I can't believe we are already to Friday again.
It's been a week of scrimping money-wise because of going out of town, eating out, etc last week during vacation. It was worth it though!
I made one last trip with what money we had for a coupon shopping trip. I spent $16.16. I only saved 63%, but I am happy with what I got for the $16.16:
Here is the photo from my shopping last Friday--Spent $6.99 and a savings of 85%:
Saturday's shopping I spent $21.87 (ouch!) and had a 66% savings:
You can look at the photos though and know that no one was starving here. Steve had brought 4 loaves of bread from work. He also went to the store and bought us fresh fruits for the week and Dr. Pepper. He used my catalina's and the remainder of his gift card to buy the Dr. Pepper. I hate to say what he spent on the fruit, but will say it was wonderful to have fresh fruit on the table all week!
Hubby and I worked together on Saturday on cleaning the house. Mostly I was sending him to the trash or out to the garage or to the basement to put things away. He did get the living room floor cleared and vacuumed for me. It's nice to look behind me and not see this one particular pile of junk that I had been seeing for a few months.
We still have lots of things to look through. We discussed the boxes and drawers that haven't been even looked in since we moved in here almost 2 years ago.
This weekend my main goal is the clutter around my desk.
This week I am sharing ways to use bar soap from the 99 Cent Solutions book:
1. Wash away your door troubles. If you have a wooden door that swells, rub down the edges with a bar of soap. It should then open and close with ease.
2. Fix that zipper. If you have a zipper that's not going up and down easily, rub a bar of soap on the teeth.
3. A run in your pantyhose and no nail polish on hand? You can rub a web bar of soap or a bit of liquid soap on the run. Once it dries the run will stop.
4. Thread tangling in your needle? Run your thread over a bar of soap before sewing and it will make tangles and knots easier to unravel.
How has your week been? I'm still doing pretty well with my goals. I've been able to at least put a few things in their proper places every day. It's a nice feeling as I look around and the house is looking a little better each day.
My mom thinks that if you are poor you think you need to surround yourself with stuff to make yourself feeler richer. I honestly don't believe that at all. (She's justifying herself because she's a hoarder LOL) I know that I will feel much richer (and saner) when everything has a place and everything is in that place....and excess is gone. My saying is less is more.
I was able to make a couple of good coupon shopping trips this past week. I averaged savings of 72%. Here is a photo of one of the trips where I spent $20.24---had a coupon savings of $51.99 and a savings of 79%:
Lastly today I am sharing ways to use shaving cream from the 99 Cent Solutions book:
1. Shave away the stain. This works for fresh stains on your carpet. Blot up as much as you can then shoot the stain with a blob of non-gel shaving cream. Wipe the shaving cream and the stain away with a damp sponge or cloth.
2. Color be gone. Spray shaving cream on crayon markings on your wall. Scrub it off with a toothbrush or scrub brush.
3. Stop soap scum. Spray shaving cream onto your glass shower doors, then wipe it off with a dry cloth. As a bonus, the thin film created will prevent the doors from fogging over too.
4. Cut through the fog. Occasionally clean your glasses with white foamy shave cream. The thin film will repel water and fog. This will work on your cars windshield too.
5. Still with your glasses--if you accidentally spray your glasses with hairspray, just rub the lenses and frames with shave cream and wipe is all off with a clean cloth.
This week my mind has really been on cleaning my house. I just can't seem to find the motivation needed to get our house back into the clean, organized and de-cluttered state that if should be in.
Strange that I did a search on cleaning house on squidoo and came up with all kinds of matches that had nothing at all to do with house cleaning. I've realized now that I was searching with Happy Snowman, so no wonder everything was coming up having to do with Christmas. Still strange to me, but I guess I was on a Happy Snowman post when I started my search. Starting over from my dashboard I did find results, most of which I had found on my own anyway!
This one was in the updated lenses list today in the squidoo facebook community group:
Tips on Cleaning Your House
Here's another one that is great:
The Ultimate Clean House Schedule
This is the best one I found--the one that I think will help me the most. IN fact, I've clicked out to read more about the method.
Cleaning My House the Easy Way
Here is my own lens about a book that has served me well in the past. Great method, it's just me getting back to it after sitting on my couch for over a month and being away from my box!
Sidetracked Home Executives
