Mantra for the day: Frugal is Such a Sexy Word

 As a member of royalty (like Dame Edna), I have to be be mindful of "my public" at all times. I feel some noblesse oblige to impart bits of wisdom to my two followers. So Lesson no. 1, courtesy of Mr. Alonzo R., a 95 year old Southern gentleman who taught me to count offering at church by using the Sum of the Digits method invented by a WWII concentration camp survivor, Jakow Trachtenberg (See the Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics). I reckon y'all should know that it ain't the sum of your digits, it's the way you put them digits together, which leads us to Lesson No. 2: It's not how much it costs, but how high it ranks on the 1-10 Fabulosity Scale (1 being Britney Spears on a bad hair day - 10 being Audrey Hepburn on any day. In short, my motto is: 

Now, fabulosity is such a subjective concept. For example, to The Empress, this sweater was the most amazingly fabulous thrift find on Monday at the Pick of the Litter store. Imagine, a recent Anthropologie sweater WITH TAGS,  for $5.00. Here's the sum of the digits analysis -- ANTHROPOLOGIE + NEW TAGS + LONG ENOUGH  FOR TALL PERSON + COTTON + DOGS + RUFFLES + NAVY BLUE + DOGS + THRIFT = 11. But for a theoretical person who will not be named here but who fathered my fabulous children and tolerates dogs but not when they have "accidents" in the house, the analysis added up to a negative number, expressed as "Isn't that sweater too long for you?" Translation: "That sweater is an unholy abomination and don't blame me if you find it buried in the compost heap while you're not looking." As if that would ever stop the Empress from her quest for Fabulosity.

Frugal is a sexy word because when you buy frugal, you can afford to make mistakes on the road to the Kingdom of Fabulosity. Just check your addition of the digits on the way.