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Window Shopping

Window shopping can be fun and useful - I went to an upscale craft fair over the weekend and saw several things at MUCH higher prices which I had gotten for MUCH less. (Like a craft glass pin for $20 - I had just gotten one just like it at a thrift shop the day before for pennies!)

I realize that all my experience at looking around had helped me to define what I WANTED and that I have been able to GET those things on MY budget by shopping at thrift shops, discount stores, and elsewhere where I can AFFORD it. Who knows that MY impressionistic landscape painting cost less than $20 - or that my art glass was on sale? Or that I have a vintage necklace just like the one over in that booth which I GOT for $5, not $50? Conspicuous consumption is not for me - just so I can boast about how much I spent. It's the pleasure I get from what I have that counts.

By Pam from L.A., CA

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