Sure, I don't spend over $20 on a bottle of wine....well, actually I have, but that is another story.
I buy name brands. Yes, I look for bargains, but who doesn't?
And I enjoy the senior discount.
But I don't think I am cheap.
Let's say I am economical.
I don't like buying things I don't need. I don't like tossing things that still work.
Which explains why I am still wearing a shirt that I had six years ago. And it is one of my favorite shirts.
Facebook posted a memory photo from when Emily and I went to see Craig Ferguson at the Chicago Theater. We went out to eat at the Elephant and something, a British themed restaurant downtown.
Elephant and the Tower? Does that sound right? Doesn't matter.
I went out to work on the gigantic mulch pile today. I swear, there is more there today then there was yesterday! It's growing, like a giant blob. I can't spread it fast enough.
Anyway, I put on a work shirt.
Well, here it is.
Yes, there is a giant paint splat on it because it is now a yard/work shirt. But other than the splat, it looks pretty darn good. (And Beth, it fits!!)
I bought this shirt at a Native American cultural center in Haines, Alaska. I wanted to buy a totem pole, but they were pretty expensive. So I bought the shirt, thinking I would wear it to school during our lessons on Native Americans of the Northwest and Alaska. Great example of carvings on a totem pole.
Jackie and I went to Alaska in............. 1994.
Go ahead, do the math.
22 years ago.
My shirt is 22 years old.
I challenge anyone to show me a picture of themselves wearing an older piece of clothing that is not a wedding dress. Wearing it....not saving it.
Cheap......Ha! You don't know cheap!
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