I think the word you're looking for is thrifty
and I'm not, particularly. I've just been in montyesque levels of poverty in the past, and had someone pull me out of it, and I've now learned that 'like' and 'want' are two separate things.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sat 5 May 2012, 18:33, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

Yeah', I really wish I had learnt that lesson.
My attitude is that if I want something, and there is a way of having that something I want, and it doesn't mean I go without something else, then I'll have it. It's a shitty attitude that has gotten me into trouble many times 'cus I don't quite see the "without something else" part until later down the road. Plus I replace social events with things that come in styrophome.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 5 May 2012, 18:40, Reply)

I never have the option of the social events
but I've managed, recently, to dial back on the things taht I used to buy on impulse. And I don't tend to go shopping anywhere near as often as I used to. That generally helps.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Sat 5 May 2012, 18:51, Reply)