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AT HOME MONDAY: Oh, the joy of thriftin’. . .
It’s “At Home Monday” but I did not stay home today. Mom invited me to lunch with my aunt and cousin, so we met and had a very nice alfresco meal at a Mexican restaurant near their workplace. My aunt and cousin had to return to work, so Mom and I made the best of…
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CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: Goodwill and a sister. . .
If you’ve been reading my blog nonsense, you know that I am planning my daughter’s wedding with the goal of spending as little as possible to have the prettiest wedding she could imagine. Last week in Indiana between trips to the deer stand, my sister Brenda and I squeezed in a couple of shopping trips…
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CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: DIY or DYI?
One way to keep wedding costs down is to do it yourself, or as it’s known in the television world, DIY. You try to create everything you can with what you already have without spending a fortune paying someone else to do it for you. And since I am retired from teaching now, I figure…
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RANDOM FRIDAY: Don’t try this at home. . .
Are you ever proud of yourself? You know, for breaking a habit, for restraining yourself, for accomplishing something? Well, yesterday I was really proud of myself. I cleaned my entire house and still had time to package up some Ebay items I sold, finish up some laundry, pay some bills online, reduce my pile of…
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CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: What are we painting anyway?
You DIY-ers will appreciate this post. I nabbed an awesome antique dresser mirror minus the mirror at a local Goodwill store for less than $10, thinking it would make a great sign for the wedding. All it needed is some off-white paint and some chalkboard paint and we would be in business. I stuck it…
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