Cheapskate Digest

Although there are lots of after Christmas sales on everywhere you look, buying a bunch of stuff just because it’s there and you might need it – someday – is not being frugal, living frugal, or anything even approaching frugal.  It’s not even being sensible!  What it is, is being loosey goosey with your hard earned moolah – unless of course you really do NEED all those things you and your significant other, or child(ren) just popped into your shopping cart.  More than likely though, those things are just in there because they’re on clearance and the price is too good to pass up.  However, when you find them sitting at the back of the closet 6 months from now, or in whatever the place is in your home (spare room, basement, attic, etc.) where useless items wind up – well, go figure!!  Was it frugal spending?  Or, did you get caught up in the Boxing Week hoopla and blow your budget – again.