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‘Life On A Budget’ Posts
Fun Family Game Night!
It’s no secret the economy isn’t doing very well right now. Most of us are trying to find ways to cut back and spend less money. Some people are eating out less, others are trading in their gym memberships for running and hiking outside. My husband and I have always been fairly frugal so we’re not making very many changes. However, there is one area that we find hard to scale back on. This is the area of entertainment.
Finding Money for College
Today I was reading the national headlines when something caught my eye. It was a piece about how expensive college is these days. Since my husband is in school right now, I read on to see if there was something I could learn to help us save money. The article talked about soaring tuition, tighter budgets and record applications that all cause college to be much harder to go to these days. I couldn’t believe it! In New York State alone, the tuition was up 14% last year. So, with all this not-so-good news, what are we to do?
Our Cheap Disneyland Trip!
With the stresses of work, bills, raising a family, maintaining a relationship with a spouse, and everything in between at the end of the day…sometimes it is amazing at I am still breathing. There seem to so many different tasks to be done. With so many little problems here and there that are dynamic and complicated, my mind has no time to relax. My mind feels like a muscle flexing nonstop all day. It is time for a Vacation!
Once upon a time there was this really cool girl who always wanted 2 pairs of sandals that seemed to frivolous to purchase. One was a pair of Dansko sandals! She has had 2 surgeries on her feet and quality shoes are a must. The second pair is some Chaco’s. Now really, who doesn’t want a sandal with great arch support that you actually custom to fit YOUR foot. Very cool!
FREE Money!
Intrigued by the title, are you? I thought so. The first time I saw it I wanted to know more too. Are you wondering where it came from? My husband and I recently did a very large lifestyle change. We had been married for about 7 years, had our cute little house, two dogs and a daughter and my husband was set in his career path as a Realtor. We thought we were living the life we wanted, but realized one day that we wanted something very different. My husband decided he wanted to switch careers and go into something that he felt was more fulfilling. Within a year we sold our house and most of our belongings, moved two states away to a small rental property, and my husband started school at a local community college in pre-nursing. We only have one car, make most of our food from scratch, shop at thrift stores and are trying to live a more simple life. I thought it would be hard, but to be completely honest, it’s very refreshing.
Shopping Confusion
Many years ago, before I was born, when you needed to buy something you went to the store, bought what you needed and went home. Occasionally you looked for sales or stores going out of business, but the buying process was simple. Fast forward to today and being a consumer is more difficult and complicated than ever. When you want to buy something you have the choice of doing it in person, over the phone, through a magazine or online. If you buy something in person you get the satisfaction of having it right then, but you don’t always know if you got a good deal on it. If you buy something online, you can usually search for a good price, but sometimes the item takes a while to get to you and you often have to pay shipping costs. The question I want to pose to you is how do you know if you’re shopping the smartest way you can?
So my daughter is turning 4 soon and wanted to have a Mermaid party. The major complication with that is that most of her friends from school, the neighborhood and her cousins are all boys. How do you have a boy Mermaid Party?
After much thought and trial and error we came up with the idea of a mermaid & pirate party. In the context of Peter Pan and a few of the films they go hand in hand. With the main theme in mind, my next great challenge was creating fun activities and decorations that might be fitting for these kids… on a TIGHT BUDGET.
I just posted a great offer at Restaurant.com. I had heard of this website but never really looked much into it. Well, this offer definitely inspired me! Basically, they are offering a $25 gift certificate to the restaurant of your choice that is featured on Restaurant.com for an additional 70% off. To explain how this is cheap, first of all, they sell the 25$ gift certificates for only $10. You then use a code and take an additional 70% off at check out, so you are only paying $3 for a $25 gift certificate. This deal expires tomorrow so better act fast.
Bonus Room
When my husband and I bought our first house we were so excited to decorate it, but we didn’t have very much money. Everything we had went into paying for the mortgage and other bills. We knew we would have to be very crafty and creative to give our house style with little or no money. We decided themes that we wanted for each room and came up with colors. The first big project we did was painting our bedroom red and spare room green. The project took longer than we thought because one room had about 10 layers of wallpaper and paint alternating all over it so we had to put a whole new layer of mudd on every wall.
Free Baby Items
Babies are expensive. It’s just that simple. When you have a baby there’s a ton of stuff you need to buy for them and there’s no way around it. You need all the furniture for the nursery, a stroller to take them around in, car seat to drive them around in, a diaper bag to haul extra blankets, clothes and food in, a bouncer to keep them occupied in, a swing to help put them to sleep in, and the list goes on and on. One thing that surprised me was how many diapers and formula you could go through in a single day. For something so small, they sure need a lot of stuff.
