Money Saving Monday: Choose Wisely
My new desk organizer. Assembled by The Husband from thrifted tins, miscellany from the garage and a little borrowed spray paint. Originally inspired by a pinterest post from an etsy shop, only much, much cheaper.
See our weekend went a little like this.
On Saturday, The Husband and I attended Starting with Baby Chicks (aka Chicken Class) via Seattle Tilth in preparation for our impending arrivals. This put us in a part of town clos(er) in vicinity to Velocity Art & Design, which I recently learned is closing up their brick and mortar store. Can you say sale? There is also a local fancy paper supply closing their doors, located dangerously close to a thrift store I’ve been wanting to check out.
I certainly could have gone and done some quality frugal shopping.
Sunday brought a slew of plans that suddenly changed with the on-set of Seattle Snow. Seattle is not used to snow. It brings everything to a grinding halt. Finding ourselves with a relatively free day, I once again considered trips to thrift and hardware stores.
There are always plenty of opportunities to spend money. Always.
In both cases, we just came home. The easiest (and cheapest) choice imaginable.
Because the truth is, there is plenty to keep us occupied here. Plenty.
Here we worked on projects we already had in flight. We dyed clothes (again). We got materials ready for starting seeds. We dried mushroom stems and prepped for our next round of mushroom growing. We folded laundry. We baked apple-cheddar quiche. We started the process of cleaning the garage (because it will be a process). The Husband put together my super cool new desk caddy. We spent $0.
We had an altogether cheap Saturday and Sunday, because we chose the path of least resistance. Instead of looking for new stuff, occupy yourself with the stuff you already got. The Stuff you already spent money on. Choose to keep your money in your wallet. Use what you have. Finish what you started.
There are always plenty of opportunities to spend money. Always.
It’s more than ok to sometimes choose to not.
Comments
Ahhh, the way you did not spend your Sunday is the way I like to not spend my Sunday, too. Satisfying, indeed!
I am not up to making cheese yet, but I’ve had my first successful yogurt experiment. Someday I’ll get rennet and follow in your footsteps . . .
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I really like that “occupy yourself with the stuff you’ve already got line”. It’s so true, we all have so much stuff already — no need to go looking for more most times!
love it! “choose to not”…what a great motto for frugalistas!
I love that desk organizer! I may just have to follow in your footsteps once I can get my hands on all those tins lying about….
And I love your tips! We had a similar weekend…getting all that stuff done that we keep putting off. Spending money can be like a sickness…enjoying all the stuff you already have seems like a great cure.
Thanks everybody! Such simple reminders, right? Strange that it hardly ever occurs to us to just not. To stay in and take stock of what’s around you. At least at my house, you are bound to find plenty to fill your time.
Love the comments!