Daily Archives: Thursday, January 17, 2008

My Money Story – The Twenties

True Confessions
I managed to extricate myself from the “foster family” at the age of 21.  Basically I went to work one morning, the day before Thanksgiving, and never returned. After living with my boss and his wife for a couple of months, I moved into a trailer park that was the least expensive I could find. I was very frugal. I spent hardly any money on extraneous items. I was very tight with my money. I donated to my church, I… Read the rest

How Often Do You Buy Clothes?

budget
Frugal Babe posted yesterday about buying clothing. She mentioned Well Heeled, who is on a mission to not buy clothing for six months. Luckily for me, that's never been much of a problem. I actually dislike clothes shopping. In 2000, when I started working in an office setting for the first time in seven years, of course I had nothing appropriate to wear. I went through a program sponsored by the state which helped me buy a new wardrobe. I… Read the rest