Comments on: A Funnier Side of Frugality

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:54:25 +0000

That is one of my favorite clips and my husband and I quote it all of the time Thanks so much for linking up to the challenge and I can’t wait to meet you this weekend!!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:15:21 +0000

LOL! Funny clip!! It is so easy to get caught up in “keeping up with the Joneses” especially with all the commercials, ads in magazines, etc. Thankfully, we are both doing better in this dept. Thanks for the great link! She has some great ideas!

By: Heidi @ Frugal Girls

Heidi @ Frugal Girls — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:45:06 +0000

Oh my goodness… that was hilarious! I posted a link back to your site from mine, to share your post. Isn’t it sad that people actually live that way, without giving a second thought to the irony of it all? Thanks for the laughs!!

By: Courtney @ Sister To Sister

Courtney @ Sister To Sister — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:15:34 +0000

That was TOO funny! But, it is sad that it rings so true!

I had heard that before-about thinking of buying things in terms of the amount/time of work it takes!

That really makes you think twice about things!

By: Super Healthy Kids

Super Healthy Kids — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:41:01 +0000

I love that skit too. I consider purchases in how many hours my husband has to work, thus being away from me and the kids. I consider, ” Do I really want him to have to spend an extra hour at work, or an extra hour at home… Hmmmm. the choice is easy.

By: ExtraordinaryMommy

ExtraordinaryMommy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:11:44 +0000

OK..the skit was just too funny….but a bit sad when you consider the element of truth to it! I’ve done a spending freexe before – for 30 days. Didn’t buy ANYTHING unless it was a neccesity – I wanted to see if I could do it. I did it, but it was quite hard…

By: NancyP

NancyP — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:04:03 +0000

I had a colleague whose mother was a hairdresser. She described every non-essential purchase in terms of “heads” – as in haircuts/styles. I’ve never forgotten that creative way of demonstrating that money really does have to be earned!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:35:29 +0000

My mom taught me to look at things as how many hours it would take me to earn it. So when I was making a $5.15 an hour at McDonalds in high school, I become REALLY frugal. I try to get my husband to look at things that way but he just doesn’t care that it takes him 30 minutes to earn lunch with his buddies.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:26:41 +0000

So funny… because it’s true!

By: The Happier Husband

The Happier Husband — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:48:03 +0000

What?

Now I’m really confused. Should I “save” or buy stuff right when I want it?

I loved this skit even before I jumped on the savings train. Thanks for putting it up.