It's here!

Please come and join me over at This Thrifted Life--my new blogging home!

I am not importing this blog and will be taking it down in a few days. So please update your links if you'd like to follow me over there. This Thrifted Life will be quite different in style; it will be much more personal and will cover lots more topics, from simplicity to homesteading projects to remodeling our new home on a shoestring.

I'm very excited to begin a new blogging chapter and hope you all enjoy the change as well. See you soon!

TEASE

Due to some technical difficulties with the domain name, we're not quite ready to go live yet. But when that is all sorted out, I will post the new blog address here, give you guys a week or so to switch over, then delete this blog and post lots of new content on the new blog for you lovely readers.

Don't you love how I'm stringing you guys along?

Everything really seemed to be a go yesterday, so I apologize for the delay.

It's almost time...

Check back tomorrow for the new blogging announcement--I am tweaking my new blog and trying to get the final touches ready for you guys. It'll still be a work in progress for a few days while I sort out how I want everything.

Hope to see you there!

Bargains galore

Oh, I am so happy to live near a Big Lots again. For those of you who don't live close to this bargain store (or those who don't think it's worth their time), check it out when you get a chance! Yes, Big Lots contains lots of junk, as most any bargain mart does. But it also has plenty of gems: some Method products, organic snacks and teas, Ghiradelli baking chips, and lots of other name brand products at consistently 25-50% cheaper than the everyday price at the retail stores (in my case, Target or Publix). A few months ago, my friend even found a beautiful (moveable) kitchen island at Big Lots while we were out bargain hunting one day.

Love this store!

Telling

Here's a clue as to how much clothing J and I have gotten rid of this year:



And that doesn't include the folded items we cleaned out. And we still have plenty of clothing.

Ouch.

Too...tired...to...think

Our move this weekend was a success due to lots of help from friends and family. So far we've spent about $300 on cleaning supplies, repair materials, and eating out because we were too exhausted to cook. We spent the first 24 hours wiring up a new dryer plug (the one in the house was actually a range plug!) and ripping up carpet to find water-damaged hardwood floors that will eventually have to be ripped up. We also spent $110 on phone/internet installation.

When I get a little more organized, I will clue you guys in to what's ahead blogging-wise. And when the big change finally occurs, you'll get to see all the projects we're working on around here.

I hope everyone had a great (but cheaper!) weekend!

So far

Well, we are closing on our house tomorrow and will write the big check to make it ours (er, the bank's). But what have I spent so far on preparing us for the huge transition?

$1000 in earnest money when we submitted the offer
$130 in electric deposits (2 meters, so we had to pay 2 deposits)
$75 water deposit
$6 for packing tape


And that's about it so far. I will be paying about $140 on Saturday to have the internet installed. I also plan on picking up breakfast and lunch for the awesome family and friends who are helping us out. We had lots of boxes left over from our last move, and a buddy at Target hooked me up with plenty more. My dad said he wanted to cover the $20 trailer rental, so we didn't have to pay anything there.