We are not frugal. We’re not thrifty. We don’t buy other peoples clothes. We buy new, top-quality, on sale clothes. We don’t buy other peoples furniture. We buy new, discounted styles or floor models. We don’t eat poverty era style food. We buy top ingredients at discount chains and we don’t scrimp or substitute ingredients.
From the house that we live in, the clothes we put on our back, to the car that we drive, to the food we put on the table, all top shelf at bottom shelf prices.
We live affordable. We live at our means. No debt. No mortgage. No car loans. No kidding.
We don’t want to be millionaires. We just want to live like one. And we do! There is no title for the type of people that we are. We’re not frugal. We’re not thrifty. We’re just happy and grateful for whatever we have.
I understood you to say in an earlier post that you shop at Goodwill and Salvation Army. Do you only buy new clothes at these places? I haven’t tried them, but just assumed everything was used. I might have to get them a visit.
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After a long hiatus I went to Goodwill and the Salvation Army. It didn’t sit well with me. The following week I went to Old Navy and bought a slew of new clothes for myself and hubby at 75% off. That felt like the usual me. We tried both ways and new, on sale, clothes is the preferred choice. We’re not frugal. We’re not thrifty. We make smart purchases that work out better for us. Live and learn.
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I’ve been watching frugal and thrifty blogs for months now and have come to the conclusion that it’s not me. I like new, current things. As long as I get them on sale or at a good deal, they’re affordable to me.
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Hi Cindi, Wow! This is a huge change – retiring your title- frugalista and thrifty at sixty., So many past blogs were on this topic-from when you furnished your condo and many articles on the great shopping at GoodWill and Salvation Army. Very Recently you shared Nick’s Nautica brand summer wardrobe finds and downsizing your wardrobe of Salvation and Goodwill finds and recycling back to them. Can’t wait to see how this impacts your attempts to balance your budget with a fixed income.
Personally I have always shop new on sale, If you like Old Navy they have special coupons signing up for their mailing list,?you should check it out. I prefer using sales and coupons at Macy’s and Kohl’s for my clothing needs. Locally, (1.5 miles away) I have in the same Plaza as Market32 and Ace Hardware a Goodwill that I drop donations off and went in once to find frames for my paintings. Their prices were higher then Michael’s sales., Covid19 made me an online shopper with free delivery or pickup at these stores.
As far as food goes A nutritionist gave me great pointers on concentrating my food budget on high quality nutrient rich power foods thus eating well for so much less.,Sincerely, Lara
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Lara, I always did a mix of both new and thrift. But after what I’ve been seeing , going new but on sale makes more sense financially. I was with my rich friends last week snd I liked who I used to be. That vacation was a journey of discovery. More later.
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Can’t wait! Sincerely, Lara
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