The answer is always NO~ NO~ and NO

Been frugal......

WOW, I'm losing track of all my frugalness!  So here's what I remember:

(1) Got my order from Dollar General.  Think I'll be stocked up on socks for a LONG time.  I love being prepared!

50 pair of socks!  Woo hoo!

(2) Did my monthly shopping last week.  Actually spent under $100 for the month!   And another month that I didn't go to Wal Mart!!!!!  Am actually finding more bargains by not going there and have kind of went back to my old ways (before coupons spoiled me).

(3) Took back some returns to Home Depot, then sent Gabe with all 3 gift cards/store credit and got some more copper line to do my oil lines with on my Panhead.   Since all of the Home Depot cards/stuff was initially FREE, so was the stuff he picked up.

(4) Got a package from Loctite today from being on Motopickers.  They told me I will be getting another package with the Motopickers T-shirts and some stuff from Sta-Bil.  Coool.

Some products, a bandanna, bag and bumper sticker

(5) Used my FREE $25 Amazon gift card to order 54 oz of Nutiva coconut oil.  After the card, I owed $1.49.  We have been using this oil since 2011.  It's really good and really good for you!  It actually fixed my knee problems.

(6) Got an offer in the mail if I spend $500 between 5 purchases on my Harley Davidson card, I will get a $50 Harley certificate that I can use at the Pig trail in Eureka Springs.  $500 is nothing so I am on my way.  Last time they sent me a $75 certificate and we went to Branson when there was still a Harley "store" on the landing and I got a cool shirt that I LOVE, an awesome pair of 100% cotton jeans that I LOVE, some oil, a Harley placemat for the dog and something else.  I LOVE free money and I can always find something to get.

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Sunday, 9 June 2013

Inked and Awesome - Chris Gibbany

Name: Chris Gibbany

Age: 40

Website: Amazing Cheap Life

How old were you when you got your first tattoo and what was it?

I was 30. My ex husband wouldn't allow me to have tattoos so after I divorced him and got with my current husband Gabe, I went and got a blue Chevy bowtie since I am such a Chevy nut.  

Gabe already had a blue Chevy bowtie, and my 78 Z-28 is blue (which I've owned over 20 years) so it only made sense.  I love it as much now as I did back then.

What is your employment status/occupation and do your tattoos effect it? 

I have worked at home/been self employed consecutively now since 2006.  Since I work at home and do "weird" things, like raise hedgehogs, extreme couponing, playing the "credit card game", help build Harleys, pinstripe, weld, etc, none of my tattoos have affected my work.   I have also had pink and purple hair for 7 years straight and I think my hair gets more attention than any tattoos. 

What is your favorite piece? What is the meaning behind it? 

Since all of my tattoos are motor related, they express my love for all things that make horsepower.  I would have to say that the sleeve I am working one will probably be my favorite (the lower piece has not healed yet).  I got the bowtie in honor of my blue 78, the 81 Corvette flags since it was the first Corvette I ever bought and I have had it over 13 years.  The piston and chain represent my love for motorcycles and my sleeve, so far is all about my 56 Harley Panhead.  I am going to try and incorporate my other Harleys as well- my 81 Ironhead and my 39 Knucklehead as well as a kicker since all but the 81 will be "kick only".

Do you have a favorite artist who you go back to or do you collect different artists work? Why? 

My favorite artist and the only one I will ever use is Dessa Blackthorn, aka Sassy at Tattooz by Sassy in Mountain Home, Arkansas.  I had went to two different artists before hearing about Sassy and she has done all of my black and gray work and is the only person who does work on my body.  She is just EXCELLENT!  She is also a gearhead, fellow rider and drag racer and just an all around inspirational person.  She does awesome work.  I have won several tattoo contests with her pieces.  Why go elsewhere when you find a great artist.

Have you faced any specific discrimination due to being tattooed?

Since my tattoos are motor related and not  cupcakes, stars, hearts, etc, I do find that people who are not gearheads seem to think I have a strange taste in tattoos.  I'm sure people talk but what's new?  I dress like I want and that includes the artwork on my body.  I have things that mean the most to me close to me. What's better than that?

Any other comments. 

I live a VERY frugal life as my husband and I make less than $25,000 a year (BEFORE bills and taxes) and we put everything we have  into our passions- old hot rods and vintage bikes! It CAN be done.

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Different Bore, Different Stroke – Meet Chris Gibbany

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Chris Gibbany from Harrison, AR. Look at those nails!

I love people who are different. I’ll forget a conversation with a normal person almost immediately after it happens. But when I meet people who are quirky, awkward, outwardly and uncomfortably jovial or even eccentric, you can bet I’ll never forget them for the rest of my life.

When I got this email from Chris Gibbany, I admit my initial reaction was a mix between bewilderment and utter fascination. I’m bewildered because I’m amazed people like her still exist and I’m fascinated because secretly (shhhh…don’t tell), I’d do anything to be just as zany and awesomely unique as she is.

People like Chris are exactly what draw me to the world of motorcycling and the realm of tattoos. Finally, I have a melting pot of culture I can finally fit into. We can be as crazy as we want to be, free as we want to be. We can ride how we want to ride and represent ourselves, our families and our lives in our ink. 

Chris is uninhibited in her way living, bound by nothing other than a love for tattoos and bikes. Read on to find out more about this rumbling Goddess and Mistress of the Woods. Born of a different bore and a different stroke, this push-rod-powered phenom lives a simple life hunting and building bikes with her husband, and get this – raising 25 hedgehogs. No, I’m not kidding.

Chris, an avid hunter, shows off her tattoos.

