Monday, January 22, 2007

What the f*ck is wrong with me? Here I am trying the hardest to save money but one trip to the video/game store and I come out with 15 dvds and 2 games. Well I am not really that upset because I may have spent a lot but it is not really like I spend money this way everyday. I was watching 20/20 the other day which previewed two families. One family has both parents working with a very good paying job and the other family making less that 35K a year. Guess which family has a house a no credit card debt? Yes, it is the family making less than 35K a year. The other family is about to claim bankruptcy in few months despite their high wages. The Enconomides family is known to be the cheapest family in America, no kidding! They go to the grocery store and using a bunch of coupons. They communicate with a walkie talkie to confirm with each other the prices of goods in the store. The funny and most bizarre part is they purchase almost expired goods like deli meat or can goods. Per the Encomides family they have never gotten sick from eating expired or almost expired food. With clothing and other stuff they go to the thrift stores, 99 cent stores and goodwill. (Goodwill and Thrift Stores are places where you could buy second hand stuff.) I give them two thumbs up for making it work despite the size of their family. Man I wish I have their determination and will power.

1 Comments:

At 3:30 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow! that is some thrifty family. Well that's with money also, when you have more you tend to spend more.

just enjoy your games and cds! Take it as a treat to yourself :D

 

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