apartment outright.
She has savings.
She doesn’t spend much on unnecessary things.
But she isn’t cheap.
There’s an important difference.
My mother buys fewer things, but she buys things that last.
She owns a wool coat she has worn for twelve years because it was made well.
Her work shoes are real leather, carefully polished and repaired when needed.
She knows exactly when money is being spent wisely and when it’s being thrown away.
Which is why I nearly fell out of my chair when she walked into Farrow’s Restaurant
