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06-13-2017, 06:27 AM
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Doberge.
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06-13-2017, 06:36 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Never really rewarded myself for financial milestones. Reaching a million was its own reward. BUT, I do love cake. Guess I should have used that as an excuse. YMMV
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06-13-2017, 06:36 AM
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Chocolate cake with fudge frosting. No ice cream needed!
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06-13-2017, 06:54 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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CARROT!! (homemade with extra raisins soaked in rum)
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06-13-2017, 07:24 AM
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We celebrate financial milestones with a bottle of bubbly usually.
As for cakes, I am thinking Mille-Feuille or Paris-Brest.
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06-13-2017, 07:26 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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never really had a savings goal--just kept working and plunking those dollars in the deferred comp account!
If and when I do celebrate: definitely chocolate sour cream cake with vanilla buttercream frosting 
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06-13-2017, 07:29 AM
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I love cake.
Milestones are good too.
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06-13-2017, 07:47 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Give me pie and you can have my cake. Pie is better than cake any day.
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06-13-2017, 08:07 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Sittingduck
Pie is better than cake any day.
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Maybe. What kind of pie?
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06-13-2017, 08:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sittingduck
Pie is better than cake any day.
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With a flaky crust and a good sized serving, as well!
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06-13-2017, 09:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sittingduck
Give me pie and you can have my cake. Pie is better than cake any day.
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+1 DW made the worlds best pies. For my birthday there would always be lemon meringue pie for me and cake for the candles and whoever would rather cake.
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06-13-2017, 09:00 AM
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Timely topic as I just finished off the last remnants of my Birthday Cake; a lemon cake with lemon filling and lemon frosting of course!
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06-13-2017, 10:27 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sittinginthesun
CARROT!! (homemade with extra raisins soaked in rum)
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Or keep the raisins sober and soak your innards instead! Either way works. 
Yeah, carrot cake is wonderful - even though it has a dubious name, IMO. YMMV
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06-13-2017, 11:30 AM
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I love cake, who doesn't, and I don't need any milestone celebration to eat it. Maybe that's why I'm having a hard time losing weight. Now that would be a milestone to celebrate, losing another 15 lbs?
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06-13-2017, 11:52 AM
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Carrot with lots of nuts.
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06-13-2017, 01:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fedup
Maybe that's why I'm having a hard time losing weight.
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It sounds like you're having your cake and eating it too. 
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06-13-2017, 02:02 PM
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Location: Everett
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I don't celebrate overtly, but do savor financial accomplishments quietly to myself, especially at work, mmmmm...
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06-13-2017, 03:25 PM
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[QUOTE=dallas27;1893953]My wife with all her wisdom once asked me what exactly was going to happen after our savings hits some arbitrary number that I claimed was a "goal" and droned on about for years.
"Well," I said with absolutely no significant thought, "I'm gonna buy a cake, of course."
So now every goal I make involves cake. I also found my "goals" became smaller and closer together as I find more opportunities for rewards.
Simple question, do you reward yourself for saving incrementally, and how?[/QUOTE
We usually go out to eat and toast each other  . Next big milestone is DH's first SS check, coming on July 19.
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06-13-2017, 04:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Collar Guy
oh by the way I like cannoli cream cake
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Which s the most New York of all dessert options.
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06-13-2017, 04:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Collar Guy
I like cannoli cream cake
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"Leave the gun. Grab the cannoli."
I like Sock It To Me cake. For pies its Buttermilk Pecan.
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