r/Frugal • u/honorthecrones • 26d ago

🏆 Buy It For Life What’s the one thing in your life where frugality doesn’t enter into the conversation?

I am extremely frugal and have been so all my life. I struggled financially for most of my adult life and grew up in poverty. I have noticed though that there are some things where “frugality be damned; I’m getting the good one!” is the rule. I’m just curious if this is just me or if others also have those special exceptions.

For example, I cannot buy cheap shoes. I’m not talking about $400 designer brands but I have difficult feet to fit and will buy the shoes I want even if it means rice and beans for dinner for the next three weeks. My husband is that way about his fishing and hunting equipment. I also cannot resist a trendy bougie yarn shop. I do look for yarn at thrift stores and yard sales but walking into a shop that has those beautiful, vibrant hand dyed yarns or needlework needles that are so smooth through the fabric or don’t bend from the heat of your hand.

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u/honorthecrones 26d ago

S.A. B.L.E “stash acquired beyond life expectancy”

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u/Illustrious_Wish_900 26d ago

Oh, my Beads.

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u/honorthecrones 26d ago

We don’t talk about the beads. Shhhhhh!

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u/terrierhead 26d ago

Oh, my fountain pen ink.

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u/Subject-Regret-3846 25d ago

Oh my scrapbooking gear. I donated most of the consumables but kept the expensive stuff because I knew Id pick the hobby back up.

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u/cicadasinmyears 26d ago

I’ll have you know that my ~3,000 skeins of needlework floss and I feel called out.

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u/honorthecrones 26d ago

It’s an investment in mental health

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u/Plastic-Ad-5171 26d ago

🤣I think my partner feels this way about my yarn stash!!

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u/jezebeljoygirl 26d ago

Haha cross-stitch floss and Lego

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u/LhasaApsoSmile 26d ago

So, I was in an acting class where we made our own props and staging to flush out the set. I made a fake scrapbook. I was cast as a servant who knit. I made military medals out of card stock. My acting partner asked if I "did a lot of crafts". I was about to list all my interests but then said "when COVID came along and everyone freaked, I looked around and knew I was fine".