Brilliant way to save money on spices! $90 worth of spices for only $16.
I can't claim the glory for this idea, as my sister was the brilliant one to come up with it and make it happen, but boy is it fabulous!
Have you ever looked in envy at the bulk bags of spices at Moore Wilson's (or the USA equivalent I think is costco). Knowing that buying them bulk is an awesome deal on prices, but you'd never use them all before they went off. Well, my sis had the idea of getting 10-15 people to go in together to buy bulk spices then split them between us. We each put in $16 dollars (a minuscule amount when you consider buying most spices by a small container here in NZ is $3-4). We then bought over 25 spices (I kid you not) really cool ones too, like vanilla beans and star anaise as well as the stock standards. Then my sis hosted an evening at her place where everyone came around and divided them up.
Basically, the end result was about $90 worth of gorgeous spices for $16!!!! I then got myself some $1.50 jars with a b'day present voucher (I'd never got around to getting a spice rack) and they look stunning in my cupboard. I've popped a photo up here.
http://resumetemplatestudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/image.jpgI highly recommend doing this, apart from its value it's also a great social event!