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Am I too cheap?

When is cheap just too cheap?

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Posted on 2/1/2011 21:02 EST

Just in case you've ever wondered, Am I too cheap? This post in the Star Tribune has a few answers for you, like ... you impose your ways on friends and family, the time you spend being frugal actually costs you more (in time and money) than you save, and, well, you can imagine. Watch out for the warning signs.

"I confessed recently on my blog that I had crossed the line of being "too cheap":

When cleaning out the cat litter boxes, I always wear rubber gloves. But for months I have made the job more precarious by wearing, um, two left-handed gloves. I did this because I had two pairs of gloves with holes in the right hands, so I tossed the bad righties and wore the perfectly fine lefties on each hand..."

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