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March 11, 2007 at 12:11 am #238656
BiggerPiggyBank
Buying clever frugal gifts is dangerous for me!!
Hi everybody,
This is what’s on my mind:
Like a lot of people, I love giving unique but cheap gifts. This Christmas I am giving all my female relatives vintage aprons with a little note in each one saying why I chose that particular one for the person. The aprons were all $1 or less.
BUT why I am writing is that I have spent money along the way on other stuff. When I went to my first estate sale, my blood pressure rose sky high as I found all sorts of wonderful embroidered old napkins etc as well as my first aprons.
I love browsing in thrift stores but while I am finding clever raw material for crafts, cheap wrapping paper,etc, I am leading myself into temptation. Five dollars here, ten dollars there, a little splurge on a $4 waffle iron, $2 yogurt maker, cheap embroidery floss, Christmas decorations for my daughter-in-law, etc, etc add up!
i am thinking the best way for me to be frugal is literally to stay away from shopping altogether other than the grocery store.
[my kids are grown and don’t live at home any more.] i manage to find stuff almost anywhere i go if i look carefully. i think one of my new year’s resolutions will be not to go shopping for frugal items, rather to use what i have and spend more time with those female relatives instead of at value village. this will not be easy for me!!
thanks in advance and merry christmas.
j. therese
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