Good Tuesday

Skimping by...

That's what we have been doing these last few weeks.

But it's been good!

Why?

It makes me think about what I could do to help my family save more money.

Yesterday, we didn't leave Costco unless I had the coupon for toilet paper and liquid dish soap.

Good thing they still had coupons up at the front cause we probably would've been using disposable baby wipes(which we still have left over from 6 months ago)when we run out of toilet paper till I got paid on the 7th...of June. 

It was only a $2 coupon, but still, every dollar counts!

I've been slowly becoming an annoying wife like that and I think that Ben has a hate-love relationship with it.

Let me just say that no, we aren't starving, we just aren't using our credit cards anymore and we still haven't quite wised up with our money spending yet. :/ 

So we left Costco and went to Walmart, I still had $17 left over in cash. Just enough to buy dishwasher detergent which I had enough left at home for 1 more wash. I guess that we could have went without it and I could have washed everything by hand...hmmm, no, I don't think so.

My childhood years are over and I am done doing EVERYTHING by hand that I don't have too. I love my dishwasher, and I love the fact that it cuts my chore in half so that I have more time to spend playing with my son.

Well, the dishwasher detergent was more than I wanted to spend at Walmart, plus, I still needed to get ingredients for laundry soap. I was nearly out of that to with only maybe 3 washes left. I almost had to choose whether I wanted clean laundry or if I wanted to wash dishes by hand. Obviously I would've chosen the dishes. :/

BUT, I remember I had a pin on Pinterest that had a homemade dishwasher detergent recipe using almost the same ingredients as my laundry detergent. Double bonus!!! 

I'll let you all know how that turns out.

So we were able to get everything that we needed yesterday for under $50!

Oh yeah, and in case you didn't know, last night at around 8 or so, Ben was browsing Craigslist and found a queen size bed with a wood frame and box springs for FREE! Usually we turned away quickly with a deal like that because most the time the contents are nasty about 90% if it is free. But we both noticed that the home where the picture was taken was clean. So we took a chance to contact the person who was getting rid of it. Not even 10 minutes later we get a call, it was still available and we can pick it up tonight! Awesome, so we make our way over there and the house was adorable on the outside, the guy showed us the bed and frame. Much to my surprise it was in great condition, it was clean, I inspected for bedbugs and the house smelled of lavender. While I was searching I was thinking the whole time trying to figure out why they are getting rid of it and for free. 

Turns out they were getting a new bed set and Ben caught a glance at the mans shirt indicating that he works at a mattress store. I was super excited to get our new found treasures into Ben's truck, the guy was nice enough to help us haul the mattress and box spring. I love the wood frame, I love that instead of stubbing my toe on metal I will be stubbing my toe on wood! 

This is a big deal, really!

To top it off I had a cute video I got an adorable video of Josiah.

I love this kid. :)

Well, that was my good day.

Hidden blessings from places I could not imagine in our life. 

-Jess