I was listening to an audio book and one of the sections talked about treating yourself as if you matter and that there's a difference between being cheap and being frugal. She had a bunch of examples, but suddenly I had my own light-bulb moment.
I've been going to the the gym for two years now, and when I first joined, I bought a pair of shower shoes. I didn't go with flip flops because I don't care for them. The pair I chose were a slide and I really liked them. However, one of the sole beds loosened from the shoe and it would flop around when I took them on or off. I meant to glue it down, but forgot.
For weeks, I'd been living with the sole bed flopping around and then it became completely loose from the shoe itself. I noticed it on Friday and meant to glue it down over the weekend, but again, I forgot about it.
Until I was at the gym on Monday.
I was going to make a note to myself to fix it over the coming weekend, but then while I was on the treadmill, I heard the author of the audio book talk about cheap versus frugal.
The shower shoes were not expensive. They lasted almost 2 full years, so I got my use out of them. Why didn't I just buy another pair instead of trying to glue the sole bed down? Some of the shoe itself was beginning to show wear and tear, too, so I would have to buy a new pair eventually anyway.
So I ordered new shower shoes. It feels ridiculously extravagant.
And a couple of hours after I wrote this post, I received an email cancelling my order. Glue it is.
