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Sometimes it seems to me like most things associated with frugality are, well, sneaky. Sure, sure, there are the basic coupon combos. And, if you’re diligent (and patient) you can actually make money off certain offers with the help of rebates. Which is, depending on your point of view, kind of sneaky — but in the sense that we say such a word proudly.

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Those of you reading this that are guys are probably thinking, “How could it be hard to find clothes that fit? Duh, just walk in to the store, grab your size, and leave.” But I promise you, it’s not that simple if you are a woman.

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To be honest, I don’t want too much choice.

I mean, I want choice. I want about 3-6 choices, and that’s it. I don’t want to be shown 50 different things, because there are a couple things that could go wrong:

1. I end up liking all 50 and now have to go through and rank them until I pick the top choice
2. I get confused and end up not wanting anything at all

So how does this play into decluttering my life?

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I’ve been a little down in the dumps since the weekend. I started off the year of frugality with high hopes to have the whole damn debt wiped by Dec 31st 2009. Looking at what income I have coming in and how much time I have left in the year – I think I may need to concede that it is not going to happen this side of Christmas! Unless I suddenly either win the lottery, get a mystery benefactor to wipe the remains of my debt or win £10,000 in one of the writing competitions I have entered. On the off chance these *might* not happen. I have to think contingency for payoff in 2010. Boo!

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