http://www.3princessesmomma.com/2008/07/free-wii-beats-out-frugal-on-the-web/ One Opinionated Woman's Thoughts on Family, Finance, and Everything Else Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.3princessesmomma.com/2008/07/free-wii-beats-out-frugal-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Frugal Wench Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:22:37 +0000 http://www.3princessesmomma.com/2008/07/free-wii-beats-out-frugal-on-the-web/#comment-272 To me, the difference between cheap and frugal is enormous. I think frugal means making the right choices in what you buy, and sometimes that doesn't mean being cheap. For instance, I only buy quality furniture, but I buy it mostly secondhand, and I try to find it as cheap as I can. So in price, I'm cheap, but in quality, I'm frugal, because I know it will last a long, long time. Also, in clothing, I buy a lot of quality clothing secondhand in classic styles, and I learned a long time ago how to mix and match to get several outfits out of a few pieces. That's frugal. The cost of cheap sometimes is higher than the cost of frugal quality. To me, the difference between cheap and frugal is enormous. I think frugal means making the right choices in what you buy, and sometimes that doesn’t mean being cheap. For instance, I only buy quality furniture, but I buy it mostly secondhand, and I try to find it as cheap as I can. So in price, I’m cheap, but in quality, I’m frugal, because I know it will last a long, long time. Also, in clothing, I buy a lot of quality clothing secondhand in classic styles, and I learned a long time ago how to mix and match to get several outfits out of a few pieces. That’s frugal. The cost of cheap sometimes is higher than the cost of frugal quality.

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