I've always been cheap
though I do prefer to be called 'economical'. I know who has the best price on what groceries this week, which shops double what coupons, the market stall with good prices on fine produce, the best charity shops and which department store branches have the nicest clearance items. Good economy or bad economy; doesn't matter as I'm always like this. I'm not a tightwad, I just figure that any less I manage to spend on something I do need is a little more to save away or to spend on things I want, like the stack of antiquarian books I picked up yesterday for under a fiver.

We do nicely on one salary while friends ask us how we do it in one breath then in the next say how they can't be bothered to cut coupons or see what's on sale at the shops this week.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Sat 24 Jan 2009, 17:44, 6 replies)

I do all that too
it's great fun.

Even if I could afford posh stuff at top prices, I'd still want to economise. THAT'S being cheap!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 24 Jan 2009, 19:15, closed)

I'm the same
If I had the money for posh goods, I'd just be spending more at the charity shops! Recycling is trendy these days, right? So there we are -- we're buying it 'green' and not requiring energy or resources to go to making a new jumper or a dining table.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Mon 26 Jan 2009, 2:38, closed)

I applaud you.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Sun 25 Jan 2009, 10:06, closed)

Thank you!
Just have to keep myself from becoming one of those unhinged elderly ladies who is eventually done in by her ridiculously large, unsteady piles of collected items.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Mon 26 Jan 2009, 2:39, closed)

read this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers

its amazing
(kebabking - salad and garlic mayo pls, Mon 26 Jan 2009, 10:58, closed)

How did you know
that was what I had in mind? Terrifying stuff.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Mon 26 Jan 2009, 19:32, closed)