Selective Frugality
This morning I wrote a short post titled “Budgeting For Golf Clubs, Bridesmaid Dress, GPS and Bras”, I got the following interesting comment:
“How is it possible to spend $600 on bras? Not to be overly judgmental, but I find this expenditure ridiculous. Since I am not familiar with your blog, I went back and checked some of your earlier entries, including the one from March in which you wrote that “[a]fter working 10 years, I finally hit the moment that I can’t even pay my bills. … I had about four hundred bucks in my saving’s account.” If these are your financials, may I suggest that your spending habits are a tad bit out of control? “
Besides the fact that the person missed a lot of my posts and the facts that I save 45% of my paycheck, I own rental and commercial properties and I do have more than 400 bucks (they are just not cash I can use right away), he does have a good point: The 600 dollar bras does sound like ridiculous.
Yes, as frugal as I am, I would throw down 45 bucks on a piece of bra. But when it comes to a pair of nice shoes, I can easily pass and move on (Yep, not all women are crazy about shoes). My friend Paco who gave me his set of golf clubs is a very frugal person. He saves even more than I do. But these clubs are Taylor Made that probably cost him about a thousand bucks! And I am sure there are a lot of people out there who would spend hours cutting the coupons to save a few dollars but spend 50 bucks on a piece of whatever because it is important to them. You start to question what is frugality?
I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer out there. But I do believe that being selective frugal is probably the way to go. Like what I answered in my comment to that guy,
“As why I would spend 600 bucks on bras,.. I think as much frugal as we want to be, certain life quality we enjoy should not be compromised. My bra is one example…”
So if this is something you can live without, then go cheap and save the money. But if this is something that will make a significant impact to the quality of our lives such as the quality sexy bras or the recreation gear (such as Paco’s golf clubs and my rock climbing and snowboarding gear), then budget it and get it. After all, it’s all about how important that “stuff” means to us.
paco said,
April 27, 2006 @ 6:45 am
I hooked you up, but they werent a thousand bucks. Hell, my current irons arnt a thousand bucks (although my current bag totals close to two thousand dollars). Glad you like them
Yuna said,
April 27, 2006 @ 9:16 am
Yep.. those are some sweet clubs! Thanks man!!! Although it will take me a few while to fully appreciate the gear… So far, I only hit 30 yards..
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