Spend, don’t splurge

With the economic situation predicted to go South, many people have tightened their belts.  Some may have already written out all pubbing and clubbing, dining out, those little indulgences they used to do every week.

If you are like them, stop.

Instead of doing it weekly, do it once a month but don’t stop.  If all of us completely tighten our belts, the economic will go further South and faster too.

Save, be frugal but not stingy. Don’t skin a flea for its hide and tallow.  Have that girl’s night out but maybe every two weeks instead of every week.  Cut back not cut out.

I went shopping for shoes today.

The next thing I have to get are more clothes.  Don’t get me wrong.  I’m not buying an entirely new wardrobe.  Just a few more mix and match pieces.  Have dusted out some old classics and my colleagues have complimented me on them.  One of the classic pieces is about 15 years old.  Another is about 14, I think. Still good.

Miss your drinks at the pub? Buy duty-free alcohol at the airport, get together at a friend’s house, learn how to mix drinks.  Put on some good music on the hi-fi and have a good time.  Cheaper too.

Miss going to the movies?  Rent the DVD.

Keep spending but be thrifty not stingy.