“My name is Chris Gibbany and I live in Harrison, Arkansas.  I LOVE motorcycles and tattoos- so much that I am doing a sleeve totally related to bikes and motors. All my tattoos are motor-related. I love Chevys and have a 1978 Z-28 that I used to drag race and have owned over 20 years.  I also have a 1981 Corvette (represented in ink through the flags on my back) which I have owned 13+ years and was/is my “daily” driver when I need to go somewhere or I can’t ride a bike.

I presently have four motorcycles – a Yamaha TW enduro (which is for sale to buy more Harley parts) and three Harleys including a 1981 Ironhead, a 1956 Panhead and a 1939 Knucklehead.  My husband Gabe and I built my 1981 Ironhead after I designed it and we are almost finished with my 1956 model that I am building to combine the new with the old.  The 1939 is a project for next year.  I have been riding since I was 16 and have been riding Harleys for about five years now. I started on a 1970 right-hand shift Ironhead!

The sleeve I am working on right now features my 1956 Panhead motor and under it is a semi-portrait of it’s front end profile.  All of my black and gray work is done by my artist, Dessa Blackthorn from Tattooz by Sassy out of Mountain Home, Arkansas.  I have won several contests with the piston tattoo she did on my shoulder. My husband and I are both gearheads. He has several old Harleys as well as some really old trucks.

Chris's custom Ironhead

We are super frugal and make a modest income. We put everything we have into our passion.  We don’t have children, television, a dishwasher, a microwave, etc.  We line dry clothes and I shop once a month for food and essentials spending just $100 a month for the both of us.  The only meat we eat is what we kill as we are both avid hunters and fishermen.  We are fixing to raise chickens as well.

Things you may not know about me?:

I was an extreme couponer for five years before it became the “norm” and I have been asked to be on two television series- one for couponing and the other because I raise hedgehogs and have 25+ of them.

We live a REALLY different life than most people but are passionate about our bikes and our ink!”

Some Riding Shots of Chris on her Harley creations:

(For some reason it wouldn't add all of the pics but you can click on each one and then hit NEXT to see all of them)

Tattoo by Dessa Blackthorn from Tattooz by Sassy out of Mountain Home, Arkansas

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Firing Order magazine

Here's the issue of "Firing Order" magazine that we were in.  Read it here:  http://issuu.com/theoldtripper/docs/issue3

My 1981 Corvette for sale in Arkansas

My beautiful, beloved 1981 Corvette is officially for sale!  Yep, I know, I hardly EVER sell anything but I have found a car that I want and I think it is time to move on.  The fact that I have only ever owned Corvettes and Camaros the whole time I have been able to drive has sort of held me back.  I admit, I LOVE them so much and there's not many other cars I do like.  Which I guess is a good thing, but I have found ONE of the other cars I do like and I am going to try and buy it!!!!  I hope SOON I will be posting with my new addition.

You know I don't have kids but my cars and bikes are my kids so letting go of my Vette (the FIRST one I ever bought, the Corvette that inspired me to get the 81 Vette flags tattoed on my back, the car that CHANGED MY LIFE) is proving to be an emotional experience.  . ....I am sad just typing this.  If anyone loves cars and gets attached to them, then they too would understand the emotional toll I am experiencing right now just having said that my car is for sale. The car has been with me for 13+ years.  I met Gabe while driving this car, I divorced my first husband after buying this car and I have had countless other good times owning it.

I have had it painted, put new interior in it, and been known all over town for driving it.  I owned 2 other Corvettes but none of them this long.  One of my goals in life was to own a Corvette before I turned 30 and I ended up owning THREE of them by the time I was 29!!!!  I think since I am now 40 that I need to move on to at least try and own the other two cars that are on my GOAL list.  One being a 70 Cuda (yeah that will take a LOT more money than I have) and ___________.  The car that is a secret until the day I get it!

So, I have sent the email to a friend who is interested in the car and I have posted in on Craigslist to see if I get any interest.  The Vette is like a brand new car in an old car's body!

If anyone is interested, hit me up at cgibbany@yahoo.com.

Asking $9,000.  Have all the receipts, paperwork, book, etc to go with the car.  New paint in 2006, new all black interior, new glass T-tops, new weatherstrip, battery, brakes, tires, etc

Frugal to the end of May

(1) Rode over to Lakeview to check out Hog Heaven Leather and found a few bargains.  Found a brass HEDGEHOG (how awesome is that!) for $1.00, a small Corvette Hot Wheels for $1.00 (I still collect the 78-82 Vettes and the 78-81 Camaros) and got 3 eyeliners and lipliners for .10 each.  Also found an S&S intake for my other project for $20.  I was able to carry it all in my backpack....  Ok, I lied Bob carried the intake in one of his bags.

Cool brass hedgehog- $1, Corvette- $1

Cosmetic pencils- .10, S&S intake- $20

(2) Got the other $20 pre-paid Visa card from the 3 reviews that Gabe turned in at Angie's List.  Will probably use it to get some food like I did the other one.

(3) Had a coupon printed off for a Buy 1 Get 1 FREE of the boneless chicken meal so when we were in town the other day we got to both eat for a little over $5.00.  Included 2 pieces chicken, 1 side and one large drink each.  Very good meal for $2.50 each.  Go here to print off the coupon, good until June 4-http://www.kfc.com/deals/coupons/

(4) A guy gave us some flowers so we went and dug them up yesterday.  All the flowers in my front and backyard have come from me digging them on the sides of the roads or from old house places.  People have become so cheap and GREEDY around here that they are now digging up their iris' and trying to sell them!

(5) Didn't win the Motopickers "Before & After" contest but they wrote and are sending both of us T-shirts and some various products from Loctite and Sta-Bil.  LOVE free products!

(6) Used the coupon code for $15 off $60 when you use your Visa card at Dollargenerla.com and FREE shipping!