I am a huge proponent of Low-Falutin'. As opposed to High-Falutin' where you brag about how much you spent on whatever unnecessary item you just bought, Low Falutin' is basically a philosophy of living the best possible life on the least amount of money. Yard sales, coupons, drug store gaming, home cooking, and your basic run-of-the-mill creative home economics are all part of the fun. So, this is where I am going to be bragging, not about how much money I spent, but about what great deals I've found or money-saving ideas I've come across. For instance, the outfit I'm wearing in the picture below cost me $1 at a garage sale yesterday. Why in the world would I spend good money buying maternity clothes that I'll only be able to wear for three months, when I can bounce around in duds this cheap?
This is me being frugal and multiplying at the same time.
I'm a big fan of the Economides. They wrote the book America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money. They say you should buy in bulk when a designated item hits your buy price. My husband makes a killer pasta sauce with Italian sausage. We have it about once a week, usually on Friday night. Italian sausage costs $3.49 a pound regularly. I've actually seen it for $4.29. That is just too much to spend on something we eat every week. So we wait for it to hit our buy price. If it hits $1.99 a pound, we will buy one pound. If it hits $.99, we stock up. It was on sale for $.99 a pound tonight at Stop and Shop. So, we bought 20 pounds. That may seem excessive to some, but we have the main ingredient for one of our favorite dishes...for the next twenty weeks. We spent $19.80 for $69.80 worth of meat. I do the same for hamburger meat, boneless chicken thighs, turkeys, corned beef and more. This system guarantees that we are always eating at the lowest price. We want to take it to the next level and buy more at a time, but we are waiting to find a deep freezer at a good price. I'll keep you posted.
. They say you should buy in bulk when a designated item hits your buy price. My husband makes a killer pasta sauce with Italian sausage. We have it about once a week, usually on Friday night. Italian sausage costs $3.49 a pound regularly. I've actually seen it for $4.29. That is just too much to spend on something we eat every week. So we wait for it to hit our buy price. If it hits $1.99 a pound, we will buy one pound. If it hits $.99, we stock up. It was on sale for $.99 a pound tonight at Stop and Shop. So, we bought 20 pounds. That may seem excessive to some, but we have the main ingredient for one of our favorite dishes...for the next twenty weeks. We spent $19.80 for $69.80 worth of meat. I do the same for hamburger meat, boneless chicken thighs, turkeys, corned beef and more. This system guarantees that we are always eating at the lowest price. We want to take it to the next level and buy more at a time, but we are waiting to find a deep freezer at a good price. I'll keep you posted.
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