Thrifty Livin’

I love it when I get a chance to “run” into my favorite thrift store!!  My sister in law told me about this small chain of thrift stores that she adores in Dallas and told me, years ago, of one near me.  Well, it is not near me any longer, as I am far away now, but I still find any excuse to stop by when I am in the neighborhood. (I have even made up reasons to be in the neighborhood)

Yesterday, as a family, we trekked up to the metroplex.  We had a dr. appt for E and swimming with friends, a stop at Trader Joes and Central Market – for some essentials.  And of course, you guessed it!!  A stop to my FAVORITE thrift store!!

Thrifty Thursday

Every time I see an article titled “”Save $1000 in a year with these simple ideas” I start to look, hope to learn, and quickly get disappointed.  You see, those articles are great for the average 2 Income family with 2.5 kids– those families with disposable income already.  We are not one of those families.  So, at this point, I try not to even read those articles.  I try to remind myself that what we are doing is working just fine.  Besides, you cannot squeeze blood from a turnip.  Right?

But I do continue to cut back in many ways.  Most recently I figured out that our dryer has a vent in it, that sucks my money right out.  I never knew how much energy a dryer uses.  Honestly!  But about 2 months ago I started drying the load of jeans, that I wash each week, on the line out back.  (The line was there when we got here, and I thought the previous owner must have been crazy)