This was kind of funny I thought as a person I knew had to buy a clothing item at the last minute. The store had nothing that fitted perfectly. Everything was either too small or too big. The end choice was that the person decided to buy the clothing item that was larger. Just to be clear, by smaller I mean like wearing a pair of shoes where there is almost no breathing room and by larger it will feel like it will come out after every step.

I would use money and value to help determine this. If I was buying it specifically for like an event with no real use for it afterwards then most likely I would buy the smaller item. Value wise I would probably think of a way to sell it afterwards if I had no real use for it. Course I’m not talking about items that no one would want used. Larger sized items are more for long term use where you would be more inclined to tolerate it and find ways to make it fit better. Therefore, that would make more sense value wise in many ways.

Although, in many ways the most logical thing to do is to find a rental or even seeing if you can borrow something from another person if it is really a last minute type of purchase for a single use. In most cases with this circumstance I would probably buy the smaller sized item. I usually find that you are more inclined to try and get rid of the item if it is too small for you too to avoid things like clutter.

Today I was talking to a person who mentioned that he wanted to buy some kind of weed puller for this one day that he was holding an event in his backyard. He mentioned that it cost about $30 or so which wasn’t too bad.

This got me thinking on how many times we tend to buy items where we only use it once and then throw it in say the closet to never be used again. For myself when it comes to these types of items, if I don’t intend to use it at least say once every two months I tend to explore other options such as borrowing a similar item from a friend or family member if available.

It’s just like when we were younger I suppose. What’s the point of say everyone buying the same toy/game when you could easily just lend your copy to the other if they plan to play it through once only? As long as you don’t abuse the trust/generosity, I’m sure most people are more than happy to help you save money in these ways. More than likely you would do the same too.