Miss Thrifty

Here at Thrifty Towers, we have a delicate situation.

For Christmas, husband’s family clubbed together and bought us a Wii. They observed, quite correctly, that we did not have a Wii – and were, in fact, the one remaining Wii-less branch of the family. They also know that we are on a tight household budget. And what a lavish gift it was! As you can imagine, we were both stunned and grateful. Our Wii came with extra gubbins including another controller and a game.

Now here’s the rub. And before you ask, it’s not that they bought us a super-expensive games console and got pot plants in return. Those are good pot plants, damn it! (more…)