bring joy

{MM} 5.20.2013

Thank you for your comments on Friday’s post about frugal beauty.
Lots of great insights, thank you!

I’m sorry if I don’t always respond to each comment, but know that I read every word & appreciate what you have to share. I wish I had more time to devote to responding more thoroughly to each comment on the blog, but the reality is, I’m a wife & mom first, & whatever time I have left over is spent doing things like blogging. So thanks for understanding & know that I LOVE it when you comment & please continue to share, it makes what I do worth it.

Also, I want to make sure we’re clear on the fact that I am not against makeup.

For me, though, I realized it was an expense that I could do without for now so we can get out debt even sooner, & that surprisingly, my skin has really thrived...

cleaning up my beauty routine & saving money while I’m at it

frugal beauty/style/design

Image from Flickr.

When you create a budget, with the intent to get out debt, & you’re really getting ambitious & lofty, you can seem a little crazy to others.

But what people may not understand, is the intense desire you have to get out from under the weight of oppression (you know, that debt).

So you get hard core, & you’re willing to do crazy things like,

It’s a concept to which a good majority of middle to upper class Americans are foreign. This idea that you’d give up something now so that you can have something better later. What an idea, I know.

I’ve been going without a few things, giving up even more as we go along this get-out of debt journey (I’m that motivated, I guess you could say).

So I made a little list.

Here’tis,

or in other words,

5 ways to be lazy,
save...

savory crepes + apparently I weigh 39 lbs.

breakfast, gluten-free

Mother’s Day just may be my favorite holiday (aside from Christmas).

When you’re a mom, particularly of the stay-at-home variety, you appreciate appreciation. I mean you really appreciate it. Which is what Mother’s Day is all about. A day dedicated to you. It’s pretty great.

One of the best parts is all the hand crafted goodies.

Coupon books, art work, homemade tissue paper flowers.

& funny little things like this.
(from my kindergartener, Asher)

What I want to know, is why in the world would they put weight in there?
Is that some sort of sick joke?

(I thought it was hilarious, albeit strange.)

I especially enjoyed the part where my job is to: “take care when [Salem] cries.”
I love seeing the world from a 6 year old’s point of view.

The next best thing about Mother’s day is the...