Last week, I missed the chance to pickup an expresso machine for half price because I wasn’t in the country. Yesterday, I missed the Baskin-Robbins 31 cent scoop night where I could’ve gotten a scoop of ice cream for only 31 cents. When I first thought about all the sales events I’ve missed these days, I felt disappointed because I wanted all those things. After thinking deeper into it though, this might’ve been blessing in disguise.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love ice cream and really want the expresso machine. I just feel that I’m still the same person without those things. Without the ice cream, I really don’t feel any different at all. Sure I didn’t get to go out last night, but I was tired and probably wouldn’t have really enjoyed it if I went.
The expresso machine was also something my wife and I really wanted, but are we any happier with it? Not necessarily. Would we appreciate the money in our savings instead of it being used for the gadget? Probably.
It’s hard to draw the line on where this argument should stop because I can say this for almost everything that I can buy. Maybe from now on, we should wait 2 weeks everytime we want to buy something. If we still really want it after 2 weeks, then it’s time to think about how to get it. If we didn’t really think about it after 2 weeks, then we’ve just saved some money.
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MoneyNing,
Think of it from the positive side. First of all, you saved 31 cents on the ice-cream ( or maybe 62 because you’d have to buy one for your wife and one for you). You also saved on the espresso machine..
There’ll always be bargains out there. If you kick yourself for stuff you haven’t done, you’d demoralize yourself. I was pretty harsh on myself in 1999 for not owning many internet stocks. Guess what happened after I bought some ;-(
Thats a great deal on ice cream. A few days ago I went shopping and decided to check on the prices at a local supermarket.
I was stunned at the cost. 7.50$ for 2 liters of ice cream… and it wasn’t Haggen Daz or anything like that.
But hey, that ice cream will melt and you’ll get another opportunity to get some more if you wanted.
There’s nothing wrong about missing the things that you are used to do:) It just pretty normal. Sometimes its good for us to realize the things we don’t value when they are just at the reach of your hands.
If the item I want is over $100, it goes on a list inside my cupboard door. Then I tell friends and family I am thinking about whether or not to get the item. If it’s $50-$100 it’s usually on the list for 6 months. Gives me time to think about it.
If it is still on my list in a Year – and I still want it – then I allow myself to buy it. Sometimes I no longer want it, and have therefore not spent that money. Sometimes one is given to me when a friend or family is getting rid of one they no longer want. Or sometimes I’ll find one at a garage sale for 1/10th of the price – and then I would buy it.
This has saved me a LOT of money over the years. Warning: People who are into instant gratification will NOT do well with my method