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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee
I, personally, am sick to death of all this talk of FENNEY .... so let's have a discussion about MONEY .............
Sometime ago I read an article in the local paper about a woman of meager means who wanted to go on a cruise and she saved dollars and did it! So, without giving it too much thought, I started throwing dollar bills in a drawer, when my purse got too heavy I cleaned it out just keeping sufficient small change to go shopping and put the rest in a vase, then I started taking the quarters and saved them. Of course, I had to save pennies and now I have bags and bags of pennies.
Recently when I was bored I thought I would count my various money stashes. I could not believe it. I had saved dollar bills in the hundreds  and change in the vase approaching $50 . I use the quarters to purchase dish washing liquid 4 bottles at a time (I hate running out of anything essential), and it was painless. The bags of pennies went to the Sheriffs Ranch for their charity  . Now I am left wondering what I did with this money before I became a banker 
So, you out there in TOTV land, do you stash away money in odd little ways because I'm looking for some new ways to save. |
This Thread was just the boost I needed to leave Sams Club. It was not easy but the Savings will be Hugh.
I addressed my concerns about the errors they have made or incorrect things we had been told in the last six months and Crickets from the manager so I'm sorta glad they didn't try to save us at all. We did our last shopping trip through there and cancelled the Store Membership on the way out and cancelled the Credit Card through Synchrony when we got home. It's sad and a relief at the same time. What it was is a habit. And not a good habit either.
They had just raised our Credit Card Limit to a crazy level that was way too high. I never asked for that they just did it. Promising the Free Car Wash and backing off the offer was not good.
Selling stale desert items the day of the Superbowl wasn't cool either. Adios old friend. So many Nice People working there but its really all about The Benjamins.
Thank You for this Thread Madelaine Amee.
Almost forgot, opening Credit Cards to get $200 back when you spend $500 is great. Opening a Chase Savings & Checking account for a whole lot of money is great. I got $500 but I heard its less now. Never paid attention to any of this stuff before but we hear a lot of ways to save here at Boca Del Vista and its fun!