Becoming a tightwad

Tightwads have a fiscal advantage. When shopping they tend to haggle. They save more than they spend.

There is no such thing as impulse buying with a tightwad. I thought about that while at Marshall's looking for home decor.

As I strayed from the decorative items into the handbag aisle at Marshall's, quite a few designer bags caught my eye. 

The gold metallic number from Michael Kors made my head swivel. I have a silver tote that is similarly designed. I wanted that gold one so badly! But what I'm not going to do is spend $179.00 for a handbag, which was massively discounted from the original retail price. 

I know, it was ONLY $179.00 to a lot of people... Not to me! That $179.00 can go into my IRA... 

I had to think about it this way because I tend to be an impulse shopper. I see it, I like it, I buy it... Not anymore. The fact that I didn't get all foolish lets me know I'm growing up.

So I made it past that first hurdle, then I saw the cutest DKNY bag and almost lost it! 

But I held on and high tailed it out of the handbag aisle. 

So what did I get at Marshalls? I will show you later...