Are you frugal? A penny pincher? Do you save or do you spend more?

These are questions I never really considered until well, I started to go down the wedding aisle.

Frugal or Foe?

I’ve always been a spender. Okay, I admit it, they used to know my name at Barney’s in New York City. The one on 17th Street. I would walk in and be handed a glass of wine. WHAT? Looking back, that is not pretty – that shows you have a problem, Missy!

Step away from that Dolce & Gabbana skirt. Do it now. I did not step away. I bought it for (cough, spit, faint) AND I still have that skirt btw! Can’t fit into it, but I have it and it is still a gorgeous masterpiece!

That said, I would have LOVED a coupon for half off or something. Maybe a free bag?

Now I’m living in the country and all of the sudden I’m learning about being frugal.

Yes, I moved from Malibu to Maybury.
(not literally Maybury but it is a one-light town in the rural countryside)

frugal [ˈfruːgəl]
adj
1. practising economy; living without waste; thrifty
2. not costly; meagre

(that’s from the Free Dictionary Online)

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Do You Clip Coupons?

I used to sit in fascinated wonder watching my grandmother clip every possible coupon in every possible newspaper and free rag thrown on her doorstep and then file them in her coupon filer.  Oh yes, she had a special coupon filer purse!  It was even color coded.

But I can’t say that I have ever clipped coupons outside of the times when I stayed with my grandmother.

Now we have coupons online, giveaways (like I shared in the previous post), coupon codes and special perks when you join sites in the beta phase.

But what’s good? What’s lame? What works and does it really save you money? Like can you discover a neutrogena coupon? Gimme.

The Friend in Frugal

That’s where the Frugal Dad comes in. Yes, there is a frugal dad dot com.  He’s not my dad, mind you. My bio dad was as bad with money as he was with kids. (ouch)

Nope, this Frugal Dad finds coupons. Yes. Thanks, Daddy!

Now, hold up just one minute there, Missy Spendy Pants who loves Barneys.  Having access to coupons can lead to spending more when you are trying to save. Yes!  It’s true. Don’t believe me? Try seeing a coupon for half off of those pants you love, WordPress Theme maybe, or that bikini – and not use it.

Or in my case (since life has changed a bit for me) if I saw a buy one get one free ad for a pair of mud boots or lord help me – a free 30 day trial of that tractor – I’m in!

Frugal Dad helps. I’m on his site looking, waiting, watching for a deal for an X Box!

Do you clip coupons?

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If you’ve been reading my blog and watching me speak you’ve heard me say that there is no Community without Unity and there is not Unity without U.

You can watch lots of my speaking videos easily on this very site!

Where Do You Fit in Your Community?

Here I am again talking about – U – Unity and Community again.  But this time in a fun, helpful and a quick 50 bucks giveaway way. It all started with Kerry over at HouseTalkN.com (see how she got that pretty url and how you can take that .blogspot off or yours too).

Anyhoo, Kerry brought me into a new community.

“There is no Community without Unity and there is no Unity without U.”
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She also got me into Link Parties before I had any idea what that was. Now I’m addicted to YeahWrite and post every Tuesday that I can. I’m on there this week, read all the writers (and me me me) and vote (for me me me).

A New Community

Then Kerry introduces me to Anna from My Life and Kid’s and Anna asked me to be a  Community Leader with a bunch of other bloggers – in this bizarre bazaar community of the Internet. Mommy Bloggers too, which gets me excited since I would really love to adopt that term if you know what I mean. (as in pregger!)

Of course I have to do what Kerry says since she’s so funny and even more persuasive. I’m even going to give her a first look exclusive at our house. Yes…

Did you know I was the one she called when she wanted to start her blog and didn’t know her RSS from her URL? Now she’s got her big girl blogger pants on and is teaching me things about how to be more a part of the blogging community. Imagine that!

Now I’m in!

I’ve become a Community Leader, starting conversations  from weddings and babies and homes to careers and writing and social media!

What’s In It For U?

Now, You  (yes U) can and should join the conversation HERE or below.

Wen you do you are entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card. WHAT? I didn’t get one of those!

Now I’m chatting up a storm (without my 50 dollar Amazon card) and I’m loving it. Kerry, bless her heart, has injected some super fun into my blog just when I was shifting from life in Malibu to Maybury. Perfect timing!

Come on in, it’s easy. I started a conversation asking advice about weddings btw – get in there and answer! Mine is quickly approaching.

