Here it goes for this week.
We had no waste this week. Yea!
However, my husband said something that gave me food for thought.
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| Store brand and name brand crackers |
Here's the long version of the story.
My
parents save all of the crackers they are served with their soup and
salads when they eat out. However, they rarely eat them when they get
home. They just save them up. Therefore when we visit, we take their
stash home with us. So every few months or so, we are eating up their
leftover crackers. This happened recently. I made soup and asked Ward if
he wanted a little pack of crackers to go with it. He said, "Sure, that's the only time I'm going to get name brand crackers." He said it
playfully, but it made me think.
- I didn't know that the brand made a difference to him. Had he told me and I didn't pay attention?
- Is my family so tuned into our thriftiness that they don't even think there are options?
- When we can afford it, why are we eating an inferior product instead of a better one?
- Sometimes saving money is a game to me, but do I go overboard?
