A penny saved…

I love to grocery shop.  Not so much the spending money part of it but I find the order of the rows to be strangely quieting.  Seeing everything so organized is like being dropped into the eye of the hurricane (that my life often feels like).  Lately, in keeping with my frugal policies, I’m reevaluating again what needs to be spent and when.

Sale items are always tempting - after all, who doesn’t want to get a deal?   But if the price is only a light reduction, and it’s something I won’t be using for a while, is it still a good deal?  Is it better to keep that money in my pocket, or use it towards other items rather than spend it on something that will sit for 6 months before being used?

Case in point would be a bulk sized bottled of shampoo.  Personal items like this are always on my sale list.   I have no brand loyalty and try to buy the best I can for the least amount of coin.  As a result, there is always at least one reserve bottle waiting.  If I know I have a bottle or two sitting in the linen closet, is it worthy of my frugal principles to buy another?

While I know this is an item that will definitely be used, I’m started to think that if I have enough of something already, hoarding is a waste of time, money and space.  After all, frugality is as much about managing life as it is about managing money.  And I don’t want my life to become cluttered with frugality. My idea of simple living is to decrease my attachment to having stuff, even stuff of the transitory variety.

So the shampoo stays on the shelf, until I’m closer to actually using it.

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