Originally Posted by
Onebyone
Being frugal is okay but to deny yourself something you really want and will be happy having and can afford is foolish. Goodness if I had to justify every purchase I made I wouldn't have anything fun.
this is a wise statement. I had a relative who prided herself on being frugal even though they had a comfortable income. When she was in her early 60's (your age) she decided that she & her husband were now too old do do anything. They quit everything, lived very, very frugally, denied themselves the simplest pleasures such as a good cup of coffee or going out to dinner. She lived to be 91, husband to 86, all those years with no every day simple pleasures, hobbies, etc. But I guess her satisfaction was being so extremely frugal, that was her life. Left behind a small fortune that went to a relative and a cat shelter.