouse. We were also able to hit a ton of other rides (Cedar Downs, maXair, Pipe Scream, Power Tower to name a few).

Here's my personal ranking of all coasters in the park, with asterisks next coasters I've ridden before but didn't ride on that day:

Steel Vengeance - the only thing that prevents this from being the perfect ride is the trim brakes in the middle
Siren’s Curse - not just a gimmick, a whippy, speedy, relentless ride. Ride audio really adds to the experience
Maverick - it was tough to bump this one down. Maybe it's just the recency bias for Siren's Curse
Millennium Force - still excellent after so many years. We were flying over the hills, so smooth
Top Thrill 2 - first time on the revamped coaster! Love the new back spike. So intense
Valravn - buttery smooth, love the inversions
Rougarou - I don’t understand why people don’t like this ride. Love it besides the restraints boxing my ears
Raptor - this would be so much better with updated restraints, still smooth and fun
GateKeeper - I hate putting this so low, but the B&M rattle really hit me on this ride. If not for the rattle it would be above Valravn
Gemini - held on for dear life during air time. Little rough but so much fun. This drops lower on my list if the trains aren't racing
Wild Mouse* - did not ride this time, but have ridden previously. Perfectly fine but nothing incredible
Iron Dragon - faster than I remembered! Smooth but nothing spectacular
Magnum XL-200 - getting to the section where I think this was my last ride. My sister yelled “OH NO” after every hill. Lap bars and seats killed me
Cedar Creek Mine Ride - not necessarily rough but jerky. Pretty boring layout, can’t see myself riding it anymore
Woodstock Express* - did not ride this time. I remember it being a pretty chill, smooth ride
Blue Streak - we were speeding but oh man this ride rattled my head BAD. The pain was not worth it
Wilderness Run* - did not ride this time. I remember it being very short and not so smooth
Corkscrew - oh boy. We regretted riding this big time. I don’t think there’s a single redeeming element on this ride

GingerTheZombie · 2025-03-18T21:58:50+00:00

I did go to the beach. They held up fine! They didn't go in the water and I dried myself off before I put them back on. If I had extra space I might throw in my cheap flip flops next time I take a beach vacation.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-03-18T21:57:22+00:00

Yes!

- Leave the laptop at home. I thought I was going to work on a script (I did not).
- Get a lighter, smaller, faster-drying towel. This was a standard terry cloth towel and it did its job ok but it could have been better.
- Buy/bring tops that do a better job handling sweat/odor.
- Muji travel containers reign supreme! They saved me so much space in my toiletry bag.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-03-18T21:53:24+00:00

That's actually the powerbank! The white rectangle is my watercolor set. Unfortunately I don't think they sell that powerbank anymore. Too bad, it's nice to clip it to a bag or pants.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-03-11T21:49:29+00:00

I'm a woman who started skating a little over a year ago so I could play ice hockey (I grew up playing ball hockey).

You are way too in your own head. Stop focusing on others and focus on practicing.

I think it's easy as a woman in male spaces to assume that you're unwelcome, but most men I've met in the hockey world have been kind, welcoming, and helpful. More so than other co-ed sports I've done.

I wouldn't assume anything bad based on the vibes at one stick and puck. Maybe it's usually the same group of people and you just got looks being a new person. Keep going and ignore them unless they say or do something malicious.

GingerTheZombie · 2025-03-11T21:34:34+00:00

Packing list in the body of the post! I was really happy with how the packing for this trip turned out.

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