I receive an e-newsletter on frugality and financial matters as part of my debt counseling. Last night I took the "How Tightfisted Are You?" quiz submitted by a reader.
Like every quiz of its type, from "Who's Your Perfect Mate?" to "What Eye Shadow Color Looks Best on You?" I scored in the middle.
Questions ranged from "For dish detergent you..." and the options included making your own, which lets face it, I won't be doing to "For food storage you..." and one of the options was reuse Ziploc bags, which I do do on occasion depending on what was in them.
It got me to thinking about my frugality over the past 6 months. I am by no means a role model on spending yet, but I have developed some good habits and while I have been sticking to my budgeted savings plan and not dipping into that savings I am not sure I am maximizing my savings vis a vis my frugality. I think I am able to do more fun things with money I am saving on dish detergent. No one said I was going to become a financial genius over night, right?
I definitely reuse ziploc bags. I use so many of them daily that if I didn't, it would cost a fortune and fill a landfill. In terms of savings I think a lot of little changes will add up over time, even if it doesn't appear obvious.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting quiz. Care to share the link?
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