No breakfast at IKEA today. I did go there but their WiFi wasn't working. So I drove on to the sculpture park, walked around, took a few pictures, admired the sunbathing women and the scenery.
Now I'm in the Henie Onstad art centre café, Piruetten, having a much more expensive breakfast. Bruschetta and coffee
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@OlderSometimesWiser it was good, three times the price of breakfast at IKEA though :-)
I generally go for the cheapest acceptable thing not because I can't afford more but because I have an ingrained horror of not getting value for money. I think it partly stems from childhood because although we were not poor luxuries were seasonal things, Christmas presents were highly valued because they were quite literally impossible to afford otherwise. But looking back I can see another influence and that is the year immediately following university when both my wife and myself had no debts, cheap rent, and well paying jobs. At the end of those twelve months we had spent every penny we earned and really had little to show for it. I wonder now, well I have for some time, if we both overreacted in becoming perhaps more frugal than necessary.
So now I should try to unlearn or at least modify some of my lifetime habits so that I can enjoy the savings that frugality has produced.
@ninalanyon Lol…. I can relate. I call myself El Cheapo because I’m very careful about getting the best price and most value for my money. I hate thinking I’ve overpaid for something. Similar childhood situation, not poor but definitely budget conscious and luxuries came only occasionally.
I do think the trick is learning to balance the frugal with the spending for pure enjoyment. And of course one has to be mindful of not outliving their money!
