Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.
I love the fact that my mom taught me to be really frugal with money and figure out ways to get things I want for free or really cheap. Somehow, I'm not sure how, she was able to figure out how to support a five-member family on a single income -- a $32,000 a year teacher's salary. I have no clue how she did it.
I used to be mad at her when I was young because I never had the cool toys that everyone else had and I never got to go to summer camps like all of my friends because my parents couldn't afford it. My mom figured out a monthly grocery budget of less than $200, and somehow with sales and coupons, she stuck to it. Even 20 years ago, I don't know how she fed 5 people on $200 a month.
Anyways, watching her do that all my life really made me respect money. I learned not to waste money on frivolous things. Now, I have a great ability to get free/cheap items and live a fairly comfortable life. I clip coupons, I watch sales, and I get tons of stuff for little to no money. When I go grocery shopping, I can get $60 or more worth of groceries and pay around $10. I'm not as good as many of the "coupon queens" you see on the news. I still have a lot to learn, but I'm getting better.
I use online forums for coupon clippers/sale seekers to help figure out where and when to shop. I can't imagine how awesome my mom would have been back then if she had the internet to help her like I do now.
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