Getting over the embarassment

Emm-in-a-pickle

So is the post office.

DODO_2

My posh friend won't even go into P remark with me in case someone she knows sees her

Happy to tell me that without thinking of my need to shop there

SailorSam

mandragora wrote: »

No, what you need to do is save your embarassment for the truly embarassing things. Like walking into a lampost, head on, on a busy Saturday morning in the High Street. THAT'S embarassing!:o:o:o

It's even more embarrassing when you realise you've just said 'Sorry' to the lampost.

Florenceem

DODO wrote: »

My posh friend won't even go into P remark with me in case someone she knows sees her

Happy to tell me that without thinking of my need to shop there

My Daughter was like that with QS.

crystaltipps

My once so called 'miserly ways' have turned into a bit of a legend I am pleased to say. My mum and both sisters have both had 'money makeovers' by me at their request when they realised that I had managed to actually carry on saving even when at uni...as well as keep the house and two kids ticking over nicely. My sisters flatmate has asked when I am free to do her and my mums shopping bill halved when I got her to do a monthly meal plan and shop/bulk cook. My uni friend who wants to do a Masters but can't afford it has also asked for guidance in saving and scrimping. My sister is nipping to her local Asda tomorrow because I told her the 300g jars of Nescafe are £4 (I have 3 jars that will last me at least three months now!).

I am also amused by flagrant waste - there was a tweet about '15 kids' saying they spend £100 a week on food for a family of four and don't know how those families cope. It was all I could do not to reply with a 'You have got to be kidding me!'

Also, I do the 'make up wipe trick' but bank my loose coinage and move it into savings. Power to money savers...'A penny saved is a penny earned.'

BitterAndTwisted

DODO wrote: »

My posh friend won't even go into P remark with me in case someone she knows sees her

I feel your pain. My sister, who is a truly fantastic woman and I love her very much, refused to come with me to the charity shops for a good scour in her neighbourhood when I visited over Christmas for the same reason. Shame really because it's much, much posher than where I live. I was not discouraged, I parked her in a coffee shop to waste nearly a tenner while I did my mooching. Snagged some real treasures, too. One of which I was in sore need of for three quid. Result!

I AM NOT EMBARRASSED! One: I can't afford to be as I have no money. Two: I am older and care a whole lot less about what people think of me than I did a decade ago. Three: Getting something for less than I could have feels like a personal victory.

So everyone, just carry on regardless.

Hardup_Hester

I bought all the booze & some of the food for my wedding reception in Tesco & paid for it in change, £180 & the lady on the checkout was fine about it.
Hester

hilstep2000

I bag mine up and take it to my little post office. they quite happily change it for me.

On being embarrassed, don't be. We were talking at work once about how much our shopping was. One women (Who was married to an Estate agent) said she spent £200 a week! I said I didn't spend £100 a month with two children to feed. When she said that she couldn't do that I replied "If you didn't have it you you'd have to." and ignored her. They subsequently had to downsize their house to pay off all their debts, so what does that tell you?!

VJsmum

I'm not embarassed either. I am sat here in my Laura Ashley blouse that cost £3.00 from a charity shop. When my kids were small, an awful lot of their clothes were car boot or charity shop. My MIL was charity shop queen at one point, and the amount of beautiful dresses she got for my DD was astonishing.

I do take all my coins to the post office or bank to change rather than the supermarket though - only for convenience rather than embarassment though.

I did, however, feel a little twinge when I stood with 4 blocks of 19p stilton in my basket at Mr M the other day. But I think it was more because there were 4 than because it was cheap.

My dad thinks i'm hysterical with my coupons and vouchers - but in an admiring way. If I say we've been out for the day or out for a meal, he always just says "voucher?" but then tells my sister and SIL about it praisingly.

I would be far more embarassed about spending profligately or wasting money. A friend said to me the other day that she doesn't know how I wear decent quality clothes, until i told her that I rarely if ever pay the full price. But it does take a bit of time to hunt round - either physically or through the interweb.

Be out and proud

pelirocco

Emm-in-a-pickle wrote: »

So is the post office.

But the Post Office makes money with its other services , you dont honestly expect someone to provide a coin counting machine free of charge do you?