Ridiculous Update

In an attempt to be as honest and revealing as possible… I need to update you all bloggies. Remember Two Cents a few weeks ago when I used every speck of my deodorant and toothpaste in an attempt to not waste pennies or bigger denominations!???

Well we were at the end of another toothpaste recently and I emailed BF as he had time during the day earlier this week, and asked him to go to the coupon container that I have everything organized in and grab some toothpaste clippings and head to Walgreens or CVS and try to find the best deal. I even went as far as telling him the color (the red one) and ‘tab’ (dental) within the organizer to find them so it wouldnt be stressful.

Yesterday I got a text message saying that he got toothpaste at Wilson Farms.. Okay for your non NY-ers… Wilson Farms is a CONVENIENT store,, ala Sugarcreek or Wawa or Sheetz or something to that effect. Where coffee is cheap but toiletries ARE NOT! Its like the most expensive place to purchase these items because its ‘convenient’ they can mark it higher for your ‘convenience’.

FURY does not describe how I felt.  BF absolutely watches me cut coupons on the weekend and he knows how excited I get when we save and he knows how frustrated I get when we’re wasteful or miss a sale.

One of my colleagues said ‘its your fault you should have done it yourself’.. which only fueled the fire because I refuse to be the only person capable of saving us money, or shopping for groceries or household supplies. While my brain might get more excited about the numbers matching, we both have the same long term goals and it should not be just me making them work.

Of course by the time I got home, I realized my fury was just frustration but that I did need to communicate to BF why I was frustrated and reevaluate our long term goals and why the little things and the big things both matter.  He understood why I was frustrated and I understood why he did not see it as a big deal. You can’t learn and grow if you don’t talk right?

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