If you are smarter than I and elect to spend your $70.00 on something other than mediocre Mexican food here is what you can get:
A yellow chair: $15.00(lovingly photographed here and blogged here )
A green bookshelf: $10:00
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A yard of material: $1.00A large shabby-chic table cloth: $3.00
A Christmas ornament for the neighborhood holiday exchange: $2.00
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A vanity table that perfectly matches the other furniture in your daughter's room: $15.00+++++++++++++++++++++++
A brand new apron: $3.00++++++++++++++++++
And ... you'd still have some money left over to buy something homemade from my Etsy Shop.
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It's really all about how and where we spend our money isn't it? I hope all of you are smarter than I and have a Frugal Friday!
9 comments:
I loved your post about the yellow chair. I always find myself evaluating the value of an object I want to buy in comparison to coffee....that's worth about 3 lattes...bargain...I'll buy it! My husband always has a chuckle at my "caffeine economy" but its important to maintain your sense of value. A chair lasts a lifetime...a few coffees can be consumed in an hour. I know which one I would choose!
I love the yellow chair. I love garage sales and thrift stores...ah.
Thanks for stopping by!
I love thrift stores, but I'm living more of Spendthrift Saturdays these days. :P Must get back to it. But first, I am decluttering more than I am acquiring, so that is a start. I like seeing your finds!
Frugal you are!
Superhuman, you are not!
Occasional dinners out, margaritas all good stuff.
I always regret the dinner out thinking I could have done it better. I can too! I just hate the cleaning associated with it!
Nice apron, what a hot mama wearing it too!
I like the emphasis on frugality - it is so easy to spend $70 on a mediocre meal and then not be able to do what you'd really like to with the money! Good post.
Here is my attempt to be frugal this week
http://lemondingo.blogspot.com/2008/10/candle-making.html
Seriously - you are inspiring me. I could drop that money on eating out without batting an eye but your post really puts it in perspective. Thanks.
You are so inspiring!!!!!
I asked my neighbor a few weeks ago to teach me how to knit. I wanted to make myself a scarf.
I was well on my way...till middle child (boy) unraveled it all. Thankfully, I hadn't gotten very far. But, still. Aaaagh!
I'm not going to give up. I haven't been able to hook up with Wendy yet to have her get me on track, but I will. You have inspired me to do so. Because I wan to make myself some socks like that.
:-)
Lol, loved reading this! Oh I would buy everything you mentioned and I can make mean home-made enchilladas to boot.
:)
We have very similar decorating styles!
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