Comments on: Remembrance Of Frugal Things Past

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:09:14 +0000

I miss cheap gas too…remember 99 cents a gallon???
And, alas, Steve & Barry’s was a downfall of mine. But they live on in thrifty goodness as my now “Whatever” sweatshirt was once their “Ford” sweatshirt that I got for $1 during their going out of business sale.

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:06:30 +0000

I miss cheap gas. Also when you could get a 24 pack of diet coke for $5!

By: Unplanned Cooking

Unplanned Cooking — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:32:54 +0000

Wait, what? Mizrahi is out? I need to leave the house more often.

By: The StuntGirl

The StuntGirl — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:26:35 +0000

When i lived in TX, we had $1 movie theaters all over the place. Sure the movies has been out for a couple of months by the time I saw them, but I got the theater experience and didn’t have to wait for video to see a flick for cheap. Best of both worlds. We also had a wonderful chain of stores called Puff’s $12 Zoo. Everything was $12 or less. There was also a Puff’s $8 Zoo. Oh, and Smarts! You would have loved Smarts, Eric! It was the Target outlet store. Got my first CD boombox there! Ah, sweet cheapness, those were the days…

By: Alisa

Alisa — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:05:12 +0000

iTunes raised their prices? Gah! Is because I was unfaithful and downloaded some music from Amazon last week? I feel so guilty now….

By: Tashi

Tashi — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:02:40 +0000

Fyi, Isaac Mizrahi now sells stuff on QVC. I haven’t been able to buy anything yet, but the items look very nice. Similar to what he did for Target, in my humble opinion.

What frugal goodness do I miss? The gas coupons at Cub.

By: Jen Pierce

Jen Pierce — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:06:28 +0000

Remember the Boulevard movie theatre? That was my favorite.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:34:19 +0000

I miss the days before everyone discovered thrift stores. I mean, I love it that others now know how cheap it can be to find great clothing that no one else wants, cast off purses, jackets of all kinds – hello Italian leather beauty for only $20.oo!!!- but I remember when jeans were $1.99, and you could get three shirts for $5.00 and then everyone started pouring through the doors and the prices shot through the roof. *sigh* I still go, and love it. Especially when someone goes nuts over something I’m wearing I get to say “Yeah, I got it at the thrift store for like $4.00!” That’s a good thing.