“ My son’s 5th birthday was approaching and Spider Man was the “in” thing. The goto entertainement company was a bit pricey, so when my brother suggested his friends less expensive company I jumped on a chance to save 100 dollars. Party day arrives, the kids are all present and a short and round Spidey appeared. All the kids started saying, “Where’s Spider Man”?
“ My little boy started getting some uneven hair growth and instead of taking him to the barber shop to get a trim my husband and I thought “we can do this”. We kept chopping and chopping until his poor little hair was pretty short and we could have saved the torment had we just forked over the $10 for a kid’s haircut.
“ One time we took the children to a free day at a local amusement park in our area. The free admission, free face paining, and free ice cream was not worth the long lines and wait. We definitely learned our lesson and are now happy paying the money instead of trying to get it for free.
“ Three stroller later and money thrown down the drain… I finally had a stroller I was happy with! I was taught a valuable lesson that there is a time and place to be frugal and sometimes a penny saved isn’t a penny earned when you then have to buy the same item two more times!!
“ Why spend $30.00 for haircuts for the 3 boys when I have the same tools. My 2 oldest have told me that they would rather be grounded for a month than have me cut their hair so I’ve decided not to be frugal with the haircuts anymore.
“ Recently, I tried to be frugal with my kids and it completely backfired! My kids met some goals we had set, and each kid was allowed to spend $5 at the dollar store. They both ended up with items that they played with for less than one day.
“ I was running low on toilet paper the other day, and figured that I’d better stock up so I didn’t run out again anytime soon. The packages of toilet paper that I loaded into my cart promised to be extra soft. And the price was incredible! I however, accidentally bought a bulk of toilet paper without verifying that it was two-ply.
“ My 2 yr old is obsessed with Minnie Mouse, and we picked up a 2 pack of Minnie Mouse rompers that were super cute with the snaps on the crotch for easy diaper changes. We got home I figured out why they were so cheap. There were no snaps on the crotch!!
“ My daughter wanted badly to have a authentic Coach Purse as a birthday gift. I purchased a $45 generic Coach Bag! Somehow I forgot to take the price tag out before she opened her gift!!!
“ For my daughter’s 100th day of Kindergarten we picked up a cheap t-shirt, listened to the sales clerk and picked up the cheap “fabric” glue and some buttons. When it came time to wash the shirt, not a single button stuck to the shirt.
