We’ll be traveling this weekend again to see family, which got me thinking about balancing frugality with life in general. To me, material possessions aren’t very important. This isn’t to say that I’m not thankful for what we have, but our life isn’t focused on getting more “stuff”. On the other hand, when it comes to traveling to see family, our costs seem to be getting increasing with each trip (gas, tolls). However, we’re not willing to cut the number of trips we make to see family each year. There are alternative routes to save on tolls, but it...
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Time to buy plane tickets for Thanksgiving?
Our family is taking our first real vacation since 2004 – now that our son is 2, it is time for him to begin to see the world (we’ll start with the USA). We have close friends that live in Arizona, a state which neither my husband nor I have seen. These friends are getting ready to return back east in another year or two, and have been wanting us to visit. The time seemed right for us to plan a trip. We thought that sometime around Thanksgiving would be a good time, and our friends have been looking...
We spent money this weekend…sort of
We are home for one weekend before hitting the road again, so we spent some time running errands. I mentioned how we are trying to control our “extra” purchases here, and thought I would start to report on how we are spending our money a little more often. First, I hit CVS again. Because it was a Saturday, a lot of the deals from the ad were already out of stock, but I still managed to do ok. Here’s what I got: 1 bag of Hershey kisses (discounted from Valentine’s Day) – $1.49 1 Fusion razor – $9.99 ($6...
CVS makes me almost like shopping
I almost liked shopping today, but it was only because of the amount of money we saved. Sometimes I think that I am the only female who doesn’t like to shop – I hate buying clothes, shoes, and don’t own any make-up (unless you count my yearly purchase of a tube of chapstick). When I do shop, I know what I want/need, and like to get in and out as fast as I can. All that being said, I have to admit that I don’t mind shopping as much when I know there is a great bargain to be...
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