Got to thinking this morning already

Now I got to thinking as I normally do when the place is quiet in the morning.  Why did I become cheap/frugal in my life?  Some of it I was taught from an early age.  And I save money for what I want and alot of it is for the can.  Even though I do have a Kitchen wood burner fund started.  That is for when I get a "Real" house.  There are some things that I needed for the can that I coulden't pass up the price for niether.  I will shop around untill the price is right and wait also for it.  I have a note book with paper with the outwheighing of do I need something or can it wait.  And the is it really worth getting it along with will it help me in the long run.  When I deside on it I have saved up and it ends up on sale when I do get something that is a big ticket item.  This is why I shop at the middle of the month for most areas becuase the sales are much better.  Just like the end of the month alot of the appliances go on sale and at the end of the year also.  Depending on what you are looking for.  I can really laugh sometimes becuase I have got most of the pots and pans along with major appliances for alot less than what others paid for them thru the year.  Just like with the bargin racks at the end of the season for items that just need to go away.  Pants tops shirts you name it, it will go on sale.  Like 3 dollars for a pair of mens Jeans at places like Walmart.  The Hippy loves it when I do stuff like that.  Now most of the stuff that is here I can live without also.  It is one of them things that I have done it before and can do it again.  For the new year I plan on doing more that is cheap/frugal also.  I have been working on it thru this year and sticking to it and I will get even more done for the next year.  I have been useing alot of rags here in the place instead of paper towles.  I have to do laundery anyway so I may as well save money on the paper towels that I don't need.  Now I took paper plates out of the can years ago along with the paper napkins also.  I have saved over 500 dollars by doing that so far.  And I will keep doing without the paper plates also.  It is funny in how things work out when you fight the need for something and find out you don't need it anyway.  Now I do have plastic plates for the can for when children come over.  Anyway there are going to be alot of changes this up coming year for me going very cheap/frugal for the place.  Granted there's so much that one person can do but it is well worth doing.  Like makeing more things from scratch and for less than what my neighbors do also.  That is what gets alot of folks I think is that I know what I have and work with it all.  I do shop all over the place also.  And I will go for the deals more often this up coming year.  In the city of Niagara Falls there are Dollar stores all over the place.  Along with other stores.  It depends on where I am at and what I need also.  I had to laugh yesterday afternoon becuase I was one of the younger folks in the Dollar Tree store.  And the bill was under 15 dollars by the time I walked out.  There is alot that I can pick up from there like Bleach and other things for the truck.  I look at it like this if the one store has bleach for a dollar I am picking it up.  Prices range from a dollar on up for the Bleach.  And alot of stuff like towles and socks can be ran thru a bleach load.  Ok folk have fun and play even harder today.