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What makes someone take up frugal habits? Being independent of "keeping up with the Jones'" as the saying puts it! Going along with the crowd or whatever is "in" at the moment seems to be an indication that one has no individuality!  When you receive compliments on an outfit or a home haircut, you and you alone have something to be proud of. Knowing you've done something rewarding for a fraction (or less) of the usual price will give satisfaction. Or you can watch your bank balance shrink or credit card debt escalate!
Make and freeze Leftover Soup from edibles too many people assign to the trash can and you'll have lunch for unexpected callers. Pay attention to advice about saving dollars and think about your priorities. Say you do a big load of clothes in the dryer, take them out and find two items still quite damp. Do you put them back in an appliance that takes a lot of power to run, or find some remote corner to hang the items in until they're dry enough to put away?
Frugality is a habit and like any other, the more you feed it, the stronger it grows!
When the main wage earner in your family grouses about high costs, do you begin to defend yourself? Think "we"; your spouse isn't necessarily a tight wad, so adults who sit down to think up ways to save here and there will be setting a good example for kids and stretching their income further! When it comes to income and outgo, it's "all in the family!"
By Janet
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RE: Take Pride In Not "Keeping Up With The Jones'"
I am a one person and four cat household. When I was growing up at home the fact that my parents were raised in Oklahoma during the Great Depression was not lost in my parent's household. It often came up several times a week. My parents were frugal and some of that frugality rubbed off on me. The only thing my mother insisted upon was buying national brand groceries, store brands and/or local and regional brands were absolutely forbidden unless we could show here that it was owned by a national brand. She would still wrinkle her nose at it and complain that it was just "not as good" as her favorite brand, which BTW was Del Monte.
All of this frugality has really come in handy during the past few years of living on a fixed income. I take full advantage of a place on the web called Freecycle.com. It runs via Yahoo. It's NOT a trading site but rather a place where folks offer stuff that's still in good shape and you can offer the same. They just ask that you not use it as a way to avoid taking a piece of junk to the dump where it belongs. You can lose your privilges and be removed for abuse; the same goes for offering anything that is too risque or just plain porno.
Well, that is enough rambling for now other that to say I think everyone should read the tips that come in the newsletters and follow some of the related links. You never know what it might trigger in your head.
TTFN
Steve
Clovis, NM
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Post By treetops (Guest Post)
(05/11/2007)
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everyone laughed at my father in law because he religously recycles cans & bottles. He accumulated $20,000. from doing this!
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RE: Take Pride In Not "Keeping Up With The Jones'"
Ha! When I was growing up my father was perversely proud of having the oldest car on the block! But we always lived below our means - & those early lessons have really helped me in good stead!
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Hooray for you Janet. I wish I had learned that lesson early in life and it would be much easier now that we are retired.
My husband is the one who is frugal not stingy just frugal. Even if he saves a penny on something that penny is in his pocket and not somebody elses', and eventually those pennies add up. So live good, pray hard and be a blessing to someone. Barb
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