Mr. Tightwad
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Things I don't pay for: gasoline, cable or whatever, haircuts, or beverages.
I know where all the free food sample places are near me (3 of them, TJ's, Bristol Farms and Costco).
The last time I turned on the heat was Dec of '16. I never have turned on AC in my life. Socal temps allow that. It is a bit warm in August. My utility bills are miniscule.
I went about 35 years without buying a shirt. I have about 75 shirts in the closet still, because I get them free from 10K races. In the past year or so, I did purchase about 5 long sleeve running shirts (New balance/Nike) to wear over the free but rather old looking ones whenever I'm out in public. I line dry so clothes last a long time. Like somebody else mentioned I still wear my free work shirts, but only under my 80's sweaters in the winter.
I'm pretty good with coupons. I can occasionally use the coupon then talk the employee to give it back to me to use again later. I don't like Vons for several reasons, but when I do go there I can get them to discount stuff about 50% of the time. I make sure the cashiers always like me.
When my daughters were in strollers I used to go to Ruby's diner. I would use 3 different coupons each time. A buy one breakfast get one free, a free shake (came with purchase of a gift card) for dessert that night, and a third discount that was a scratcher so the item varied. They allowed me to do this for like 3 years.
Speaking of gift cards, Panera and other places I frequent has the buy a $25 gift card, get $10 free card with it. I always hit that promo hard. I calculate how many times I will eat there for free (the $10 cards have an expiration date) and then buy the amount of gift cards to get that amount of free ones. This year I bought record high $1200 in gift cards for Panera. Ate for free there during the "free" period, then working my way through the ones I purchased. I do that every year at 2 or 3 chains. When you buy that large amount of gift cards, I usually score a few freebies thrown in.
I do spend $. I bought 2 expensive cars last year, and the big screen Apple desktop I'm typing this post on. I'll keep them til they drop dead. I just usually find a way to avoid spending much, if at all.
I know where all the free food sample places are near me (3 of them, TJ's, Bristol Farms and Costco).
The last time I turned on the heat was Dec of '16. I never have turned on AC in my life. Socal temps allow that. It is a bit warm in August. My utility bills are miniscule.
I went about 35 years without buying a shirt. I have about 75 shirts in the closet still, because I get them free from 10K races. In the past year or so, I did purchase about 5 long sleeve running shirts (New balance/Nike) to wear over the free but rather old looking ones whenever I'm out in public. I line dry so clothes last a long time. Like somebody else mentioned I still wear my free work shirts, but only under my 80's sweaters in the winter.
I'm pretty good with coupons. I can occasionally use the coupon then talk the employee to give it back to me to use again later. I don't like Vons for several reasons, but when I do go there I can get them to discount stuff about 50% of the time. I make sure the cashiers always like me.
When my daughters were in strollers I used to go to Ruby's diner. I would use 3 different coupons each time. A buy one breakfast get one free, a free shake (came with purchase of a gift card) for dessert that night, and a third discount that was a scratcher so the item varied. They allowed me to do this for like 3 years.
Speaking of gift cards, Panera and other places I frequent has the buy a $25 gift card, get $10 free card with it. I always hit that promo hard. I calculate how many times I will eat there for free (the $10 cards have an expiration date) and then buy the amount of gift cards to get that amount of free ones. This year I bought record high $1200 in gift cards for Panera. Ate for free there during the "free" period, then working my way through the ones I purchased. I do that every year at 2 or 3 chains. When you buy that large amount of gift cards, I usually score a few freebies thrown in.
I do spend $. I bought 2 expensive cars last year, and the big screen Apple desktop I'm typing this post on. I'll keep them til they drop dead. I just usually find a way to avoid spending much, if at all.