Alibi Ike
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It's called The Cheapskate Next Door.
Lots of what the cheapskates in the book do sound very familiar to me! However, one thing I have taken away from it (so worth it for me to walk to the library to borrow the book
) is when I am feeling that everyone else is getting ahead of me with 'stuff' to sit down with a calculator and realize that if I wanted the 'stuff' I could go out and buy it. That has made all the difference. For me it has always been the idea that I couldn't afford the item, not that I just didn't want it. Now I whip out the calculator, throw in what the item would cost me and say, 'I could have that if I really wanted it!'
And then in the paper there was one of those 'help' columns that said 'when you're envious of what other people have that you don't, remember that to have what they have you also have to have the things they have that you don't want.'
I think I'm being led here to a conclusion that I am really happy with what I have and not missing what I don't have.
Lots of what the cheapskates in the book do sound very familiar to me! However, one thing I have taken away from it (so worth it for me to walk to the library to borrow the book
And then in the paper there was one of those 'help' columns that said 'when you're envious of what other people have that you don't, remember that to have what they have you also have to have the things they have that you don't want.'
I think I'm being led here to a conclusion that I am really happy with what I have and not missing what I don't have.