Daniel and I had a little purple spatula we received for a wedding present. We used it pretty much every day for two years until it finally broke. (I looked all over the internet, but I could not find a picture of the spatula in the correct color. It was like the one above, but purple.)
Our next shopping trip we stopped at Bed Bath and Beyond to get a new one. We found the exact same spatula would cost us $8. That seemed like a lot for a small convenience.
We decided that we did not need that exact spatula; we could probably get one like it at the dollar store and save $7. On the way to the dollar store we had the real epiphany. Though we had lived our whole married life with the spatula- we really did not need it. We had other spatulas that would work just fine.
As we reached this conclusion, Daniel said, “That’s the best coupon- just don’t buy it.”
Before you buy something, take a minute and evaluate your purchase. Do you really need or want it? Will the purchase fit in your monthly budget and savings goals? Is there a better place that money could be spent?
You may find that your greatest savings come from simply not purchasing items that you really don’t need.
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