Head Tale

Looking for an old picture to feature for this week’s Throwback Thursday, I came across one of me standing in my in-laws’ kitchen in December 2011.  What jumped out wasn’t that I didn’t have a terrible 90s-style goatee (which is my current look but also a Throwback Thursday in a way).

Instead, it was that I was wearing a shirt that I still have (and wear!) today, twelve years later.  How old is that shirt?  Older than my daughter!

Made me think of other ways I’m the cheapest man alive (in most ways)…

1. Drive a 2006 Ford Fusion that *just* passed the 100,000 km mark.  Even growing up in a small town where it was a huge part of the culture, I’ve never been into fancy/expensive cars.  “If it has four wheels, an engine and gets me where I need to go” is how I look at it.

2. I’m in a very financially stable part of my life but still regularly buy stuff I want or need – clothes, electronics, artwork, etc. – at a deep discount on FB Marketplace.

3.  I have literally walked out of a drug store that was charging $2.39 for a bottle of pop and walked to a nearby Dollar Store where the same thing was $1.25!

4. I hate to throw anything out and almost was in tears when Shea forced me to throw out some pillows recently that were quite expensive but I got at a good discount when we bought our latest mattress a few years ago.

5. …and this shirt probably isn’t the only piece of clothing I’ve owned for over a decade!