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Pat B
"Re-purpose"? I've never even heard that word before...but it is sooooo good? Mind if I borrow it, Pat? I know, pitching it is hard sometimes...!
posted by
Darson
on December 17, 2009 at 8:09 AM
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adnohr
Ugggh....You may get some stories you never wanted to hear! I just put more money into their 'therapy' fund...figure that ought to cover it. If I can't fix it, I'll have to pay for someone that can. All three of them claim that they're 'scarred'...they say it with a smile, but we'll see!
posted by
Darson
on December 17, 2009 at 8:07 AM
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Elyse!
We stuffed T.P.in our shoes to make them fit, back in the day, too! I'd forgotten all about that!
posted by
Darson
on December 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM
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Some people can pull bargains out of the thrift store and dress
like a million bucks. I'm not one of them. My deal is to wear something until it falls apart, and then find a way to re-purpose it. If I could just learn to pitch things...
posted by
Pat_B
on December 17, 2009 at 6:25 AM
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LOL - I can imagine your sister's face when your mom did that - and even more her version of it later!! Parents can be highly embarrassing sometimes. Oh, wait! I'm a parent!! Better go talk to my kids....
posted by
adnohr
on December 17, 2009 at 3:40 AM
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LOL ---- what a clincher ~ oh Darson you do just bring me 'round to the biggest smiles - and laughs like out loud. Yes frugality is good - but I do remember some of the thrift store items and handmedowns for years --- and even toilet tissue stuffed in the toes to make it fit. Oh yes, I remember. You are just amazing Lady - you share so well, you make me linger with each word, description and witty comments in between.
~ xoxox Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on December 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM
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FSI
Frugality definitely has its place. I love to 'vintage' shop for the most amazing clothing, and we buy/sell on Craigslist all of the time. I can also make leftovers over that you'd never recognize AND that would look delicious. A little cheese, some sauce, a few spices...voila! New meal. My kids never even know.
posted by
Darson
on December 16, 2009 at 8:06 PM
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WileyJohn
Hmmmm....great question...the way Lauren told it, it was an entire apple....but perhaps she split it in two and put each half in a baggie with their initials on it.....?
posted by
Darson
on December 16, 2009 at 8:04 PM
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lovelyladymonk
Ohh, there's no doubt about it....I AM ONE....there's just a limit to how stingy one ought to get...and we all sort of know when we've crossed that line, don't we? When a guy drives your daughter home after she's been stranded, (and it was a fifty mile round trip)....there needs to be more than an apple's worth of compensation....!
posted by
Darson
on December 16, 2009 at 8:03 PM
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Re: Re: magic moon
So we're relating...!
posted by
Darson
on December 16, 2009 at 8:01 PM
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My grandparents were the same way. I think a lot of that came from the Depression. My parents are not like that. I tend to be frugal as well.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 16, 2009 at 6:51 PM
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Darson
Well dang, a whole apple? LOL Great posts you have luv
posted by
WileyJohn
on December 16, 2009 at 12:02 PM
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Gotta love it, Darson. God bless us poor cheapwads, one and all!...
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on December 16, 2009 at 10:33 AM
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Re: magic moon
...yes! exactly! me too! ...
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...moon
posted by
magic_moon
on December 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
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Kabu
No; they were polite at the time, but kept the friendship going for a while with my sister and Marci...and never let them live it down. "Would you like an....apple...or something?" was a repeated phrase! We've laughed about it for years.
posted by
Darson
on December 16, 2009 at 9:31 AM
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magic moon
Not at all.....! It's about $15.95 per month...the cost of a Blogit membership, where I vent! Total therapy!
As Lillian and I always say, the stuff our parents do makes great 'material'. They're very entertaining.
posted by
Darson
on December 16, 2009 at 9:30 AM
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I loveyour writes about the family ....Like Moon I wonder how you girls
survived...........Did one of those generous boys offer to pop that apple where it belonged...where the sun don't shine?
posted by
Kabu
on December 16, 2009 at 8:42 AM
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...hmmmm....okay....the other day i read about your father....and today about your mother....
....i know i shouldn't ask you this...it's way too personal....
....but.....ummmm....how much is your monthly psychiatric bill.....hahahahahaha
......haha.....uh..ha...
....wasn't funny was it?
...moon
posted by
magic_moon
on December 16, 2009 at 7:16 AM
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