Overall, I’m proud of the new discipline we’re applying to our finances. But frugal can be taken too far. I realized this last week, as I nearly ran into a median driving to Target.

It was a blindingly bright day, but I couldn’t wear my sunglasses, because I wasn’t wearing my contacts.

(Do they make clip-on sunglasses for cat’s-eye glasses? I would totally wear them.)

I wasn’t wearing my contacts because my eyes were rejecting the Target-brand solution they were soaking in.

I was driving to Target, in fact, to buy the pricier sensitive-eye solution.

So, even though I seem determined to recount this story in a nursery rhyme fashion (she swallowed the spider to catch the fly…), at least I can say I avoided a tragic irony.

Here’s my moral-of-the-story pledge to you: May I never foist false or useless frugality tips on you.

We’re in this thing to learn, save, earn more, and ultimately reach larger financial goals than, “Oh God, did we shave $100 off this month’s grocery bill?”

Frugality in some things is a natural part of the process, but as an end unto itself, it can also be a trap.

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