You Can Go Your Own Way!

Part of wild frugality is having the devil may care independence to decide what you really want to buy and what you don't.

This may seem fairly self evident, but hear me out. 

Often people get guilted or herded into buy things a certain way, at a certain time,  to the point where they don't even remember why they spend a certain way. 

It’s up to you to actively decide where your income gets spent or saved. Remember to think of your money, as YOUR money, not something that has to get spent a certain way because your friends do it that way, or your family always has, or because of that new commercial with the rah rah song or the shiny pictures that make you feel good about yourself.

This is not, by the way, a recommendation to be cheap. Cheap people always look for the least expensive option in EVERY situation, to the point that they buy things they don't even like themselves. 

If you're frugal on the things you have to be, you can go wild ( or at least wilder) with extravagance on things that are really important to you. And you can be more generous in terms of giving things to the people you love. 

I don't know why, but I believe these women capture the essence of  The Wild Frugalist. 

Part of this is being aware of your shopping opportunities at all times. 

Let’s say a you see a Groupon ad for something that would be a holiday gift for a loved one, at a large discount.

So what if it's June and Festivus is six months away? Pull the trigger on that sucker. Don’t just think , “Oh I’ll figure something out for the gift closer to the time.” Your wildness now will insulate you from rushing to find a more expensive gift later.

On the other hand, use due diligence. Check out reviews of the product and company online
(Groupon always has them up, but you can also just do a quick independent google.) Make sure that the savings doesn’t turn out to be a false one because it’s a bad or poorly made product.

In other news, my products from The Ordinary ( which I mentioned in my last post) came today, just a few days after I ordered them.

My The Ordinary Products are here!

I'll report back on the exciting results and/or disturbing side effects soon!

And so my fellow Wild Frugalists go your own way, and find a way to live it up  a little every day, because, let’s face it, this whole thing could collapse tomorrow, or it could go on for years.