Thursday, November 20, 2008

The One Week Challenge-Day 4

granny is freezing and needs a hat and some more undershirts. argh. yesterday was a successful no-purchasing day, other than a half a pound of chicken breast (which was necessary since all I had in my apartment for protein were BEANS... lots and lots of beans...) also, I paid $12 to have the zipper on my hand-me-up pants (from Charlotte) fixed, which was excellent, because I felt like I had bought a new pair of pants for $12. yay! also, when Dad and I went to TJ Maxx I found a funny little holiday dress for $16 (it was in the junior section, and was made of a fuzzy wool blend with a black sequined bow on the front) which I regret not buying...

Devil: go buy it! maybe it will still be there!
Angel (glowing sweetly): this is the week you are saving money! just think of what you will be able to buy in the after-Christmas sales! oops...what I meant was, just think of how much money you'll be able to give to charity!
Devil: TJ Maxx needs your business...you alone can save the economy...

Uh oh.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

granny you have some hats in portland
use your scarf as a hat and get your hats over thanksgiving break. Think about how hard you have to work to get money and be reluctant to part with it. Try to save a big chunk of money. The postal costs are nothing.
adios i have to work now.

Anonymous said...

Stay strong Hillary! I'm going to have some tuna right now after reading the previous blog entry. Another good way to save money is to have a close relative in the hospital and not be able to get to ANY stores, even the grocery, but I don't exactly recommend it.

hillary said...

That is not a fun way to save money at all! Let's all send a hug to Betty who is in the hospital (and who is a champion of saving money!). I imagine Betty has not bought anything since she was hurt. I would be ordering up from the hospital gift shop.

Sra. Zipper said...

bro did some personal finance work yesterday. 4 loans!! but he is confronting the bastards. did you watch the televangelist video?
tq
mama