Friday, October 7, 2011

Being Cheap is Lots of Fun

People get upset when I say I'm cheap because I don't look cheap and I'm not miserable.  I knew my life would be a challenge when I was very young.  I started buying stuff cheap as a kid.  I was 12 when I went into my first thrift shop.  Mostly I bought books.  I couldn't believe how many books were being sold for so little money.  By the time I hit high school my father had to build me a bookcase.  It was eight feet high and four feet wide.  I filled it up with my treasures.  I was happy.  This was back in the day when the TV was only in the living room, but I had my books and could entertain myself endlessly.  Later when I started to work and needed a wardrobe, I went back to the thrift store and dressed myself for no money.  I so was happy.  I thought I was getting away with something and I guess I was.  My skills continued to develop and by the time I met my husband, I was able to buy clothes for him and his children in one weekend. I brought everyone involved  a measure of happiness to experience the abundance my cheap skills created.  Cheapness has brought me abundance.  I am able to do a whole lot with just a little.  I like being cheap.  I also like cashmere sweaters.  I could go to Macy's and spend $50 on just one new sweater.  But it's a lot more fun to go to the Salvation Army on a Wednesday and buy three or four sweaters for $10.  I like the feeling of getting over on the Corporate system.  I don't have to work long hours to have the best and I don't have to give all my money to China either.  Cheapness is fun.  Cheapness is about having more, more, more.

1 comment:

  1. Never pay full price for anything, even if you go to a department store, it's not worth it, especially clothes; clothes you REALLY can buy cheap even in a department store. Some people like to pay full price because to them it's a status thing, like buying a designer dress or something. However, you can buy that same style dress at K-Mart or Wal-Mart and it will last just as long. Or go to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, or in NYC or any big city, there will be tons of stuff in thrift shops, given away by wealthy women who only wore it once (unfortunately, most of that stuff is a size 2).

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