Unexpected side effects of being cheap

[Dianne S]

I happen to be rather cheap... I thrill not to fancy cocktail dresses at Forever 21, but to $6 bargains at Goodwill or Salvation Army. :)

So anyway... went out Friday night for a Passover seder and dressed up a bit, including nail polish. Saturday, I had to take my daughter to skating. I really didn't want to waste my nail polish, so I just emailed her coach and said "Heads up...."

Ended up staying Dianne for the whole four days Friday - Monday. Had to come out to a few more people to do that, and it was fine. I'm sort of inadvertently slipping into 24x7 mode just because I was too cheap to waste nail polish!

I hope to have my name change done in two or three months and then I'll be out full time even at work. So yeah... it was going soooooo slowly for a year and now it seems to be rushing by at breakneck speed.

[Heidi Stevens]

Dianne, nice story, but even Jack Benny would have said you were cheap!

[Jennifer-GWN]

I go for bubble gun which is close to a natural nail color with a semigloss top coat. That seems to to work well daily and hence no need for panic. Good story Dianne and progress definitely picking up steam.

Cheers... Jennifer

[Karen62]

Dianne, great story! Yeah, it was too cheap to waste a nice coat of the nail polish! It had nothing to do with how free you felt living life authentically! :battingeyelashes:

Good for you, sweetie. Keep up the drive. I'm behind you just a little bit, but on my own path nonetheless!

Karen

[Rianna Humble]

I'm going to have to be the dissenting voice here. I don't think you are cheap for sticking with a nice nail polish and there is nothing wrong with spending your money in a goodwill shop and thereby supporting others who might be in need.

[kimdl93]

I've heard of a lot of motivations for coming out...frugality is a first!

[Dianne S]

@kimdl93... I suspect (as Karen62 did) that there were other motivations. The cheapness was just the final little push I needed. It's so liberating, especially as pretty much everyone has been so nice about the whole thing.

[Dorit]

Happy Passover!

[charlenesomeone]

Way to go Dianne, I'm with you at Goodwill.
Just one question, what color nail polish? hehe
Hugs

[Dianne S]

Charlene,

The nail polish was (naturally!) bought on sale at Walmart and was a truly garish hot pink. :)

Devorah, thanks.

[I Am Paula]

I happen to be rather cheap... I thrill not to fancy cocktail dresses at Forever 21, :)

Wow, that's like an old Johnny Carson skit 'How cheap was she?'
Forever 21 is really cheap teenagers crap that will fall apart in short order.:2c:
Still, I sense a motive. Congrats.

[Sammy777]

Sometimes we can gain our confidence from the strangest places.
The nail polish was the catalyst that gave you the little extra push you needed to move forward. :D

[PretzelGirl]

Sometimes you get to the point where any excuse will do. Maybe????

[Dana44]

Way to go Dianne. I went to a goodwill in Austin and found two skirts and to tops to go with them. It was a large store and had a lot to pick from. Oh, I also got a sundress there. MY SO got a short mini and a sun dress. All in all a good day shopping.