You know, I have been wondering what other people think money is. I mean, the value to them. Like, for instance, I can go to Walmart with $20 specifically for yarn, get about nine skeins *used to be ten, but they went up in price a bit*, and that was a shopping spree to me. Being able to go to the grocer and spend $150 to fill my house with food makes me feel like I have more than enough to get us through 3 weeks of the month.

What is the value of your money? Where do you find that money serves you best? How does it free you or constrict you? I mean, if I could take that $150 from the food bill and use it for yarn and craft stuff, I think I might just pass out. I would buy balls of wool without thinking about the fact that it is six to twelve dollars to equal my two dollar acrylic skein.

If I could double the $150 I use for food to $300, I would have Velveeta shells and cheese stashed in one cabinet all to itself. All kinds of flavored coffees ground at the store would be in my coffee cabinet. I usually settle for the less tasty cousins of of a few things, and those are things that would get automatically upgraded. Not everything, but a few things.

I have grown up on a budget mentality, where I will search hi and lo for a better price before I settle for the one in front of me. I am the person at the checkout who is in a hurry but has ten things to get placed back on the shelves because I found something less expensive but nearly as good somehwere else in the store. Coupons are great, but I prefer those shopping cards or invisible automatic coupons. I get giddy for even a few cents off the marked price. I am extensively pleased when I get a surprise discount at the checkout counter.

I would love to hear thoughts on this.

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