Comments on: How to Practice Safe Socks http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2007/11/27/how-to-practice-safe-socks/ Financial Voyeurism - Learn as I learn - we're all in this together Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:13:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Trint http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2007/11/27/how-to-practice-safe-socks/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Trint Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:06:00 +0000 http://watchmymoneymaker.com/2007/11/27/how-to-practice-safe-socks/#comment-492 I'm the kind of guy who thinks of stuff like that. I get it from my mom. When I was growing up in Amarillo, she would drive miles out of her way to refill her 32 oz mug with Coke for 39 cents at a particular gas station. Keep in mind gas was around $1 a gallon then, so it was probably a break even proposition at the time. But the euphoria of getting such a "good deal" was enough to make it worth the effort. Of course, she would then turn around and spend hundreds of dollars on antique furniture that she didn't have room for. So I'm kind of like that. I'll refill a gallon jug of "spring water" from the tap over and over rather than buying a new one. But then I'll turn right around and spend a hundred bucks on some toy for myself. I suppose I am a financial bulimic. Just like Mom. I’m the kind of guy who thinks of stuff like that. I get it from my mom. When I was growing up in Amarillo, she would drive miles out of her way to refill her 32 oz mug with Coke for 39 cents at a particular gas station. Keep in mind gas was around $1 a gallon then, so it was probably a break even proposition at the time. But the euphoria of getting such a “good deal” was enough to make it worth the effort. Of course, she would then turn around and spend hundreds of dollars on antique furniture that she didn’t have room for.

So I’m kind of like that. I’ll refill a gallon jug of “spring water” from the tap over and over rather than buying a new one. But then I’ll turn right around and spend a hundred bucks on some toy for myself. I suppose I am a financial bulimic. Just like Mom.

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