Poll: I make too much money to...

[vegas]

Only shop the sale racks for clothes. For some reason every time I walk into a store I head straight for the sale racks. I end up buying a bunch of crap I rarely wear.

When I cleaned out my closet a few months ago I noticed the things I wear most are the classic pieces I spent the most on, so I've decided I'm going to stop only looking at sales prices and buy what looks good not what's cheapest!

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Feb 2, 2013 7:00:05 GMT -5 @lcap said:

Clean my own bathrooms? lol

This. Haha

[froggy76]

... to clip coupons!

[MrsManners]

To sleep with dh in anything smaller than a king sized bed...at home, on vacation, in a hotel, etc. We need out space.

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Kill myself trying to get a Redbox movie returned to avoid an additional 2nd day $1.20 charge.

[ghost]

To use cheap laundry detergent or to make my own off of pinterest (it doesn't work anyway!!). I make too much money not to use the tide pods!! They are so easy and not messy.
Also to not buy k-cups and try to fill that reuseable one which ends up gettng coffee grounds all over the floor!) I am worth 50cents a day for coffee!

[mbcdefg]

Buy cheap beer or cheap cat food

[sweetnsour]

To use cheap hair products. What a difference the right product makes.

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I have more:

-washing my car myself

-drinking Target Wine Cube

-still use mostly drugstore makeup

[magpie]

Feb 2, 2013 8:52:01 GMT -5 swizz said:

Some of this I do out of laziness, lol. Scrape the last bit of tp off the roll? I've wiped with the roll before.

Lol! Me too, but it had more to do with there not being any other options within reach than cheapness!


I'm with everyone on the professional movers thing (I will pack, but no carrying of heavy things). Haven't moved ourselves the last two times and it was so worth it.

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Feb 1, 2013 22:53:38 GMT -5 v said:

Use the library (note: the public library in NY is a little different from the library in UpperMiddleClassia, USA. I don't know anyone else who is a member of the library here).

Obsess over library fines and ATM fees and about using the credit card that gives me the highest point advantage for every type of purchase.

Geez, reading comprehension fail on my part. I read the OP's question as "What are frugal things that you make too much money to do but do anyway."

I don't know that there's anything that I make too much money to bother with. So just ignore me.

[gumi]

Feb 2, 2013 9:05:39 GMT -5 v said:

Feb 1, 2013 22:53:38 GMT -5 v said:

Use the library (note: the public library in NY is a little different from the library in UpperMiddleClassia, USA. I don't know anyone else who is a member of the library here).

Obsess over library fines and ATM fees and about using the credit card that gives me the highest point advantage for every type of purchase.

Geez, reading comprehension fail on my part. I read the OP's question as "What are frugal things that you make too much money to do but do anyway."

I don't know that there's anything that I make too much money to bother with. So just ignore me.

ha, I wondered how you obsess over library fines if you don't use the library 

I guess I make too much money to give up my gym membership even though I very rarely go.  Not because I feel like I need a gym, but because I feel like I need an emergency place to go where I can drop off my kids and use the spa.  You know the day I cancel my membership is the day they will decide to try to drive me crazy!

[mskitkat]

Drive myself crazy going around and around to find free parking when there is a parking garage. I definitely feel good saying "screw it, $3 isn't going to kill me."

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not buy my favorite brand of TP
worry about my insane grocery bill
stop buying organic food/local meats
cheap out on cold weather gear
not spoil myself with a pedi at my awesome spa every once in awhile

[hideme]

Feb 2, 2013 6:55:54 GMT -5 spunkarella said:

We make too much money to be cold in our own house. I have a lot of cheap tendencies, but I am also cold-natured and refuse to keep the heat turned down so low that I am uncomfortable. 

This! I have my thermostat on a ridiculous setting and it's worth it not to have to walk around my own home in 2 pairs of socks and a hoodie.

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Change my own oil, buy cheap dog food, clip coupons, or sleep on shitty sheets. I will drink cheap beer, but I will not sleep on crappy sheets.

[mrsfarmer]

Buy cheap beer, buy the processed food coupons are typically on. Also, worrying about the MPG of my SUV when my commute is only 5 miles one way.

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Buy crappy wine and poorly made, cheap shoes and clothes.

[Deleted]

Not travel. We work too hard and spend wisely the rest of the year to not travel and enjoy ourselves fully by eating where/what we want, staying at nice hotels and resorts, and going on excursions, etc.

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Feb 2, 2013 10:14:39 GMT -5 mskitkat said:

Drive myself crazy going around and around to find free parking when there is a parking garage. I definitely feel good saying "screw it, $3 isn't going to kill me."

This. I used to walk a mile in heels to save $5. 

[nickyd2006]

I'd have to say I can't use cheap hair products. I love my pureology! That said, I also buy good paper towels. I pay someone to groom The dog. Dd1 gets all the fresh fruit or veggies she wants. I don't worry about gas prices at the pump. But I'm still pretty frugal.

[ESF]

Not buy Greek yogurt.

I was buying regular yogurt for ages, with Greek yogurt being a treat. It just seemed soooo expensive, considering I eat it every day. Then H realized that I was not buying Greek yogurt because of the price, and pointed out that it would OK if I spent the extra $3 a week to buy Greek yogurt. I realized he was right.

[sent]

To buy cheap paper towels. I am very fond of the rip-your-own-size kind.

To clip coupons. I hardly encounter any in my daily life and I don't enjoy surfing the net to look for them. I don't usually buy the stuff coupons cover anyways.

[anna7602]

Feb 1, 2013 23:17:06 GMT -5 callie said:

To get frustrated trying to get every last drop out of the pretty much empty toothpaste tube.

This. And to get the last drop out of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel bottles. Any kind of waste bothers me!

[Deleted]

I finally figured mine out!

I make too much money to sleep on the floor/ air mattress/ couch when we visit someone. If they don have a guest room, I can afford a hotel.