Frugal Confessions Friday!!!

Posted on | June 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

Hello Frugal Confessions Readers!

For those of you new to this series, check out the introduction here.

Here is my confession of the week:

To polish off our library, made up of furniture we have only gotten from Craigslist at severe discounts, we managed to snag 3 matching, sold wood bookcases for $175!!!! That means in total, for our rug, the two reading wingback chairs with matching slipcovers, three bookshelves, paint, and wall art, we have spent: $388. And our library could not be better-looking.

What is your frugal confession? I’d love to hear it!

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4 Responses to “Frugal Confessions Friday!!!”

  1. finallygettingtoeven.com
    June 4th, 2010 @ 9:44 am

    I am too cheap to invest in a clothesline (and in my defense i don’t really like the look of them anyway) so when i ‘line-dry’ my clothes i hang everything on hangers and hang them from the trees in my backyard. (I’m pretty sure my neighbors think i am nuts)..well, they thought that anyway BEFORE i started this stunt.

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  2. Amanda L. Grossman
    June 4th, 2010 @ 12:21 pm

    finally getting to even: hello! Thank you for your frugal confessions–that is hilarious! I want a clothesline as well…but I, too have been holding off on actually purchasing one. Hehehehehe:)

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  3. Budgeting in the Fun Stuff
    June 4th, 2010 @ 2:18 pm

    My husband will need extensive dental work in 3 weeks that came to $3300. I asked about a few charges that looked incorrect (they had misinterpreted what the dentist had planned) and the bill fell to $2761. I then asked if there was any discount for paying in cash and they said 5%.

    So by simply paying attention and thinking about alternative payment options, a $3300 bill turned into a $2623 bill in less than 10 minutes. Woot!

    Now I’ll just cry about the $2623 if you don’t mind…

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  4. Amanda L. Grossman
    June 4th, 2010 @ 6:56 pm

    Hello Budgeting in the Fun Stuff! $2623 does suck…but way to go on saving so much money!!!! Thanks for the comment.

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