[Snoopy2645]

Yes definetely we went threw different times but after I was about 6 & my dad started a business my mom was always tight because with a business all the money went right back into it. I think they were only truly poor once after I was born & thats when my dad got blinded in one eye & couldnt work for awhile. He worked for a bad company at the time too that didnt want to pay for disability without a fight & Things were tight but I was little & didnt really know at the time. Only looking back & I kinda see how bad they were but it was nice that we didnt realize it KWIM> ANd at times when my dads business was really taking off we never had a new car it was always & I mean always a used station wagon!!


We always had kmart clothes but when I hit about 13 & wanted designer clothes I had to buy them myself with babysitting money. ANd my brother & sister both worked too & we all bought our own cars & stuff.

Another example is like last night I took my kids to disney on ice & when my mom took us to stuff like that once in awhile we would get 1 pop to split nothing more nothing less!! Well after last night I can see why they wanted $5 a pop & $10 for a bag of cotton candy now I understand why my mom wouldnt let us buy anything as kids at that stuff!!! I told the kids last night I would buy them cotton candy at walmart afterwards if they really wanted it LOL

And I thank my mom all the time for teaching me to be frugal!!