I’ve brought home many, many great finds from thrift stores in the last few years and have even had a great time out hunting for cool junk with my mom..
Big mortgages, big child-care costs to cover those long hours you have to work, and expensive fuel costs so you can get to the job to work the long hours, all that.It all adds up and you can really feel like the only way to get ahead is to stay put in your tiny townhouse, put budgeting ahead of everything else, and just work work work until hopefully you move up the corporate ladder and maybe get a bit of a raise.
Those were exciting and character-building years for us for sure, but when I reached the ripe old age of 27 and our daughter Kennedy was about 5, I was done with it.I remember the exact moment when we realized there might be a loophole in “the system” and we might be able to actually get that big house on that big property that we wanted our kids to remember growing up in AND actually lower our cost-of-living.As soon as that idea hit, we were ON it!
Within a few months, we’d changed our whole lives and have never had to look back.Let’s look at how THAT managed to happen for us, shall we?.
As always: Location, location, location.
Unless you’ve just won the lottery, you’ve got to move into a lower-priced market.I checked first to make sure that if I ever needed to take the hot glue off, it wouldn’t leave any damage behind.
If you want some spoon art for your dining room, or art involving any type of utensil, really, you can find all kinds of fun stuff at thrift stores and garage sales for almost nothing..I invested 3 minutes a few years ago and I’m still getting comments on it.
I’d say that’s time well spent.I have another super cute and easy kid-friendly craft to share with you today!.Now, let’s be honest: When I say kid-friendly, what I really mean is that this craft was totally for me and Kennedy just didn’t get mad at me for making her do it with me.