Money-savin’ Mama: Learning to say no, and yes, to spending

Over dinner a couple of months ago, two girlfriends and I ended up in tearful fits of laughter as they teased me for being too cheap to pay the new $7 rental fee for a double stroller at West Acres. We joked that I’d start piling both kids in my single stroller, forever scarring them but paying for their college with the savings.