Thursday, July 12, 2007
4:52 PM
The Tale Of The Eccentric Frugal
I've never really been described as eccentric, but I do have my moments.
Case in point....yesterday, realizing I had just enough money to put gas in the car and no more until payday, we are also thisclose to being out of TOILET PAPER! Sure, we have flimsy paper towels, but still...it's not a good bowel movement without the proper paper.
Being the crafty person I am, I realized I had some money left on my Office Depot business credit card!! Aaaannndd, being the very curious person I was born to be, I typed in "toilet paper" in the search box on their website....
VOILA!!!! They freakin' sell TOILET PAPER. Albeit, they don't have many brands and prices to choose from (two brands to be exact), but hell...TP is TP.
Sooooo...I did the unthinkable....I ordered toilet paper which was then delivered TODAY!
That's what I'm sayin'....it pays to think outside the bathroom....errr...box.
On to other news, I've noticed that trying to be frugal sometimes causes me to spend MORE than if I would've just paid the extra cost for something better.
Case in point.....a month ago we discovered to our dismay that we needed to buy a vacuum for hard floors and carpet since we just moved into a half tile, half carpeted house. *It's not tacky...just some rooms chose to be tile and others chose to be carpet...*
Trying to pinch my pennies, I decided to buy a MANUAL sweeper that works on both surfaces and didn't require batteries or plugs. Yep...a $15 tool plus shipping (I love buying online). It was a Bissell so it wasn't an unknown brand.
We used it for a few weeks and realized it didn't do as well as we thought....soooooo....I had to break down and buy a $20 equivalent that actually runs on electricity.
This thing is picking up everything.
So basically, being frugal cost me a total of $35 as opposed to just $20 if I would've been SMART and bought the good one first.
Hey, what can I say....I live and learn and learn some more.
Said By Nicole
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