I was always a saver, even as a child. I dutifully put any change I was given or found into a glass jar I hid in my room.
Call me weird, but I could entertain myself for hours stacking and counting money, eager to reach the next milestone, $10, $20, et cetera.
If I actually had to spend some of my money, I would get sick to my stomach. I'd end up begging my mother to please buy it for me, I didn't want to spend my money.
Saving money is so much easier when you don't have to spend it.
Now I'm a single mother taking care of an elderly parent. Saving money is a necessity. I've read countless articles and books to help me trim my spending.
I would like to share with you some of the best ways I have found to save money and prepare for my financial future.
Credit cards can be useful if used correctly, but more often than not they can really get you into trouble.
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Yeah, that would be sad. Hopefully he just liked going out then because it wasn't crowded
Fewer people, for sure. I used to like the store at that time of day, because I could do whatever I needed to get done without being interrupted constantly. I did wonder about our amputee laddie though, whether his early appearance was convenience or whether it was PTSD showing its ugly face and not allowing him to sleep. He never told us what the reason was for his lost limb, but you can imagine that the staff were always wondering.
That sounds so much more interesting than shopping during the day
As a former night shift retail worker, we had parents with snoozing children in at 3am this time of year. They said it was the only time they could get the shopping done in peace without their youngster demanding everything that was on the shelf! One of our local regulars was a lad who had lost a leg. He insisted on hopping around with crutches and a trolley (cart) despite our offers of an electric buggy or a staffer to push the trolley for him. He'd be in around 5.30am every Saturday for the week's shopping.
I know. But I have an insatiable desire to do what I'm not supposed to. LOL I wouldn't mind going shopping in my PJ's at 2:00 in the morning, just to see who else was shopping
You wrote about how I live my life, more or less, Abby. Good to know I'm not alone. Thank you. Apart from the mortgage and monthly bills, my hope is that my husband and I will be debt-free by the end of 2014. Then, if we can't afford it, either I'm going to have to write up a storm to pay for it, or we don't have it.
PS: Shopping in your PJs is officially outlawed here in the UK. Dress codes, you see? If you want to shop in your PJs, you should stay at home and shop online seems to be the general idea.
It would be worth giving it a try. Thanks for taking the time to read my article!
Thank you, Abby, for the article. Freecycle sounds like a great idea. I looked at their Web site and apparently they have 7,020 members in Bucharest. I have some books I don't need anymore. I don't know whether I should try our version of ebay or give them away for free. There's no online service for used books over here and the used books stores in town give you dimes for the chick lit books I want to sell.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read my article. My friend has gotten unbelievable things off of Freecycle. It's amazing and well worth looking in to.
First well done single mother taking care of an aging parent. You are an inspiration. Thanks for the great tips and for making us aware of freecycle, I had never heard of such a thing. Free things are great and as you said, why not? I enjoyed reading this. My youngest daughter sounds very much like you described yourself as a child. Nice article, thanks for sharing. :)K
P.S. I stopped and thought about shopping in my P.J's there are so many times I think about running to the store with my hair a mess and in my pajamas but my girls always say, "Mom your not going out like that"