What is the ine thing that you have that you couldn't live without even though it may not have been frugal? Mine is the swiffer mop thing I love this thing and I know you have to but refills but at walmart they are less than 2.00 I use one refill a month. With three kids and my huge dog! I couldn't live with out it. It mops with out water and tries so fast.You throw away the pad and the cleaner stays in the mop until it used up.

I love my swiffer mop also! I think for me it is paper towels. I remember back when I was young my mom didn't buy paper towels but had more kitchen towels that she would use to clean up spills.

Ice cream. I have been very poor, a little poor and middle class but I have NEVER been without ice cream in my freezer. It is the one indulgence I ALWAYS allow myself whenever I want it. I don't need the fancy ice cream and will eat the cheapest if necessary but prefer the middle of the road priced. I will never be without ice cream.

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Better to give your kids the values you have
than the valuables you can't afford.

If were talking big things I dont think I could ever give up high speed internet or my dishwasher! I cant stand washing dishes! Little things I guess I would not like to give up paper towels.

Big things: my laptop/wireless internet.

Other: Cable TV and/or Netflix. It gets me through those long Minnesota winters as a SAHM!

umm- I feel guilty saying this- my Oil of Olay Regenerist night cream. I go frugal on a lot of things but this (I do use coupons when I have it!). It cost $18.97 (with out the coupon) and I have to say it is the best moisturizer I have ever used (also a good wrinkle cream- don't have too many yet- but at least I am getting a jump start on it though!). Now I feel like an egotisical woman! I don't spend much money on myself throughout the year, wear worn out shoes- but darnit- my face is soft and not showing sings of aging!

My computer ... if it breaks, I'll buy a new one and....

chocolate milk. The real store bought pre-made chocolate milk. I don't like the powders or syrups but I like a good tall cold glass of chocolate milk at the end of my day.

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Hi-speed internet. I love cruising the internet and I love it to go fast! Dial-up in my area goes soooo slooooow. I can't stand it.

without a doubt internet! We do without many things such has cable tv, eating out, social events but i have to have internet! :D

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You must do the thing you think you cannot do~
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Actually, now that I am thinking into it more- I agree about the cable- for the internet, I could just go down to the library. But after having to get more laundry detergent today- I have to say I can't live without Tide detergent. It is the only detergent that seems to work well here!