Frugal Fancy-Pants: January (Overdue)

This Frugal Fancy-pants post would not exist if not for the fact that, last fall, I took the above picture to text to John, so that he could see the results of a fancy pickup truck turning around in our driveway.

(The guy backed right into it. "But I have back-up warning sensors!" he said. Then he tried to stuff money in my hand. I declined the money and told him it was providential, as I'd been putting off cementing the mailbox in properly for years.)

After taking the picture, I handed the phone to Piper, who, unbeknownst to me, took this picture. Voila! Another Frugal Fancy-pants was born!

Exhibit A:

Wear this outfit any time  you think a strange fellow is going to trust electronics over his own two eyes. You might need to scurry out of the house to reassure him and prop up a mailbox, and a dirty shirt isn't going to cut it.

Jean shorts: rummage sale, ten cents
Tank top: rummage sale, nickel
Your daughter's flip flops: free

Total cost of outfit: about fifteen cents

Optional accessory:
Those cheery mums, on which I splurged. The four bucks was completely worth the happiness they gave.



Exhibit B:

On a Sunday afternoon in January, the sun appears, and you're not wearing a bathrobe. Quick! Take a picture by the mailbox!


Black skirt embroidered with gold and copper thread: rummage sale, ten cents
Black heels: rummage sale: ten cents
Black shirt: rummage sale: a nickel

Total cost of outfit: about a quarter

Optional accessories:
Gold waterfall earrings: Target clearance, under 2 dollars
Genyuwine rabbit fur coat: hand-me-down from Londie, free
A PROPERLY CEMENTED MAILBOX THAT DOES NOT TEETER!!!!: 1 or 2 bags of Sacrete and a bit of time
A Christmas wreath: free
A hand in place of sunglasses: free

The best thing about that rabbit fur coat is that Londie's receipt was still in the pocket. I was impressed by her shopping and was convinced that it belonged on FFP.  For a "RABIT"/SUEDE jacket, she paid $16.87 plus tax, instead of the original $176.00, a savings of almost $160. Way to go, Londie!

What your faces all look like when you see that I slapped on another FFP post....