We shop at the Dollar tree, Aldies for food and I have no problem, tastes as good as higher priced items. We have chickens, which lay a lot more eggs than we need, so we give some to all the people that live close to us, when they want to pay for them, we tell them that we may have to call on them for help some day. First snow fall we had, checked to see if we could get out and the drive had been plowed already.
I have a large garden, can, freeze & make jam for the married kids..and then when we need help with harder things around our home, we can asked and not feel guilty. My DH gets up early & helps his nephew with his barn chores, drives tractor and hauls cattle for him. 11-24-12 was the last day we had dairy cattle on our farm, after 58 yrs, so we find some thing to do every day and they all help us back.