Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 19:44     Subject: Re:What motivates you to be frugal?
The thread still up? Might be my 2nd go on it but as I might have said, there's nothing to buy. I have a home, car, clothes, food and get to travel. What else do I need to spend on? Can't stand knick-knacks, and Lululemon , shoes or bags don't excite me.


I need to get here! And have a yard sale....
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 19:39     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.


You have expensive taste, but bought a new house that didn't have granite in the bathrooms or crown moulding? So I guess on your long list of failures in life, you might as well add trolling.


It was a brand new house. The builder offered finishes that I was not thrilled with. I felt I could get nice stuff on my own.
Builder offered wood moulding, yuck. We wanted plaster crown moulding.
Builder had four choices of granite. I wanted more options.
Sorry if that make me a troll.


If you have "expensive taste" your builder would have been good enough to provide these items.

Sorry your lame troll story isn't holding up.


Why is everyone a troll? Just because I don't agree with you? Whatever.
I can't control the builder's finishes. I wanted a house backing on to greenspace with a massive lot. When we saw it, we jumped on it.
I'm glad we did. It's heavenly.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 19:37     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.


You have expensive taste, but bought a new house that didn't have granite in the bathrooms or crown moulding? So I guess on your long list of failures in life, you might as well add trolling.


If you have ever bought a new house, you would know these items are not standard from the builder.


Uh, yeah they are, if it's a decent builder.


Not in toronto. Nice try. The world is bigger than dc.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 19:09     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.


You have expensive taste, but bought a new house that didn't have granite in the bathrooms or crown moulding? So I guess on your long list of failures in life, you might as well add trolling.


It was a brand new house. The builder offered finishes that I was not thrilled with. I felt I could get nice stuff on my own.
Builder offered wood moulding, yuck. We wanted plaster crown moulding.
Builder had four choices of granite. I wanted more options.
Sorry if that make me a troll.


If you have "expensive taste" your builder would have been good enough to provide these items.

Sorry your lame troll story isn't holding up.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 19:06     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.


You have expensive taste, but bought a new house that didn't have granite in the bathrooms or crown moulding? So I guess on your long list of failures in life, you might as well add trolling.


If you have ever bought a new house, you would know these items are not standard from the builder.


Uh, yeah they are, if it's a decent builder.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 19:03     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.


You have expensive taste, but bought a new house that didn't have granite in the bathrooms or crown moulding? So I guess on your long list of failures in life, you might as well add trolling.


If you have ever bought a new house, you would know these items are not standard from the builder.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 19:03     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.


You have expensive taste, but bought a new house that didn't have granite in the bathrooms or crown moulding? So I guess on your long list of failures in life, you might as well add trolling.


It was a brand new house. The builder offered finishes that I was not thrilled with. I felt I could get nice stuff on my own.
Builder offered wood moulding, yuck. We wanted plaster crown moulding.
Builder had four choices of granite. I wanted more options.
Sorry if that make me a troll.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 18:37     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.


You have expensive taste, but bought a new house that didn't have granite in the bathrooms or crown moulding? So I guess on your long list of failures in life, you might as well add trolling.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 18:29     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The thread still up? Might be my 2nd go on it but as I might have said, there's nothing to buy. I have a home, car, clothes, food and get to travel. What else do I need to spend on? Can't stand knick-knacks, and Lululemon , shoes or bags don't excite me.


Oh BS. There is always ken thing you can buy if you want too. Clothes. New bedding, new books, electronics, new organization systems, you could do home updates. My house is three years old and I am constantly changing things and adding this. new closet system, wainscoting, granite counters in bathrooms, added a pool, next is a cabana. Did a new deck, fence, hot tub.

Still want to finish basement, crown moulding, painting, need to landscape.

You must live counting your dollars because there is always something to spend on. Unless you are super cheap.


I finally realized that you are trolling the board. I'm super slow apparently.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 18:28     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
It was a brand new house. I won't buy used.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 18:23     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:They are updates to the home that have nothing to do with taste.
Unfinished basement- we finish it, has nothing to do with taste

No crown moulding, add it
No pool, add it.
No fence, add it.

My taste is expensive. I don't need to remove things, I ADD things. I love love love making my home my sanctuary.
I sometimes sit and admire this house.

I have spent tons, I could spend a few hundred grand more easily.


If your taste is so expensive, why didn't your house come with crown moulding to begin with? All nice houses have moulding to start with. My house came with all the things you're talking about, I didn't need to add them in.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 18:14     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
They are updates to the home that have nothing to do with taste.
Unfinished basement- we finish it, has nothing to do with taste

No crown moulding, add it
No pool, add it.
No fence, add it.

My taste is expensive. I don't need to remove things, I ADD things. I love love love making my home my sanctuary.
I sometimes sit and admire this house.

I have spent tons, I could spend a few hundred grand more easily.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 17:43     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The thread still up? Might be my 2nd go on it but as I might have said, there's nothing to buy. I have a home, car, clothes, food and get to travel. What else do I need to spend on? Can't stand knick-knacks, and Lululemon , shoes or bags don't excite me.


Oh BS. There is always ken thing you can buy if you want too. Clothes. New bedding, new books, electronics, new organization systems, you could do home updates. My house is three years old and I am constantly changing things and adding this. new closet system, wainscoting, granite counters in bathrooms, added a pool, next is a cabana. Did a new deck, fence, hot tub.

Still want to finish basement, crown moulding, painting, need to landscape.

You must live counting your dollars because there is always something to spend on. Unless you are super cheap.


I'm very much like the pp you are responding to. I have found that if you have good taste, your house does not need constant updates.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 17:32     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
Anonymous wrote:The thread still up? Might be my 2nd go on it but as I might have said, there's nothing to buy. I have a home, car, clothes, food and get to travel. What else do I need to spend on? Can't stand knick-knacks, and Lululemon , shoes or bags don't excite me.


Oh BS. There is always ken thing you can buy if you want too. Clothes. New bedding, new books, electronics, new organization systems, you could do home updates. My house is three years old and I am constantly changing things and adding this. new closet system, wainscoting, granite counters in bathrooms, added a pool, next is a cabana. Did a new deck, fence, hot tub.

Still want to finish basement, crown moulding, painting, need to landscape.

You must live counting your dollars because there is always something to spend on. Unless you are super cheap.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2014 10:11     Subject: What motivates you to be frugal?
The thread still up? Might be my 2nd go on it but as I might have said, there's nothing to buy. I have a home, car, clothes, food and get to travel. What else do I need to spend on? Can't stand knick-knacks, and Lululemon , shoes or bags don't excite me.