Frugality is beauty
October • 31 • 08
I once read a posting online that states “the difference between looking chic and looking cheap is the price tag” talking about clothings. I SO disagree. You can spend millions on clothes and accessories and still look undeniably cheap. Take Paris Hilton for example.
In general I hate spending a fortune on things as frivolous as clothing, accessories, perfumes, and what-have-yous. Why buy a $100 dress if you can look good in a $10 one?
I do so many things to save money. Call me frugal, but heck, at least I have something saved for the rainy season!
- Like I said, I rarely buy expensive clothes. Unless they are on sale. Forget it.
- I rarely watch movies at the theater. I just rent DVDs from the local library
- I don’t buy CDs from the music store, I rip CDs from the library =)
- I don’t have a magazine/journal subscription I read them from the library. (I’m paying too much taxes, I might as well utilize my community resources!)
- We don’t pay a monthly internet bill – I make good use of my neighbor’s wi-fi! hehe
- We don’t have a cable subscription, we use a bunny ear. We rarely watch TV anyway
- I pack my lunch
- My boyfriend and I rarely eat out. Honestly, he can cook better meals than any of the gourmet restaurants in the area. =) hehe
- I usually buy in bulk (warehouse price)
- I don’t keep up with trends (I like to set my own!)… I’m mainly talking about cellphones and other gizmos. At some point in my life I used the same hand-me-down phone for 3 years! And I still don’t have an iPod. My boyfriend and I are kind of opposites on this area. He’s into new gizmos. When you talk about cellphones he’d like to have the newest and the coolest models. Hopefully he’s going to change now. Hehe.
I don’t know. It’s just me. I don’t like not having money when I need it. While in school I was in that kind of situation most of the time… and it wasn’t fun.
