Anyone else frugal, except for one area of your life? What…
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Anyone else frugal, except for one area of your life? What is your exception?
My husband and I each earn a good income, but we are frugal regardless, as that's how we grew up and how we started our lives together. We don't get coffee, we cook all our meals at home, we don't buy anything unnecessary, we thrift or borrow what we need, etc. For most of the year, our only expenditures are food, regular bills, and whatever activity fees the kids need. I read library books and putter in our garden, my husband likes to practice coding and puzzles on the computer.
However, once a year for a week, we go on a really nice vacation, and there is no budget on those trips. We stay in nicer hotels. I get coffee every morning, fancy coffee even! We eat out, we buy what we want. We spend on activities and outings. We get the good seats at shows. The kids get to pick out a tshirt, a sweatshirt, a stuffed animal if they want. We get ice cream.
We are able to do that BECAUSE we are frugal the rest of the year.
Is anyone else like this? What is your "exception" to your frugality?
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My husband and I each earn a good income, but we are frugal regardless, as that's how we grew up and how we started our lives together. We don't get coffee, we cook all our meals at home, we don't buy anything unnecessary, we thrift or borrow what we need, etc. For most of the year, our only expenditures are food, regular bills, and whatever activity fees the kids need. I read library books and putter in our garden, my husband likes to practice coding and puzzles on the computer.
However, once a year for a week, we go on a really nice vacation, and there is no budget on those trips. We stay in nicer hotels. I get coffee every morning, fancy coffee even! We eat out, we buy what we want. We spend on activities and outings. We get the good seats at shows. The kids get to pick out a tshirt, a sweatshirt, a stuffed animal if they want. We get ice cream.
We are able to do that BECAUSE we are frugal the rest of the year.
Is anyone else like this? What is your "exception" to your frugality?
#finance
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