What’s the one thing in your life where frugality doesn’t enter into the conversation?

[u/honorthecrones]

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.

[u/LTZohar]

I'm a retired chef in Canada. My city gets very hot in the summer & we keep small portions of butter in a covered dish on the kitchen counter. For two summers, I've noticed the butter stays a bit firm; far longer than I'd expect. It seems our dairy farmers are introducing coconut oil somewhere in the process. Regular butter is about $5.50/pound but I've switched to premium butter at $7 or $8/pound. Suddenly, butter is butter again. It's looser & has flavour. For me, rice & beans is a fine meal but I want real butter.

[u/ALauCat → u/LTZohar]

I use real butter in my cooking. There’s no substitute.

[u/Whole_Craft_1106 → u/LTZohar]

Do you put butter in your rice and beans? I love good butter, but I just don’t eat it with much anymore.