The winner will be drawn on May 1. You have until April 30th to enter.
Each person has a chance to enter 11 times. WHAT?
That’s like me voting 50 times for Phillip Phillips on American Idol. Yes…

Enter to win and enter the community –>


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It’s Q and A Day!

I love your Questions, Requests and Comments. Keep throwing em at me and I’ll keep answering and honoring.

Today’s Question

You seem to be fearless. What scares you? Is there anything that scares you?

My Answer

Hell yeah!  Although it’s true, I’m not so scared of the usual biggest fears out there. I’m like check, yeah done that, I’m good, nope, doesn’t freak me out. But since you asked the question, I had to ponder for a moment. What scares me the most?

 What Scares You the Most?

First of all…

What are the biggest fears in life?

Fear of Flying

Fear of Public Speaking

Fear of Heights

Fear of the Dark

Fear of Intimacy

Fear of Death

Fear of Failure

Fear of Rejection

Fear of Spiders

Fear of Commitment

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Have any of those fears, chicken?

 

Nope, I’m all good. I fly all the time and love it.

I love speaking on stage even more.

I love heights.

The dark doesn’t bother me. I have a flashlight on my Iphone.

Intimacy is awesome.

 

What about the ultimate fear?

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Death?

I have friends who see dead people and I’ve heard so much about ‘the other side’, not to mention my own spiritual experiences, that death is just another level that sounds pretty gosh darn awesome actually.  Gimme some heaven. Although, I am loving this heaven on Earth life I’m leading and am fine with postponing death for a long time.

That said, there are ways to die that freak me out but death itself, nah.

I’ve failed and been rejected so many times that I’m like ah well, okay next.

And I think spiders are pretty cool. I even wrote about a scary spider in my upcoming book series. His name is Aaron Arachnophobia. He’s a spider scared of himself. I love him.

And commitment? Well, I’m getting married this summer and I’m committed to answering your questions on Tuesdays!  Hehehe

But what scares me the most?

Here are the things that scare the bejeezus out of me:

(not necessarily in this order)

1. Enablers

Really? Scared of enablers? YES!

Perpetrators (aka child rapists) are one thing, but the ones who enable them to hurt kids scare me even more. With a perp, you know what you’re dealing with – a sociopath or psychopath freak who can be violent, manipulative, evil and larger than life scary. They make me angry, but enablers scare the *&#@ outta me!

They have the most alien robot denial looks to them that freak me out and when they say things like “I don’t know what you’re talking about, everything is just fine here. The children are safe” a cold chill runs up my spine.

AHHHHHHHHH!!

2. Serial Killers

Okay, they are fascinating in some sense and I get a strange satisfaction from watching shows about them – but honestly they have me frozen in fear with their creepier than creepy ways they come up with to hurt and kill people. Oh my Gawd.

It also gives me such the willies that EVERYONE who knew them is like oh yeah, they kept to themselves, they were nice, they were always on time to work etc etc. That means that one of them could be right under your nose. Chills. I just got chills.

Get that normal guy haircut, those starched polyester pants and big ole glasses away from me you normal freak!

HEEEEEELPPP!!!

3. Flesh Eating Funguses

Seriously.  When I went to Costa Rica (on a vacation by myself, thank you very much to my fearless self) I got one of those weird funguses after two weeks there. It was on my neck by my ear and all the locals were like, ah, yeah, that happens to everyone. I have never seen anything like that flesh eating disgusting LIVE thing in my life! I was totally completely utterly freaked out and it scared the bejeeezus out of me.

I almost fell into a coma thinking about it just now.

Of course the locals had the dream cream that made it go away in about two days. But does anyone tell you about the flesh eating fungus when you’re heading off on your tropical adventure? Nope. No one. Nada.

EWWWWWWW!!

4. Tornadoes

I lived in California long enough to not be freaked out by earthquakes but tell me there’s a tornado on the way and I will poo my pants. Maybe it’s because you can actually see them coming. Maybe it’s from all the times I watched The Wizard of Oz. But tornadoes scare me. I don’t want to see one, be near one or hear that one’s coming.

OHMYGAWWD!!

Politicians trying to undo the constitution scare me too, but that’s an entirely different post that needs 500 + words all on it’s own.

What does not scare me and actually makes me happy happy happy are discovering other creative people like I do when I read the Yeah Write posts. I’m an addict. It scares me when I can’t read every single one.

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What scares you the most?

Please tell me in the comments.

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