[disneysteve]

Another part of the frugal lifestyle is being resourceful in how and where you acquire the things you want and need. I can think of numerous examples where we bought something that was of high quality and would have been of high cost had we bought it new in a regular store. Instead, we bought it either used at a yard sale or flea market or we bought it from an outlet store for a fraction of the original price. Just last summer, for example, I bought my daughter a "new" bike for $50 off Craigslist. A similar bike new would have been $200 or more. Another time, we were going to a wedding. The couple registered for Lenox crystal glasses. At Macy's, we could have bought 2 for what we wanted to spend. At the Lenox outlet, we were able to buy 6 for the same price, which made a much nicer gift. Other times, we've bought registry items at the outlets for half or less of original price which allowed us to give a $100 gift while only actually spending $40 or so. The recipients didn't know the difference and we saved a bunch of money.