Useless Poll
Dec. 12th, 2008 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee34Okay, here's the thing.
I'm a thrifty gal. I grew up in the one of the cheapest families known to man and while I don't think I've carried that tendency as far as some of my relatives, I know how to pinch a penny. I cut my dryer sheets in half because those fragrance free ones that Josh and Emma have to use are expensive and half works just as well as a full sheet. I don't waste and I look for sales and I almost never shop for myself. I usually wait until it's a necessity, like I've grown so fat I have no pants that will fit me or all my underwear is full of holes. We will not speculate on the reasons for that. *g*
However, I'm not stingy. I like to spend money on experiences--travel, food, drink, comfort (I run the AC higher than I should in the summer because I'm not sweating in my own house). I know that sometimes you just can't be cheap because whatever you're buying is worth the money.
But this? This crosses the line. I love my fashion mags, but I am continually flabbergasted at what many of the items featured cost. I get expensives dresses and coats and jewelry, but the 200$ T-shirt is a thing I will never understand. So, poll!
[Poll #1314337]
I'm a thrifty gal. I grew up in the one of the cheapest families known to man and while I don't think I've carried that tendency as far as some of my relatives, I know how to pinch a penny. I cut my dryer sheets in half because those fragrance free ones that Josh and Emma have to use are expensive and half works just as well as a full sheet. I don't waste and I look for sales and I almost never shop for myself. I usually wait until it's a necessity, like I've grown so fat I have no pants that will fit me or all my underwear is full of holes. We will not speculate on the reasons for that. *g*
However, I'm not stingy. I like to spend money on experiences--travel, food, drink, comfort (I run the AC higher than I should in the summer because I'm not sweating in my own house). I know that sometimes you just can't be cheap because whatever you're buying is worth the money.
But this? This crosses the line. I love my fashion mags, but I am continually flabbergasted at what many of the items featured cost. I get expensives dresses and coats and jewelry, but the 200$ T-shirt is a thing I will never understand. So, poll!
[Poll #1314337]
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Date: 2008-12-13 03:21 am (UTC)I do well with some thriftiness, not so well with other aspects. Which would be why I no longer have a credit card, even though I need one. (I have one in my name that my parents pay for & is for extreme emergencies--such as paying the stupid school their stupid fees when they used to give you all year to pay them off).
Someone in the comments mentioned the dryer balls. They're blue spiny balls. they are also very loud rattling around the dryer. So you have to balance the banging noise. If you have a Beall's Outlet Store near you (there was one up in Calhoun, GA so I know they're in GA; sometimes called Burke's Outlet) you can usually find them there for 5 bucks. My doctor told me to stop using even the fragrance free sheets. Sure I have static but I don't really miss them.
Congrats on finishing your first term there at MGC.
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Date: 2008-12-13 04:27 am (UTC)I am loving MGC. I am doing so well here. It's amazing how when you find your niche, everything falls into place. :)
My other main thriftiness lessons would involve pretty much always buying the Food Club/Store Brand version of everything, only going to Target once a year (because let's face it; Target is shiny and awesome, not cheap), and appropriating office supplies from work.
I think I can deal with the noise. We don't dry when we're trying to sleep, so that'll prob be ok.