Originally Posted by af895
I got an email this morning from a friend that was CC'd to a bunch of other friends.
She wants everyone to get together at a restaurant on Thursday.
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What the heck would be wrong if she invited people to her place and said "bring your own food"?
This is another style of 'simple living'. Throw money at it and the problem instantly goes away. No shopping, cooking, or clean up involved. Usually, I can say, I'm doing 'lunch only', or let's go for coffee or hang at the mall instead.