Everyone loves a good bargain. Would you consider yourself a
“bargain shopper”?
I don’t usually shop UNLESS it’s a bargain!
I love finding the best deal for my money and getting great quality at a great
price.
What are your favorite stores to shop at to get good deals?
What have been some of your best deals?
My favorite stores to shop at are thrift
stores! I even work at a consignment shop part-time, so that shows a little of
how much I love thrift shopping! I
love finding name brand clothing for just a few dollars. One time I found a
brand new Nike running jacket with the
$70 price tag still attached, unworn, and got it for around $9. My closet is
full of secondhand finds from my favorite brands like Ann Taylor, Tommy
Hilfiger, The Limited, and Abercrombie, and I’ve never paid even close to full
price for any of it.
Do you take advantage
of free samples that come in your mailbox? How do you make use of these items?
I don’t get as many free samples as I used
to, since I’ve been making changes toward more natural/organic things and those
kinds of samples aren’t as readily available. But when I can find them, I
definitely grab them! I always look for samples of food, too, as weird as it
sounds…but they almost always come with good coupons. Actually, for Christmas I
filled my Dad’s stocking with K-cups for his office Keurig and gave a friend
another bag full of K-cups for theirs, all for free because I’d been collecting
the sample packs!
I’ll let you in on a secret I found a little
while ago. I found this website called Tight Wad in Utah, where the blogger posts low-entry
giveaways ending within the week. I started entering as many as I was
interested in, and so far I’ve won two books and some coupons. I’d definitely say
it’s worth it! Especially if it’s a low-entry giveaway, because you have a
better chance of winning. But I usually enter the ones from the bigger blogs I
follow too, because you never know. My first win ever was from a big blog, and
the prize was a $50 credit to an online store called Antique Farmhouse, and I
got two cute artificial topiaries for free with it!
Is “frugal living” a priority for you and your fiancé’s
future home? How has the Bible impacted you when it comes to frugality (if it
has)?
Frugal living is definitely a priority for
us! My fiancé and I are firmly convinced that God requires us to be faithful
and wise stewards of what He’s given. (Especially since we’ll be pinching
pennies as newlyweds very soon!)
As I prepare for our future home and becoming a homemaker, God’s been teaching
me a lot about living simply and naturally to the best of our ability. There
are a lot of Bible verses and principles that support this, but one passage
that really stated it simply for me was Ecclesiastes 2:24-25: “Nothing is
better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should
enjoy good in his labor. This, also, I saw, was from the hand of God, for apart
from Him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?” It just really brings home the
point that everything, even the simple things of life, is from God, and that we
have the responsibility to live according to the means He gives us and honor
Him with what we have. This looks different for everyone according to their
resources and situation, but the concept is the same. I really believe it’s
another way we as Christians can make an impact, by living in a way that is
different from the materialistic, wasteful, artificial ways of the world. Both
my fiancé and I want to be the best stewards possible and save money not just
so we can be wise with what we have, but also so we can give generously to the
Lord’s work and to others.
Thanks for sharing your tips and heart with us, Kristi! If you'd like to hear more about Kristi and her frugal journey, check out her blog, Dreams on the Porch Swing.
I hear Kristi is also a fabulous photographer... ;)
Check out her photography blog here: KLT Photography.
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