Stupid Purchases

[EGC]

Hi, Well Finally, I really into being a frugal person. i'm really looking forward to it. well, I have a bad habit which hard to break. I can't believe that I spend 320. for coffee and breakfast sandwich last 4 months which it should go to my cc bills!!!! Ack!!! It's kill me!!! Of course, i brought books too but I do read them but I'm skipping read different book and not finish one book at a time. However, I find them interesting anyway. Now, I drop by and said Hi!!!

[Lisa23]

Picture frame to load digital pictures. We used it Christmas week, and haven't turned it on since.

[Sundai]

Originally Posted by amyschiff

I live alone in my apartment, which means I have to grocery shop and cook for myself most of the time. What I regret most is when I buy fresh produce and it rots before I get around to cooking it

It's not a consistent thing--some weeks I'm really good about using up everything I have--but sometimes I buy produce and then forget I have it because it's tucked away in that crisper drawer in my refrigerator! I should really start posting an inventory of items on my fridge so that I can remember I have things with a quick glance.

Hi amy, I used to do this too. Now I just make 2 Big things for dinners and freeze, New England boiled dinner, beef stew or soup, Pork and Sauerkraut, things like that a lot and one or two snacky things BUT if you keep a running shopping list going ALL the time, this stuff doesn't happen. Whatever I FORGET from the list goes on next week's list.

Originally Posted by 72Tiger

here's something geeky to use some of that extra yarn on:

http://carissaknits.blogspot.com/200...d2-beanie.html

I too SEE much Beautiful yarns at yard sales, secondhand stores and at a Shelter for the homeless I volunteer at { FREE Stuff }. Sometimes I wished I knitted but I just don't have the desire to.

Originally Posted by jdp

I've made like 35 years of bad decisions lol. I wouldn't know where to start. DVDs (unless you've rented it 5x's it probably isn't something you MUST own), Books (I have absolutely NEVER reread a book, not for principle but just because there isn't enough time to read all the ones I want to the first time), poor clothing purchases I thought were good (have since learned how to determine quality and make a truly informed purchase), baby toys, baby specific furniture - those are mainstream things - I won't list the thousands of other stupid purchases from picture frames to momentos. Yikes.

Originally Posted by kav122

I love all of you that overbuy on yarn! I go to goodwill and garage sales and STOCK UP!

I do have a massive record collection that I amassed in high school, though. My husband also has a big one from his DJ'ing days. We keep telling ourselves that we are going to put up a big bookcase in the basement so we can access and play them, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Ask friends who have a movie you want to make a copy for you. I don't ask, people just do it and send them to me. I don't think I have rented or bought a movie in 20 years. PLUS, at your local library they have FREE Movies. At mine you can have 6 for a week and renew up to 5 times.