Here is how we saved money/spent money wisely/made extra money this week:
- Thursday- Saturday I attended the annual Usborne Books & More Convention online. Our company was amazing and provided so many excellent speakers, resources, and lessons on literacy all online! I was very excited to celebrate my promotion to Team Leader, see new releases, and to celebrate the successes of friends from around the country.
- Sunday we spent the day out at Mark's parents house enjoying a cookout with some of the extended family. We took salad to share and came home with some leftovers. We enjoyed a long Sunday evening chat on our neighbors porch afterwards.
- Now that Owen is five, we switched both of the kids to twin size beds. We had two frames and one mattress already. We just had to buy Owen a mattress. We sold his toddler bed/mattress to help offset the cost. We spent around $100 total for each of the kids to have "new" beds and room makeovers. It was really sweet to watch Owen help Mark build his bed on Monday while Annabeth was at dance.
Mr. O in his big boy bed
His request was a comforter with elephants, hippos, AND rhinos
Thankfully I found one! :)
- Tuesday morning Owen had an appointment that wasn't allowing siblings along. My friend Jeanette kept Annabeth for the morning and she had a GREAT time playing in their fields, sprinkler, and checking out her friends new dollhouse. Owen and I got Starbucks treats on the way back to thank them for keeping her.
- The kids and I spent about six hours getting everything tagged and organized for the Here We Grow Again Indy South Sale. This year we have our own items plus I took three consigners. I plan to put the earnings towards something for the car and our fall vacation.
- This week we jumped back into LIFE! Annabeth had dance two nights and Owen started t-ball practice. It was nice, but felt funny, to run all over town in the evenings.
- After t-ball, we all came home and played pitch and catch in the backyard. Mark brought the speakers out so we listened to music, played ball, and ate popscicles. It was the perfect summer evening.
Today we are doing our second round of our garage sale and tomorrow I finally clear our garage to drop off everything at the kid sale! The sale has been postponed two months so we've been storing over 500 items since the winter. Mark will be especially happy to have them leave the garage!
Happy Savings to All!
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