Frugal is Chic

There is a commercial for an appliance retailer that plays repeatedly around here. A woman wearing a bright green suit screams for us to come and buy her out of box refrigerators. Every commercial ends with man wearing a white t-shirt and jean shorts. He simply says thank you.

Recently the tag line 'Frugal is Chic' has been added to the mesmerizing advertisements. Richard, the man who during his working life literally had flames sprouting from his pockets because his money was burning a hole in them has turned into the king of frugality.

It started with the super duper size bag of pancake mix which he mixed and cooked and wrapped into two pancake portion controlled size packages. I haven't had to worry about where my breakfast was coming from in a very long time. Richard refuses to spend money on my expensive toaster waffles.

Then there's the water cooler. The water here in Viera is wonderful. One day I had a long conversation with the water tester from the city. His job is to drive around and test the quality of the water in different neighborhoods. He explained that the water comes directly from the aquafir. The guy was really into the water. I learned alot. Who'd ever thought I'd give up buying bottled water! Now when the 5 gallon jug runs out, Richard puts it under the faucet and immediately I'm good to go again. No more lugging $6 water jugs from the store and paying a $6 deposit just to have the pleasure of a sore back.

Ginger gets in on the savings too. She's a fussy eater so I've tried every kind of fancy dog food to tempt her. Now that Richard does the grocery shopping he bought the cheapest food he could find in Walmart. Fifty cents a can!! She wolfed it down. Amazing!

Don't worry. We're already using one ply toilet paper so you won't hear any tales from me about splitting the plys to make it last longer. It already lasts a really long time. Unless of course Ginger decides to grab the end and drag it all over the house. Since Ginger is always very chic, when she decides it's playtime, frugal doesn't matter.