When Duh Meets Aha!

I am somewhat frugal.

This should come as no surprise to any of my readers.

But sometimes I feel like I’ve hit the apex. Like there’s nothing new to learn, and the fun challenges of finding ways to save money have come to a standstill.

Fear not, fellow Non-Consumers, there’s always something new to learn!

I baked some home made pizzas for my son’s birthday party over the weekend, and I was out buying toppings from a local pizza joint. (This is cheaper, as I can buy two half servings of a topping for $1.50, and it’s enough for two pizzas, and exactly the amount needed.) I rode my bike for this errand, which also included a trip to the library, and the grocery store for shredded mozzarella cheese.

So I was feeling like I had climbed to the tippy-top of the frugality mountain. The very apex.

Nothing new to learn here.

I asked the woman at the pizza place how much it would have been to buy the cheese from her. She said it would count as a single topping, which would be $1.50 for about ten ounces. I had just paid $5.50 for 16 ounces of cheese from the grocery store. 

Although I had bought toppings there before, it had somehow never crossed my mind that I could also pick up cheese there in a single fell swoop.

Duh!

I would be able to buy exactly the amount needed, in a single errand, for less than I usually pay. And the pizza place is only two blocks from the house! Easily walkable in any weather.

Aha!

I love these moments when duh meets aha. 

It’s what I live for.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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