Accomplishment
Posted by Erin | Filed under General
Over the last couple of weekends, I’ve managed to go through some of the excess clothes that make up the Stuff that we own but don’t use. In doing so, I found a few items I can still wear, so those are going “back into rotation.” The rest got put into boxes and one of those boxes got dropped off at Goodwill today. Two more boxes will be going tomorrow. I still have several other totes to go through, and I’m sure I’ll have more boxes to get donated in the next couple of weeks. Just glad that I am finally making progress on Reducing the Stuff.
I’m also feeling accomplished about cooking at home more often. The last few weekends I’ve managed to cook at least 2-3 meals at home each weekend. While that doesn’t sound like much, its huge for us because 3 meals cooked at home equals 1 meal going out, in terms of cost.
Speaking of costs, I’m also revisiting getting a solid budget put together. Its hard to do, especially when your $outgo exceeds your $income every single month. Since before I started working at LW I have not been able to make it one month without adding to my credit card debt, and that is really sad. However, with the help of some unexpected extra $income I got about a month ago, I may be able to break that trend. May being the keyword here. We’ll see.
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:22
It really feels good to make headway on that stuff, doesn’t it? I love hauling a carload to Goodwill.
Very cool you’re cooking, as well! It takes time and effort, but I think ultimately it’s a good thing. There are plenty of nights when I come home tired and not wanting to spend an hour in the kitchen, but we can usually find something quicker (homemade mac and cheese, soup, whatever) that’s lower-effort. So much healthier and cheaper, too.
GO YOU!!