I learned early how to be frugal with the pennies, but the pounds still did not always work out. Even in the generous time of Christmas we still watch even the small things. We always saved the bows and ribbons from the gifts and were even able to save the paper for future smaller packages. I learned later that some of those small economies actually had a kitchen drawer with bits of string too short to be used. I often wince at our current throw-away world. Products with built-in obsolescence seem basically wrong to me. Why can’t products be built that can be fixed easily and efficiently? So many things now seem not to last as long as they should. Is it just me or are products designed to break down just after the warrantee expires? Now days I still practice small economies. I save left over foods. I recycle anything I can. I reuse the aluminum foil. I mend clothes. I find new uses for old things. I save glass bottles. I do it not because of expense but to cut down on the junk piling up on God’s beautiful world. It seems like good stewardship to me. If I could only learn to not buy the junk in the first place! O well, It gives me something to work on for 2023.