I’ve written about this before a little bit. There is nothing worse than the person who knows everything. The worst fight I ever had with someone ended with me saying— “When did you get your degree?”. “In what?”, they answered. “IN EVERYTHING!!!”, was my aggressively snotty response.

The smartest people I know are the ones asking the questions, ALL THE TIME. In my time on Earth, I have pretty much figured out that everyone knows an awful lot about SOMETHING. Go forth, find that person. I have a pretty good idea who to talk to about saving money on a car, or a hotel, or a contractor, or groceries, or a TV….that’s the basis for this entire site. It’s just one dumb guy, ME, walking around asking questions. It’s why Sarah Jessica thought we should do a book about this, we have been talking about this stuff for 25 years (I know that seems odd, as we both look so young and vibrant….well, at least she does). This is how I live my life. 

I see the other stuff out there…..sites about frugality, sites about saving on childcare, books on making your own pillows, blah blah blah……nobody should tell you they don’t make mistakes……why did I keep my bottled water for 20 years when my refrigerator has a FILTRATION SYSTEM?? Why do people stay with their phone carrier when their neighbor’s are getting the same service for half the price? 

My point is, see someone saving money on something, something that YOU feel you could be saving money on….and ASK. Then SHARE it, don’t be the insecure person who insists they have it all figured out, that’s a fools game, and in the long run, a money-losing one. Or, if you’ve been reading this carefully, a way to NOT do things, which is the worst thing of all in my book. “We don’t go there, it’s too expensive”. “We stay home and watch TV instead.” “Well YOU can go do things, YOU are rich.” Ask around and figure it out.

This came up this week with pumpkins. Someone told me about a site called Social Living. I joined. Free. They had a $10 sale for a pumpkin patch. For that, Nathen got a train ride, a petting zoo, a bouncy thing, and TEN DOLLARS off a pumpkin. Then parents told me how crazy it was to buy pumpkins from a pumpkin patch. So they didn’t go. Well, guess what——we picked a $10 pumpkin—-FREE——-and Nathen got to go on a bunch of stuff and had a blast (especially feeding the baby Llama, which was awesome), and it ALL cost me $10——and the others did NOTHING……..all they had to do was ask. Nobody thinks anyone os an idiot when they are trying to get information……give it a shot, it’s a great thing to do.

WG