Yes. I used to splurge but then I realized that demanding value in my every day meals was the right thing to do. The difference is spent on other items.
I wound up using a coupon I had today for a free McD's strawberry smoothie. Since I still had a buck to spend, I bought a McDouble and skipped the fries.
After that I spent .50 cents on a pick 4 lottery ticket for tonight on numbers 1270, based on a truck that parked in front of me while I was eating lunch in the parking lot and flagging Youtube videos with my laptop.
It had an Irish leprechaun so it had to be lucky:
I then went to Dollar Tree and bought some dandruff shampoo and an eight pack of Lance Choc-O-Lunch cookies. From there I walked about a block to Albertsons and cashed the prize I won for a free box of Pepperidge Farm 5 cheese toast. They were out of that brand, so they let me have the store brand instead.
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