Thinking about the "Shop the Perimeter" thread and the way a number of us think this is now outdated "frugal" advice .
My fav Frugal Mantras are............... and I have used them since coming on this site in around 2005.
" You don't solve money problems with money, you solve them with lifestyle, values and priorities "
Dr Phil
" I think that I , and maybe others, buy things I don't need, with money I don't have, to impress people I don't like....................who don't come over , and don't get impressed "
Mary Ellen Edmunds
These are things that keep me on the straight and narrow and "validate me and my frugal choices. Anybody got any good ones ?
What Are Your Frugal Mantras ?
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Wanting isn't needing.rinty wrote:These are things that keep me on the straight and narrow and "validate me and my frugal choices. Anybody got any good ones ?
A small leak can sink a great ship.
That small leak thing... it was a gym membership for a while. Not mine.
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Only if it's on sale and I have a coupon. Was great advice 20 years ago but considering that good food coupons are now a rarity.....not so much. Now I hit the markdown bins and orange stickers.
Bev
Bev
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When somebody wants a new XXX - "What are you going to do with the old one? I don't want 2 of XXX sitting around the house." (bicycle, TV, stereo, car.....)
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If you watch the pennies, the dollars take care of themselves.
Jackie
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Mine should be Internet is for info, not for shopping. Cancelled my prime account as it was too tempting. Buy dog food on line from Walmart so not to go to store.