Adult Money, Kid Interests

In honor of backwards day, this blogger would like to let some of you readers in on a little switch-up he recently pulled - let’s call it, “Kid Money, Adult Interests.”

Sometimes the things you want are adult-caliber - but what if your bank account (or, taking it back to the 90’s, wallet) only displays kid-level money? That’s where generic brand walks up and gives you a high-five. I recently needed a new iPod cord, and a new phone charger. These things, purchased from Apple and T-mobile respectively, would have cost over $40. Instead, I turned to eBay for generic versions, and snagged ‘em both for under $5 total. Bonus: I didn’t support two giant conglomerates!

Sometimes, doing the moonwalk backwards works out too.

loucaltabiano:

Candy for breakfast.

candlejack:

“Now we’re not saying that your candy-for-breakfast is going to go BAD, necessarily. We’re just saying that it might be in your best interest to tackle it within the next year or so.”

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

croftyttl:

Chocolate spread, peanut butter and wagon wheel bagel #legendary #winning #grownup (Taken with instagram)

THAT’S CALLED LIVING THE DREAM.

inthesoulofacarrot:

Oh not much, just read comic books, watched Thor and had pizza for dinner. ‘Cause I’m an 8 year old inside apparently, and it’s 1991.

What?

(Totally STILL have a Thor comic from the late 80’s/early 90’s.)

(You know, like a grown up. I have a whole shelf of comics actually.)

This Kate Spade makeup bag says “Eat cake for breakfast”. EAT CAKE FOR BREAKFAST. If that isn’t the manifesto / first rule of the Adult Money, Kid Interests lifestyle, THEN THIS CORRESPONDENT DOESN’T KNOW WHAT IS. Hell, to this staffer, it’s not a real birthday until I’m eating cake for breakfast the day after. 

That’s how it’s done.

Here at AMKI, we realize that we’re quickly growing a reputation for loving us some good food. And we welcome the classification! It’s well-known that kids love to chow down, but we’ll let you in on a secret that’s been under wraps (did someone say chicken caesar wrap?!) until now: adults love food just as much, AND we don’t have to listen to any authority about what our intake limit should be (screw you, Richard Simmons!).

So with that, we present…



THE DOUBLE SCOOP!

If you’ve got the appetite (…if? we know you do) and a few dollars to spare, you control your ice cream destiny. Do it to feel like a big roller, do it to support your local ice cream shop, and do it to AVENGE YOUR CHILDHOOD!

That’s how we feel!

You’re singing our song!

squoliver:

…to make some terrible life decisions.

We all remember growing up with Monopoly, where there was a luxury tax and rich people could actually go to jail. But somewhere along the way, the 1% infringed upon our beloved childhood memories and changed the rules of the real-life game. So as of late, the little adult money those of us in the 99% have has often been designated for interests that have occupied our minds and hearts since childhood - like tents, aka the adult fort!

A city of forts is a childhood dream, powered by the adult money needed to spent some serious coinage at R.E.I.

This is what democracy Adult Money, Kid Interests looks like!