I try to live as simply as I can.
And I keep within my budget the vast majority of the time.
But every once in a while, something has to be done about my penny pinching ways.
Because a girl has to have her priorities straight.
I don't have many costly habits, which is lucky for me at this point in my life. I'm reminded of a little saying that I heard in a sermon a LONG time ago, from a very old fashioned preacher... he said:
"I don't drink, smoke, or chew, nor associate with those that do."
While I don't exactly condone the association part of that proverb, living the first half of it sure saves me a lot of money.
So what do I do with some of this money I am saving all the time?
Well, I decided to throw caution to the winds and replace these cheap, basically worthless clothespins...
With something made of sturdier stuff...
You can buy that pin on the left for a few pennies just about anywhere. And that's good, because you are going to have to buy them over and over and over since they break or come apart from the moment you open the package.
And since I do hang out laundry...
I'd like my tools to actually do their job.
These clothepins do that brilliantly!
I figure I could hang a good sized racoon out to dry with one of these puppies and he would stay put.
Another part of their allure is that they are handmade in America by a man named Herrick Kimball.
http://classicamericanclothespins.blogspot.com
I ordered 18 of them, and played the Jedi mind trick on myself when I clicked the 'order now' button.
"You don't NEED to know the price of those clothespins. They are beautiful. Now go about your business. Move along."
I doubt that I will ever have to buy clothespins again. And I may have to leave them to a family member in my will. But hopefully the fact that the area under my clothesline won't be littered with dead and dying clothespins all the time, and my laundry will actually STAY on said clothesline, will soothe my pocketbook's shocked sensibilities.
(You and your pocketbook's highly refined set of sensibilities make my head hurt. Please go balance some rocks or something. Even THAT useless activity is a better use of your time. And while you're at it, get that racoon off the line. He's making a terrible racket.)
Ah, it's good to know that some things never change.
With something made of sturdier stuff...
You can buy that pin on the left for a few pennies just about anywhere. And that's good, because you are going to have to buy them over and over and over since they break or come apart from the moment you open the package.
And since I do hang out laundry...
I'd like my tools to actually do their job.
These clothepins do that brilliantly!
I figure I could hang a good sized racoon out to dry with one of these puppies and he would stay put.
Another part of their allure is that they are handmade in America by a man named Herrick Kimball.
http://classicamericanclothespins.blogspot.com
I ordered 18 of them, and played the Jedi mind trick on myself when I clicked the 'order now' button.
"You don't NEED to know the price of those clothespins. They are beautiful. Now go about your business. Move along."
I doubt that I will ever have to buy clothespins again. And I may have to leave them to a family member in my will. But hopefully the fact that the area under my clothesline won't be littered with dead and dying clothespins all the time, and my laundry will actually STAY on said clothesline, will soothe my pocketbook's shocked sensibilities.
(You and your pocketbook's highly refined set of sensibilities make my head hurt. Please go balance some rocks or something. Even THAT useless activity is a better use of your time. And while you're at it, get that racoon off the line. He's making a terrible racket.)
Ah, it's good to know that some things never change.