https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 15:32:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about/page/2#post-625303 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:22:39 +0000 JerricaBenton 625303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I am weirdly cheap about gift bags and tissue paper. It drives my husband insane but if we get a gift and the bag/tissue is nice and in perfect shape (I promise I don't keep anything wrinkled or ratty) I HAVE to keep it and add it to my gift wrapping stash. It just seems like such a waste to throw it away and then have to go spend $3 at Hallmark on a new bag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about/page/2#post-625018 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:54:20 +0000 Sweet T 625018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I hate paying shipping, especially to Hawaii! It's so expensive. I always make sure I spend $25 on Amazon so I can qualify for free shipping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about/page/2#post-624978 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:35:55 +0000 Caly 624978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Shipping! It makes me crabby. I make every effort humanly possible to avoid paying it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about/page/2#post-624793 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:52:10 +0000 bunnylove08 624793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: unfortunately living in NYC its nearly impossible to get things for free. but I get it down to as little as possible I think the lowest i got formula (Enfamil 6 pack) for was 1.99. double coupon a target coupon with a manufactures coupon and target having a sale on the formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624687 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:25:03 +0000 LuLu Mom 624687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate paying full price at clothing stores without a coupon! I feel like there is always 15-25% off so I dig online before buying anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624682 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:23:18 +0000 littlek 624682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Shipping and parking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624670 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:20:47 +0000 Mrs. Bee 624670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmate: great tip! but i never go shopping in stores anymore. no time alas so i buy everything online. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624653 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:18:17 +0000 mrsmate 624653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: I used to work at J. Crew and I'll give you a tip. At every store there is a red phone for placing catalog orders. All orders placed thru this phone gets free shipping. Now, it's been about 8 years since I've worked there and at least a few years since I placed an order this way, but it's worth trying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624545 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:57:10 +0000 hilary 624545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh so much cheapness. Pretty much everything except shoes. At work they like to joke that I'm so cheap that I squeak when I walk. I tell them that I will just keep squeaking my way to the bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624383 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:17:10 +0000 anonysquire 624383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bunnylove08: I wish I was better at couponing. I'm so bad at it. Do you coupon to the extreme like that show? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624371 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:15:39 +0000 heartonastring 624371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Really dumb things. I was at the dollar store a week or two ago looking for little organizational baskets to put in baby's dresser. All the ones they had were $2.50/basket. While I realize that is still really cheap, I refused to buy any, because I knew I'd previously gotten the same ones for $1/each. So now I don't have any.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624341 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:08:53 +0000 PurplePumps 624341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything, especially shipping too. I always buffer up to the free shipping, then do free returns in store if I can, otherwise I never pay for shipping.<br /> Food... always sale items for the week.<br /> Clothes.. not even just sale, but clearance everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624327 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:07:03 +0000 Mrsbells 624327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also hate posting for shipping, especially when the cost is ridiculous in proportion to the size and cost of the item I am buying </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624316 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:04:41 +0000 Modern Daisy 624316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm cheap on everything I can be cheap on since it's so hard in this city. At the grocery store, everything besides meat and produce I buy the cheapest version possible. With clothes and shoes, I never pay full price or pay for shipping. But of course I have expensive taste! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624209 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:18:19 +0000 Boheme 624209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: DH puts silly names on them every month! It cracks me up when I get them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624169 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:08:00 +0000 bunnylove08 624169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>everything... my friends joke that I have a coupon for a coupon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624154 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:58:55 +0000 anonysquire 624154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: lol my feet hurt no matter how much I spend on shoes. I swear I have the worst shaped feet ever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624138 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:54:37 +0000 twodoghouse 624138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty cheap about shoes. I'll drop quite a bit of money on expensive purses, but more than $50 for shoes? No way. Which is sort of silly because I'm always complaining about my feet hurting. Maybe if I got nicer shoes I wouldn't have that problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624137 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:54:08 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 624137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: do you have creative names for your envelopes? I fill them so DH's spending money is labeled Honey, show me the money! And mine Mine, All Mine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624127 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:50:24 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 624127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Paper products yet I always want the softest, most absorbant etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624107 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:43:40 +0000 Boheme 624107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything? lol. We do a Dave Ramsey type budget, so I'm always looking for ways to stretch my envelopes farther. Shipping is a big deal to me. I also hate paying for car washes. My husband's pet peeve is ordering drinks in restaurants - he likes to point out we can go out to eat two more times per month if we just order water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-624083 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:35:06 +0000 Alivoo01 624083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything that involves me. Hubby hates that. If we're going out to eat, and I'm debating between 2 items, I always pick the cheaper one, or if the entire menu is kind of pricey, I pick the cheapest item there is that's not strictly "appetizer", even if I'm not really feeling it that item. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623976 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:58:31 +0000 lavender 623976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kcups- I always try to find the best price for them! And I totally reuse gift bags, I have a great stash of baby shower gift bags now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623959 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:49:14 +0000 Bookish 623959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything lol! But we have to be thrifty on our budget. I wash my own cars, don't buy many brand name food items, avoid shipping costs, etc. Mostly what other people have said. Oh, and I never pay full price for clothing. Oh! Water bottles! My sisters think I'm crazy for drinking out of our (perfectly safe) tap, because my mom raised them to drink out of water bottles, which are cra-zay expensive (and bad for the environment!). I refuse to pay huge markup for water! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623928 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:28:04 +0000 su9su9 623928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am cheap about everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623878 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:57:47 +0000 Bao 623878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby clothes, I never pay full price. Clothes for myself, also never pay full price. There are a lot of things but I think I'm more frugal than cheap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623864 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:49:41 +0000 T.H.O.U. 623864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: I agree! We got a box of cards and wrapping paper for the $1 store. When we get gifts I totally save the bag and the tissue paper. </p> <p>I am trying to cut out all of the small little $5 or $10 purchases because they add up. Like the post from Mrs Pen yesterday about the 10 Free IG prints. It still would have been $5 after shipping so I passed. I can live without. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623859 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:44:10 +0000 betsyboop 623859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Shipping. I refuse to pay for shipping. </p> <p>And this might sound bad, but I'm cheap about retail taxes. Maybe because where we live now has sky high retail taxes (almost 10%!), and I used to live in a city where there was no clothing tax. This is why I love amazon (for now). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623800 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:26:38 +0000 mrs. bird 623800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: yes! Paying to park sucks! Especially when you're going somewhere to spend money on something else, it's like your paying for the chance to spend money, grrrr</p> <p>I hate paying for gas, like I get angry about it! I put $40 in my tank and got exactly 1/2 a tank or 150 miles out of it. Ruins. My. Day. Also I hate paying ATM fees, actually I don't pay them because I refuse to use an ATM with a fee unless I'm abroad and have no choice or some other extreme situation. And bottled water! Errrrr, I hate paying for a plastic bottle of tap water! We almost never buy bottled water, I refill my camelbak, but it pains me when I have to buy a bottle of water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-anything-youre-cheap-about#post-623781 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:59:46 +0000 loveisstrange 623781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: We totally reuse gift bags.</p> <p>I HATE paying for shipping! I never order anything online unless I've looked for a free shipping code first. A lot of times, I just dont order if the shipping is really high. </p>