I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.
I cut coupons, love specials and believe in buying toilet paper and toothpaste in bulk. It's just who I am.
I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.
I don't spend much money on clothes; I never did.
I'm not extravagant. I share my house in London with five roommates. I take the Tube. I intend to stay the exact same person I always was.
I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.
I'm cheap, and I'm proud of it!
It's weird; my fascination with tech was kind of combined with the fact that my parents would never pay for anything. It got me more involved because I would have to find clever ways to get things for free.
I live like a scumbag, but it's cheap.
I hope to always be doing some low budget things.
My parents scrimped and saved all their lives, to the point where my mother used a disgusting old oven mitt that was stained and partly patched together with a skirt I made in seventh grade.
I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things.
I'm good at finding good deals!
We used to wash our hair in buckets and survive on toasted sandwiches, chocolates and soup.
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.
In spring, nature is like a thrifty housewife ... taking up the white carpets and putting down the green ones.
I grew up with my mom being very, very cheap, so when it's free, I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's free - I have to take as much as I can!'
