Frugality Fail

You know you are too cheap when...

when your envelope addressed to UTAH gets mailed to TEXAS because you used an envelope from your credit card bill that had a barcode on it.

when you go "shopping" in your husband's closet for something new.

when your husband tells you that your $5 coat that you bought 10 years ago is out of style.

when you see something you want to buy but talk yourself out of it because you think you can make it yourself.

when you reuse used diapers.  (why throw away a perfectly good diaper when you can flick off what's  been deposited in it and it still looks pretty clean.)

when you notice a penny stuck in a crack in the street and you go back with a screw driver to dislodge it.  (That's for you, Dad.)

when you make your kids keep wearing 2T clothes when they are 6 years old.

when you don't flush the toilet because you think you are saving on water costs.

when you think of something you actually need while at the store but decide to buy it later.

when you eat something you know is expired.

when you waste several gallons of gas driving around to find the cheapest gas station.

when you can't bear to throw away the 20 bags of bread heals in the fridge.

when you bring home free things you found on the side of the road.

when you save a half eaten hamburger in your purse and find it a few weeks later.

......I may have done a few of these things. ...ok, all of them. (except dislodging a coin with a screwdriver.)  How cheap are you?

Ryan brought these cookies home one time and I couldn't stop laughing at how cheap and unnatural they are.  Chocolate flavored chip?  They couldn't even use real chocolate chips.  And then they had to say artificially flavored, like we couldn't already tell.  They were as good as you might guess.