Welcome to my world...
If you know me well, no, if you know me at all you should know that I'm frugal or financially conservative. Actually, I'm cheap. I use coupons, coupons doubled and layered with store sales and bonus gas points. I buy generic brands and I live for free samples. I insult street vendors with my ridiculously low price "suggestions." I instinctively run to the back of a clothing store, even an outlet store, to find the clearance racks. I get 20 emails a day from online retailers with coupon codes and clearance deal announcements. I could spend hours in thrift stores sifting through junk in search of one or two deals. Black Friday is my FAVORITE non-Christian holiday (by far!) But even though I'm cheap, I love style. I love accessorizing and wearing a new dress at every event. I love following the latest trends. I love a full pantry with enough cake mix for 24 dozen cupcakes and enough pop-tarts to get us through 3 blizzards. Hoarder? No, I've watched the