Showing posts with label tightwads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tightwads. Show all posts

Monday, October 5, 2009

Born Cheap

Last week there was an article in New York Magazine titled Born Cheap about a spendthrift mother and a tightwad father, and how their ideas of money/spending influenced their three children.

Of course I immediately begin to analyze the cheapness of my family, only going into my mothers side, as it's the women in my family who are the spendthrifters/tighwads. My cousin, the Mission Madre, is clearly a spendthrifter, like myself. I have never talked to a woman in my family about shopping without saying "sale rack", "deal", "coupon", "lohmans!" Basically you get the idea, we wont buy it unless we know we are getting a deal and then we must tell all the other women.

My mom is also clearly a spendthrifter as well and loves to know she is getting the best deal. "Look at this dress I got at Macy's $20 down from $250" and it is a cute dress, it was quite the deal. Though my mom is a spendthrifter she came from a family of tightwads and I think used this same mentality on me while I was growing up, quite genius really.


grandpa & grandma

Though I do look at the price of two cans of beans before selecting the cheaper one, I'm real glad there are no hardcore tightwads in my family, just a bunch of cheap ass bitches who know how to go to town on a sale rack. I learned from the best, love you ladies!

So are you a tightwad? spendthrifter? cheap ass bitch?