tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post7193121022196111945..comments2023-08-09T14:27:43.565-07:00Comments on Top O' the Mountain: Our Version of PovertySuzanne Bubnashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305001077699530364noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-37809776596823434442013-11-25T07:57:11.514-08:002013-11-25T07:57:11.514-08:00I love hearing how others live frugal. It's v...I love hearing how others live frugal. It's very healthy! Sometimes I'm shocked at the useless or extravagant stuff people buy. I remember one time when someone I knew bought a Furby, which was the popular hard to get toy at the time, and she said 'why not? it's only thirty dollars!" And I about croaked that someone would casually spend half a week's grocery money on a junky toy her kids would get tired of in 2 weeks.Suzanne Bubnashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305001077699530364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-27175141337019060172013-11-25T05:40:53.794-08:002013-11-25T05:40:53.794-08:00I greatly enjoyed reading how you spent and saved ...I greatly enjoyed reading how you spent and saved your money. My dad is especially frugal (or seemed to be so when I was growing up) and I inherited many of his tendencies. We couponed before couponing was the in thing to do, too. I've never been one of those people who had to buy the latest stuff. One summer I worked at the local power company through a temporary agency that paid us every Friday. My dad discovered a few weeks later that I had a stack of maybe 5 or 6 checks that I'd not deposited. He told me I should deposit them more frequently, but I've never been one to live paycheck to paycheck and didn't really need to buy anything* so I just held onto them until I could make ONE trip to the bank instead of one trip each week. <br /><br />* I lived at home at the time so it's not like I had a lot of expenses.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.com