Deadbeats vs. Penny Pinchers

My folks came out from Illinois to visit for Christmas 2012.  I was able to get them a good deal on a room at the Best Western.  

Zack & I had been living in our new place for a few months & I was stacking up some cash from all of the cruise ship drop-offs at work.

"Here's the kind of grill I was looking at," I showed my dad on my laptop.  "Something that's easy to setup & breakdown.  With a flat top griddle."

"That looks nice.  I bet you can cook a lot of sandwiches on there," he said.

"And, I almost got enough saved up to buy one.  I'm gonna order it in the new year.  I still have to get a tent & pay for some permits, insurance & other legal stuff first," I told him.  "But it's coming along."

"See, I knew you'd figure it out on your own," he said.  "If I just gave you the money you'd have spent it already- end up like that deadbeat you used to live with."

I laughed.  It was true!  Money was made to be spent & it's a whole lot easier to blow it when it's not yours.  By pinching my pennies, I knew how hard it was to earn & I would make sure no cent was wasted on achieving my goal.