I am cheap.

I am so cheap it is stoopid. I like to buy decent stuff but I want to pay .10 for it.

Here is what I have been spending my husbands hard earned dollars on these days.

More cashmere. On sale. At Kohl's.

Personalized stationery. I love this stuff. This isnt on sale, but it is an excellent price for an embossed (insert dreamy sigh). The quality is pretty good, too. You get 50 enclosures, 50 notes and 50 letter sheets and 150 blank envelopes. I dont want anyone knowing my return address, anyway. I am sketchy like that.

Crane and Co. also had some of their gold hand bordered letter sheets on sale for under 20 bucks. For the person in need of a mental health assesment due to stationery obsession (my husband is deployed. I need something to get excited about) they are great for everyday letters and even more formal correspondance like when your sister gets divorced (again) or your father in law is in the clink (again). You know, classy stuff.

My Michael's purchase last night of single initial coasters for a buck a pack wasnt bad, either. Especially since they look like a Crane knockoff and I dont want to fork over massive amounts of cash for a coaster that will, more than likely, have nothing classier than a diet dr pepper on top of it. Or, more likely, a diet dr perky.

Cheap drawers, broadcloth shirts and monograms

I have a disease involving monogrammed crap. I like it--alot. I used to make fun of those southern girls who tool around town with the curlz monogram on the back of their car in pink and green complete with polka-dots (and dont get me wrong, I still do--for that is tacky) but I became obsessed with monogrammed towels and glassware about a year ago and the trend continues. Dress shirts are my new thing. I bought Master P one for christmas and I got it on clearance at jcp for dirt cheap, but a womens broadcloth shirt is a little harder to come by...unless you go to Lands End!Yes, that is right. The catalog full of unflattering bathing suits that were "church appropriate" (if you ever were at girls camp you know what I am talking about) and polo shirts in every color of the rainbow (and some not ever to be found in nature) had some surprisingly great buys on button down shirts. I found this broadcloth shirt for only 9.99 and with monogramming it was only 14.99. Now I shall be the belle of the dorkulus ball!
There were all sorts of other monogrammable goodies that I would wear shamelessly. I also hit up the Brooks Brothers outlet here in Ham-town (which would be a misnomer--the real ham-town is in VA) and found some more dirt cheap crap. Merry Christmas, friends and family! I am cheap and you are getting cheap crap!