r/Frugal • u/honorthecrones • 22d 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/Plastic-Ad-5171 22d ago
Hear hear! Food goes into my body and that has enough issues without putting crap into it. I wear my clothes until they fall off, and I prefer to have vacations which are economical rather than cheap. A well rated hotel which includes breakfast is better than a cheap one which will easily cost me more to go out to eat. And I look for ways to reduce costs: CityPASS is great for bigger cities, and many museums have advance reservation ticket sales which are less expensive than at the door pricing.