Comments on: Do You Love the Object Or the Experience? http://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/ Learning about frugality Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shevyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2247 Shevy Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:11:31 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2247 I lived in Calgary for several years when my big kids were babies and I used to go out pretty well every day with them. Partly I had horrible "cabin fever" all winter, partly my ex worked nights or graveyards and needed to sleep in the day (hard to do with a couple of little ones bopping around), partly I was terribly lonely in a strange city where nobody seemed friendly and the weather was either boiling hot or way below zero. We lived across the street from a mall and I knew the place like the back of my hand! But I didn't buy a tremendous amount of stuff and what I did buy was generally fairly inexpensive. Where I spent a lot of money at one point was going to the movies pretty well daily when I only had one baby. He was super good and quiet when we were there and it was one of the few places he would actually sleep during the day. (I should note that this was almost 30 years ago when movies were very cheap, particularly matinees, although it still added up to a scary amount over the course of a month). Of course, now I really can't remember the last movie I went to, but I know it was a kiddy movie with Dear Child. Maybe Open Season? I lived in Calgary for several years when my big kids were babies and I used to go out pretty well every day with them. Partly I had horrible "cabin fever" all winter, partly my ex worked nights or graveyards and needed to sleep in the day (hard to do with a couple of little ones bopping around), partly I was terribly lonely in a strange city where nobody seemed friendly and the weather was either boiling hot or way below zero. We lived across the street from a mall and I knew the place like the back of my hand!

But I didn't buy a tremendous amount of stuff and what I did buy was generally fairly inexpensive. Where I spent a lot of money at one point was going to the movies pretty well daily when I only had one baby. He was super good and quiet when we were there and it was one of the few places he would actually sleep during the day. (I should note that this was almost 30 years ago when movies were very cheap, particularly matinees, although it still added up to a scary amount over the course of a month).

Of course, now I really can't remember the last movie I went to, but I know it was a kiddy movie with Dear Child. Maybe Open Season?

]]> By: Kellyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2208 Kelly Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:06:38 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2208 @Amiyrah, that's a great way to indulge in window shopping, but still be restrained! @Amiyrah, that's a great way to indulge in window shopping, but still be restrained!

]]> By: penguinladyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2202 penguinlady Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:45:23 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2202 I also would shop just to get out of the house. I work from home, so I get "stir crazy" a lot, especially in winter. Since I started a class once a week, I don't feel quite as bound as I did before, but still find myself going to the grocery store on my lunch hour just to get away from my laptop. I try to keep to a strict grocery budget, though, so I don't overbuy. I also would shop just to get out of the house. I work from home, so I get "stir crazy" a lot, especially in winter. Since I started a class once a week, I don't feel quite as bound as I did before, but still find myself going to the grocery store on my lunch hour just to get away from my laptop. I try to keep to a strict grocery budget, though, so I don't overbuy.

]]> By: Amiyrahhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2203 Amiyrah Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:46:21 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2203 I used to love to shop for the experience. This is how I began my shoe addiction lol. Now, hubby pretty much has to push me out the house to window shop. I do like to go with him and my son because I have to reason NOT to buy those cute shoes standing right next to me. It really is fun to window shop still, and if I really love something, I start to save up for it and come back in a few weeks to get it. If its gone, then it wasn't meant to be, but at least I have the money saved for something else I may like! I used to love to shop for the experience. This is how I began my shoe addiction lol. Now, hubby pretty much has to push me out the house to window shop. I do like to go with him and my son because I have to reason NOT to buy those cute shoes standing right next to me. It really is fun to window shop still, and if I really love something, I start to save up for it and come back in a few weeks to get it. If its gone, then it wasn’t meant to be, but at least I have the money saved for something else I may like!

]]> By: neimanmarxisthttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2197 neimanmarxist Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:23:54 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2197 I used to shop just to shop, because i was lonely. i bought clothes a lot, because i didn't feel pretty. Especially if I was down about something, I would "pick myself up" by getting a new outfit or something. Now i've outgrown those insecurities (and got married, that seems to have helped :) ) and since we're on a budget (a tight one) we really don't have the money to shop for things just for the heck of it. we're selling things on ebay and it feels great to do away with all these objects that we don't really love. our house is a little spare-looking- i was never one for knickknacks- but i look at all the empty shelves and surfaces and just sigh with contentment. I used to shop just to shop, because i was lonely. i bought clothes a lot, because i didn't feel pretty. Especially if I was down about something, I would "pick myself up" by getting a new outfit or something. Now i've outgrown those insecurities (and got married, that seems to have helped :) ) and since we're on a budget (a tight one) we really don't have the money to shop for things just for the heck of it. we're selling things on ebay and it feels great to do away with all these objects that we don't really love. our house is a little spare-looking- i was never one for knickknacks- but i look at all the empty shelves and surfaces and just sigh with contentment.

]]> By: Dana @ Letters to Elhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2196 Dana @ Letters to El Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:09 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2196 I so much love the experience. I admit it.. I would shop everyday if I could. I'm changing.. but it's been a long process. The past 9 months I've made drastic changes in my habits - thanks mostly to the price of gas. I so much love the experience. I admit it.. I would shop everyday if I could. I'm changing.. but it's been a long process. The past 9 months I've made drastic changes in my habits – thanks mostly to the price of gas.

]]> By: Lucie @ Unconventionhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2194 Lucie @ Unconvention Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:15:06 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2194 I used to shop for the experience. Shopping and new stuff was like a drug for me. Sad, I know. Now I shop with a purpose and I really try only to buy things I LOVE. I don't dress quite as well but I am much happier overall. I used to shop for the experience. Shopping and new stuff was like a drug for me. Sad, I know.

Now I shop with a purpose and I really try only to buy things I LOVE. I don't dress quite as well but I am much happier overall.

]]> By: Kellyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2191 Kelly Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:41:50 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2191 @Denise, I think it's so much nicer when you really love something in your house. @Denise, I think it's so much nicer when you really love something in your house.

]]> By: Denisehttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/10/do-you-love-the-object-or-the-experience/#comment-2189 Denise Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:19:27 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1430#comment-2189 my attitude towards shopping has changed so much. We now shop when we need something. No more going shopping just to go with nothing in mind. I never really was a shopper though. And, the things I do have, I really treasure. my attitude towards shopping has changed so much. We now shop when we need something. No more going shopping just to go with nothing in mind. I never really was a shopper though. And, the things I do have, I really treasure.

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