Hello, everyone. How was your day today? I spent quite a bit of time cleaning the house but now it's sparkly-clean, and I'm loving it.
I was expecting to receive an e-mail with some new work assignments but never did, so instead I spent quite a bit of time updating and changing my DIY Gallery (former Project Gallery on this blog). Let me tell you- it was a major pain!! But I'm happy with the results. What do you think?
And I wanted to quickly update on the first week of January No/Low Spend and De-cluttering challenge (while I can still keep my eyes opened :)
I kind of updated it partially HERE. I've been slowly de-cluttering and going though kids' stuff. I got another bag of toys and clothes to go to charity. As for the mini-challenge, papers of all sorts are definitely clutter culprits in our house. So I think, organizing coupons counts towards the mini-challenge :). And it helps us to save money too. In the last week we saved $15.75 thanks to coupons alone (I decided to track it to see how much money we will save).
As for financial side of it, as of today we spent $111.14 which is still below our goal of $15 a day. This includes some groceries we bought on Saturday and today (kids eat A LOT!) and a $25 baby shower gift. I also bought a new pair of jeans for myself because my favorite jeans will soon have a hole in the knee :( I have a couple more jeans but, unfortunately, they don't fit as well as I would like them to. And I can never find good jeans for me at the thrift stores. I wear the most popular size (M) and I really don't like low boot-cut styles. I don't wear a high waste, don't worry, but nobody wants to see my butt crack when I bend to my kids!! But we have a local Fashion bug store going out of business close by, so I found a cute pair there for just $9 (70% off). I actually really liked their jeans, and I'm going to miss this store. It's not exactly a good way "To make do" (a second mini-challenge :) but it was something I really needed. As for make-do, I think I can count baking bread instead of buying it this week.
How did you do this week with your spending/decluttering?
I will link this post at Carla's site here.
I am taking my mom over to fashion bug tomorrow. I tend not to like to anyone to see my undies when I bed over so I get the highwasted ones also
ReplyDeleteOh, I love them! They have a whole system of jeans for any need!
DeleteI really like this DIY Gallery. I visit your blog regularly so I saw most of these projects when you were working on them but it's so great to see all of them in one place, really inspiring :) Good luck with your No/Low Spend Challenge!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteCongrats on your low spending and new jeans!! You are so right about the little ones. When we have the grands seems like they at eating pooping machines
ReplyDeleteI love how you put it. They are definitely eating pooping machines :)
DeleteYou have to go to the thrift stores almost everyday to find what you want. Either that, or it's hit or miss. I used to work at one and some people were there first thing every morning to see what was new.
ReplyDeleteI bet it's true. The closest thrift store to us is about 15 minutes drive, so I only go there when I'm in the neighborhood. But I have a friend who makes a living off of all the treasures she finds at the thrift store and then resells.
DeleteWow.. you did awesome, Lena! That's a great price for jeans, i'd have snatched them up too!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, my friend!
Deletegood for you!! I had a good day today...spent .79 on loaf of bread..that was it. and I have 6 bags in the back of the van going to Goodwill...yes..it was a good day here too.
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