realize your frugal?

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Okay I've never thought of my DH and I as frugal, but I realized just now we are. I honestly think we are pretty cushy our lifestyle and have it good. I don't worry about bills, as do many here. And I'm not a spender like many on here. Living life simply is a way of life not because I have to.

But when did you realize you were frugal? I realized it when I typed what our fun money was and what we spend on things like eating out, groceries, etc that woah, as a percentage of our income it's a lot less than I thought.

When did you realize you were frugal? I've felt spendy but I guess not as bad as it seems.

[KTP]

When I downgraded our cable to basic, cancelled our phone service and went with a $25 a year pre-paid cell phone instead. I realized, hey, we are pretty frugal now.

Haven't quite gotten around to using cloth instead of paper towels though.

[mcfroggin]

I've been that way for awhile. In high school, my friends would tease me that I'm too cheap. I used to hate it, but now ----

[StellarSaver]

Hmm, interesting question. I think I have known I was frugal for many, many years... probably going back to when I was in my mid 20s. I remember that even though I was earning a pretty low salary back then, my bank account balance always seemed to consistently grow month after month. And it wasn't like I was trying to make it grow... it just did. For me, I think that's really the nature of frugality, i.e. being able to save without thinking about it or budgeting for it.

[bjl584]

I would have to say in my early to mid 20's just after college. All of my friends were busy buying new gadgets, clothes, and cars, while I was busy learning about savings and investing. All of the people that used to call me cheap now tell me that they are jealous of me. Go figure...

[dawnwes]

I have always been fairly frugal. Even when I was single and earning a good salary, I would typically not order drinks out at a meal, I never had cable or even a TV for a long time.

However, I still could have done better. I had a car loan and a student loan for quite a while.

Dawn

[krantcents]

I enjoy paying less or finding a bargain! This along with saving, investing and avoiding debt has allowed me to be more successful than my peers. It also gives me considerably more flexibility.