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December Stew On That
by Rachel Stewart
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Is anyone else selectively cheap, or is that just me? Why am I okay with buying rounds of margaritas for all my friends which literally will total like $70+ but I will absolutely refuse to pay $.99 for a side of sour cream? Why am I okay with spending $600 on a flight for vacation but not okay with spending $600 on tires for the car I drive every day? I would absolutely never in my entire life spend $100 on a shirt, but I will dang sure spend $100 on a delicious meal.
Why am I okay with a $15 cocktail but if their Dr. Peppers are $3.99 with free unlimited refills I won’t do it, no thanks, just a water. Why am I good with spending $200 on a website but not okay with the $5.99 shipping charge? I will empty my online shopping carts expeditiously the moment I see a shipping charge. $80 on shoes I’d wear daily, nope. $80 for a movie and treats? Sign me up. I needed to buy allergy medicine the other day and it was $23.99!!! I said to myself “Honestly, how much do you even like breathing out of your nose?” and promptly left the store without the medicine. Eventually all the weed pollen will die and I’ll be fine. $150 on my hair is perfectly reasonable and acceptable but you want me to spend $100 on brake pads for my car? No thank you, if Jesus can take the wheel, he can also take my brakes. I will walk out of Aldi’s carrying 23 items, dropping them all over the place, can barely see over the piles of groceries in my arms, before I’ll pay $.10 for a damn bag. I don’t even know the word “no” when I’m on vacation, but when I’m home, at the grocery store, we’re getting the Great Value brand of ketchup because it’s $.32 cheaper than Heinz. I know I’m incredibly blessed to be able to be selectively cheap, but I still don’t understand why I am the way that I am.
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