Comments on: My best frugal tip: find enjoyable ways to spend money, and remember them http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/ Because you shouldn't need an MBA to be savvy about finance and business Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ricemutt http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Ricemutt Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:29:53 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/#comment-864 Thanks for sharing your experiences. I too have a dog (and hopefully soon another) for whom the price isn't a concern, though I acknowledge I'm lucky to be in that position. And Madeline, your bag sounds lovely! So many of my favorite things are associated with travel, too. I'm definitely in the spend-a-lot-for-a-few-treasures-than-a-bit-on-many-things camp. By the way, I and several outsiders tried our hands at Navajo basketweaving, beading, and rugmaking while we were there and learned quickly that the prices they charge for their labor on those items are worth every penny! Thanks for sharing your experiences. I too have a dog (and hopefully soon another) for whom the price isn’t a concern, though I acknowledge I’m lucky to be in that position.

And Madeline, your bag sounds lovely! So many of my favorite things are associated with travel, too. I’m definitely in the spend-a-lot-for-a-few-treasures-than-a-bit-on-many-things camp. By the way, I and several outsiders tried our hands at Navajo basketweaving, beading, and rugmaking while we were there and learned quickly that the prices they charge for their labor on those items are worth every penny!

]]> By: Madeline Benham http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Madeline Benham Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:31:02 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/#comment-863 In 1993, I was divorced and not particularly wealthy. I was in my mid-thirties and suspected I was falling in love with the man who is now my husband. He is a fun-loving man who has always been self-employed, partly so he can travel. He asked me to go to Santa Fe with him for the weekend and I realized I didn't have a weekend bag. At a wonderful, exclusive men's shop here in Oklahoma City, I purchased a beautiful bag made of a kilim. It was $500 - a lot of money for me in 1993. Its strap and fittings are leather, but the bag itself is a rough and beautiful kilim. I bought it and went to Santa Fe - and then to many other places. That bag went with us on our honeymoon to Paris. The bag is till in excellent condition, because it's so well made. I got it out last weekend to put leather cream on the straps and I remembered again the thrill of falling in love with my husband and going off on adventures. It's hard to match that with any new purchase. Better to save, I think, and wait for some special experience like that again. In 1993, I was divorced and not particularly wealthy. I was in my mid-thirties and suspected I was falling in love with the man who is now my husband. He is a fun-loving man who has always been self-employed, partly so he can travel. He asked me to go to Santa Fe with him for the weekend and I realized I didn’t have a weekend bag. At a wonderful, exclusive men’s shop here in Oklahoma City, I purchased a beautiful bag made of a kilim. It was $500 – a lot of money for me in 1993. Its strap and fittings are leather, but the bag itself is a rough and beautiful kilim. I bought it and went to Santa Fe – and then to many other places. That bag went with us on our honeymoon to Paris. The bag is till in excellent condition, because it’s so well made. I got it out last weekend to put leather cream on the straps and I remembered again the thrill of falling in love with my husband and going off on adventures. It’s hard to match that with any new purchase. Better to save, I think, and wait for some special experience like that again.

]]> By: Free Money Finance http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/comment-page-1/#comment-855 Free Money Finance Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:31:43 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/#comment-855 <strong>Festival of Frugality...</strong> Welcome to this week's edition of the Festival of Frugality. For those of you who don't know, this carnival is about frugal living and saving money. (BTW, entries not matching this description have been left out.) I'm sticking with my... Festival of Frugality…

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Festival of Frugality. For those of you who don’t know, this carnival is about frugal living and saving money. (BTW, entries not matching this description have been left out.) I’m sticking with my…

]]> By: Kira http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Kira Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.experiglot.com/2006/06/26/my-best-frugal-tip-find-enjoyable-ways-to-spend-money-and-remember-them/#comment-851 My guinea pig.and cat - it almost felt like money was a formality, like I was paying for the box that I took them home in. My guinea pig.and cat – it almost felt like money was a formality, like I was paying for the box that I took them home in.

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