20 for $10....But do you need it?

With a recession looming eminently overhead, I fear I’m going to turn into my grandmother, who hoards everything. You see, my grandma lives alone and has about 40lbs of butter in her basement freezer, she also owns about 7 cans of coffee but she only drinks tea. My grandma is about 92 and still very independent and does all her own food shopping but, being that she lived through some of the worst times in America’s economic history, she is very cautious about what she buys and she stocks up on almost everything. Today, I found myself buying things at the grocery store just because they were on sale and eventually I’m going to need them and when I will need them they’ll be more expensive. I’m really worried about this election sometimes and I haven’t blogged about politics for a while because I’m scared. I’ve learned that if I write them down, it’s real…if it’s an idea…it’s just an idea.
Anyway, things with Lousie have seemed to calm down and the apartment is returning to a general sense of normalcy. She has realized that 10mbf was really only interested in her for sex and that he isn’t the kind of person you’d want to have a relationship with anyway. I think it was just a harsh lesson she learned a little later than most people.
The question I pose today is this: Do you fear the looming recession? Have you since curbed your spending?

It’ll all get better in time…

XOXO - Maxine