Best Budget Buys? Sure if you make 50K a Year!

In this year's June issue of Cosmopolitan (I got a free subscription) there is a nice little article on page 192 entiled The Best Budget Buys for your pad.

Now as you may or may not remember, I still get hassled for putting back the bag of flour and grabbing another that was 7 cents cheaper. So yeah, I am a little cheap sometimes. The way I see it, the flour probably all comes from the same silo anyway. It's the logo on the bag you're paying for. And that 7 cents doesn't really determine how well my chicken fried steak comes out.

Cosmo's List
1. Lauren Classic Towel $12.99 EACH for a BATH TOWEL!! See my post on how we went almost a decade using hand me down towels. When I finally did break down to buy new towles, I got 2 on sale at JC Penney for $5 each. Pretty thrifty.

2. SmartPower Duet Blender $79.95 We got a used blender for free and when we lost the little cap that keeps everything from exploding out the top we threw the whole away. We don't drink, so we have no use for a blender. When we do need one, I know they are available for waaay less than $79.95 at your local Wal-Mart or Target

3. 350 Thread Count Sateen Stripe sheet set at Bed, Bath & Beyond, $59.99. I bought a nice sheet from there once. On clearance for $10. Best sheet we ever slept on. Here's a tip--we only have the fitted sheet. We still use our ragged-out pillow cases because they're like broken in blue jeans.
Sheets do not have to cost $60 to be nice. I like the t-shirt sheets: cheap, soft and oh-so nice! Sure our one 350 thread count sheet is uttery soft, but I wouldn't pay that much for it. Use a little fabric softener and see what happens. Duh.

4. Corelle Linea 20-piece set dishes $59.99 Once again, plates are not expensive. Holiday dishes can be reduced to next to nothing and gorocery stores often put most of their dishes on clearance after a while. 2 words: Paper plates. $4.29 for 400


So, to sum up--no, I don't make so much in a year that an $80 blender is a "budget buy". That's the most ridulous thing I've ever heard of. Who are these Cosmo writing to, anyway?