We sold Big T's bunk beds and went bed shopping for him yesterday. The hubbs and I delivered the bunk beds on Saturday morning and Big T will be riding the sofa in the mean time. We found a really nice bed with a dresser and mirror. Sprat got a new bed when he moved into what use to be the playroom from this same place. We also got our double recliner a couple years ago from them. They have a wide variety of furniture for every room at reasonable prices.
Now I have to clean Big T's room so that the new furniture can go in his room. I hate cleaning!! I have watched those remodel/un-clutter shows where they take everything out of the room on to the lawn and you have to justify everything that goes back in the house. I wish I had the nerve to do that. I think I could get better organized if I did. Right now, I just go through things a little bit at a time and find things the kids do not want or need or cannot wear and donate them or take them to someone that I know that has kids that fit that size or age. I have two bags of clothes and two pairs of shoes to take to work for one of my co workers. We are also getting rid of some toys the boys have out grown, that is hard. They are ready to throw everything out and dear old mom over here has a sentimental attachment to everything.
Sprat and Big T were both into Thomas the tank engine and so we had all of the Thomas the tank stuff and I wanted to keep some of it for possible grand kids, much much later down the road. They are great wooden trains and the tracks and the books. All of that takes up space and the hubbs and the kids would like to throw it all out and I just cannot bring myself to do that.
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Monday, March 12, 2018
Monday, April 20, 2015
Paying Cash and Getting Out of Debt. . . .
I meant to post this on Friday. Sorry, this is my financial Friday post.
When my hubby and I got married, he was of the mind set that if you do not have the cash to pay for something you do not get it. Luckily he was willing to have a mortgage. We moved from an apartment to our first house with in our first year of marriage. We did not have enough furniture for our new house so we had a few empty rooms. Our beautiful formal living room was empty, except for a little ficus tree my sister had given us. Because of my hubbys strong feelings of no credit cards it stayed empty for a few years. When we had saved enough to pay cash we went furniture shopping. We found some great deals at a little known shop way out of the way and we filled our living room. I am telling all of this because a friend has just bought a new house that is bigger than their house now and she was worried about how she would fill it with furniture. This brought back these fond memories of our first years together. I always tell things on myself because I feel like it helps others see that it is ok to make mistakes and that there are other people out there struggling too. There is no reason to go into debt to fill your house with furniture either. There is no shame in having an empty room while you are saving your money to buy furniture. You can also find great deals at consignment shops and even yard sales. My empty living room came in handy one winter when our power was out for a few days. We pulled our mattress into the living room and laid it in front of the fire place to keep warm. This was the winter we had so much ice. Our power was only out for three days, there were others that were without power for much longer. If we had a living room full of furniture our mattress would not have fit and we would have been very cold and uncomfortable.
Here is another funny about my empty living room. This was when Christmas Around the World was popular and they had home parties and such. I decided I would have a Christmas Around the World party. The representative came in and set her stuff up, luckily she was also a friend of the family, so there was no judging of the empty space. We all sat on the floor and played bingo for FREE stuff. Fun was had by all and nobody minded sitting on the floor.
Save your money and pay cash.
When my hubby and I got married, he was of the mind set that if you do not have the cash to pay for something you do not get it. Luckily he was willing to have a mortgage. We moved from an apartment to our first house with in our first year of marriage. We did not have enough furniture for our new house so we had a few empty rooms. Our beautiful formal living room was empty, except for a little ficus tree my sister had given us. Because of my hubbys strong feelings of no credit cards it stayed empty for a few years. When we had saved enough to pay cash we went furniture shopping. We found some great deals at a little known shop way out of the way and we filled our living room. I am telling all of this because a friend has just bought a new house that is bigger than their house now and she was worried about how she would fill it with furniture. This brought back these fond memories of our first years together. I always tell things on myself because I feel like it helps others see that it is ok to make mistakes and that there are other people out there struggling too. There is no reason to go into debt to fill your house with furniture either. There is no shame in having an empty room while you are saving your money to buy furniture. You can also find great deals at consignment shops and even yard sales. My empty living room came in handy one winter when our power was out for a few days. We pulled our mattress into the living room and laid it in front of the fire place to keep warm. This was the winter we had so much ice. Our power was only out for three days, there were others that were without power for much longer. If we had a living room full of furniture our mattress would not have fit and we would have been very cold and uncomfortable.
Here is another funny about my empty living room. This was when Christmas Around the World was popular and they had home parties and such. I decided I would have a Christmas Around the World party. The representative came in and set her stuff up, luckily she was also a friend of the family, so there was no judging of the empty space. We all sat on the floor and played bingo for FREE stuff. Fun was had by all and nobody minded sitting on the floor.
Save your money and pay cash.
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