Frugality...

I want to be frugal. I TRY to be frugal. I strain to be frugal. But after ANOTHER 100.00+ trip to the devils store (aka Walmart) I have decided to admit it. To you, by dear blogger friends....

Hello. My name is Rachel. And I am a shopaholic. A "spendy cindy."

Whew! I feel SOOOO much better getting that off my chest.

Now I would like to say that I love getting a good deal. I buy almost everything (okay, mostly clothes and home accessories) on sale. Or eBay. But I am also VERY good at rationalizing to myself why I need a particular item, even if I have no place for it. This trait makes my yard sale customers very happy. But makes for a not-so-happy husband.

For example: My aunt texted me a picture of some baby Uggs. 50.00. Now if you know me at all, you know that in the winter, I pretty much LIVE in my Uggs. Love them, and of course I want my baby to have some. I am sure she will love them as much as I do. But $50.00?!?!?! For baby shoes??!?!?!? I think not! So I hit up eBay. And I find a really cute pink pair. And a really cute brown pair. What's a girl to do? I watch them for a few days, and I finally break down and buy them. BOTH pairs. So now Ava has more Ugg boots than many adult women do. And she MAY be able to wear them all winter.

Then there is my other half...

My husband. Mr. Frugal. The man that was sleeping on a mattress covered in a sleeping bag when I met him because "it worked." BOY, did that change. They say that opposites attract. This is, indeed, the case for us. When we met, and I went to his apartment for the first time, my first thought was "this poor guy!!!" I thought he was BROKE AS A JOKE. He wasn't. He is just thrifty. He thought our house was fine the way it was when we moved in. Flat white walls and ugly kitchen and all. Had he known how much money I was going to dump into the place, he probably would have just bought me the more expensive and fully updated house we looked at and called it a day! LOL!

The moral is this...

You can't really change WHO you are. But you can change HOW you deal with WHO you are. I am a shopper. I like to buy things. It makes me feel happy. So I try to buy things that are a great deal. That is how I cope with this awful issue I have. (hehe)

Have a wonderful day! It's beautiful here in Arkansas!!! Hope it is as nice where you are!!!!