Joys of being frugal

[lapenn]

-> Having someone compliment me on my jeans/sweater/etc and knowing that it only cost $5 (or less, yay tag sales).

-> The satisfaction of eating homemade pizza (so yummy)

-> Knowing that reducing consumption and reusing items is earth friendly.

Here are just a few -- feel free to add more!

Comments

[bluebuckeye]

* Getting more time to myself at lunch because I don't have to drive to a fast food place and get food. And along with that, having the people I work with compliment me a couple times a week on how good my lunch smells.

* Getting a half an hour of me-time while walking to work that is also saving me money as well as helping me lose weight.

* Feeling better about myself knowing that I don't have to keep up with my friends to be happy. That I would be content with half of what I have now.

[megadith]

The lunch at work thing is very satisfying to me. It seems like 75% of the people I work with are on diets and they have their yucky Lean Cuisines every day for lunch to "make up" for the 3 donuts they had for breakfast. Today I had a french bread pesto pizza that I made at home - I got envious comments, and as a bonus, it didn't have that nauseating frozen food smell.

I think buying food frugally can be much healthy - the people I work with are always complimenting me on my figure and my clear skin, which I believe are due to my non-typical-American diet. Boy I sound smug, but I guess I sort of am!

[silken_shadow]

it didn't have that nauseating frozen food smell.

Amen to that! My boss nukes some frozen something or other nearly every day which stinks up our entire office. Thank goodness I take my lunch hour before she does otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat from the stench.

I fix my own lunch everyday which gives me a lunch that tastes good, is good for me and costs pennies rather than dollars a day. And I'm losing weight doing it!

[staygoldpnyboy]

having money for an emergency!

[lapenn]

Tell me about it!

I just got my first cavity ever (:-/), and I called my mom to whine about how much it will cost me to fill ($83, ugh). I think I said something like "man, now I won't get to save so much this month."

She wisely pointed out that I save each month specifically in case things like this or even worse happen. high five for saving! I would hate to have to put a filling a credit card and accrue interest on that crap. It's bad enough to pay for it in the first place.

[kazeldya8]

definitely high five for saving - the government wants a lot of my money, and I don't know where it would come from had I not been saving.

$83 is not bad for a filling.

[two_stabs]

I'll never have to worry about the emptiness that floods in when I'm not working for the man.

I'll never have to learn how to pilot a yacht.

[betweenclark]

Having the cash to snap up a big-ticket item the moment I find a really good price for it.

Being able to go to any concert I want because I use public transport and buy my clothes on sale.

Doing my bit to reduce my city's pollution level (not to mention horrendous traffic) by not owning a car.

Having extra money to put in my retirement account.

[ex_missmolly32]

-knowing that I have enough food in my house to last us 3 months should something go wrong thanks to my stockpiling, couponing, refunding, and double deals