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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I smell family money. [/quote] Me too. The thing is, I don't entirely disagree with her philosophy about choosing what to spend money. We choose to spend money on high quality food, my expensive gym membership, a high quality daycare, etc. We do spend less on other things (e.g. make our own cleaning supplies (pretty easy) and live in a small condo), but we would never in a million years would call ourselves frugal. Oh, and the reason we have such a nice car? A gift from the parents (which I happily own up to, e.g. to my friends). And, as far as I am concerned, if you are living in a "farmhouse" in Tenleytown, you are living very, very well. Especially a renovated one. I think PP is right that she chose "frugal mama" over Martha Stewart, probably because of timing. For a while, frugality was really "in", and Martha Stewart, who is a high class hoarder in my opinion, is not exactly the most frugal lifestyle guru out there. [/quote]
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