If it's free... it fits!

This has become my motto over the past year and a half. Being a first time home-owner and our primary income coming from a painter and a nanny, we often find that free is fabulous. For example, last summer while on a routine trip to grandma's house to take a dip in the pool, we noticed some rather nice couches sitting out on the curb. Let me take this moment to clarify. I live in Granite City Illinois. Some people put couches on their front lawns as actual furniture to be used, not something they are simply giving away. However, if said furniture in on the easement property, it is most likely fair game. But you should still check with the home-owner before you up and decide to haul it away. Back to the couches from last summer, we checked them out. No stains, no odors, no cat or dog hair and in perfectly good condition. We politely knocked on the door and after a short conversation with the home-owners we drove off with new (new to us) couches.

 

Today Chris called me at 2 o'clock to tell me he had good news. Chris has been working on this job site for about a year and now knows the owner of the house he does work on very well. When Chris saw today that he was getting rid of an extremely nice (and expensive looking) sectional, Chris asked where it was going. It was going to the dumpster. So Chris very kindly took it off his hands and put it into our living room. It's not in perfect condition. The man's son has drawn on some of the pillows and cushions, but nothing that can't be hidden or turned over. We were just talking about how our couches were beginning to look a little shabby and we turn around to find ourselves being given a new couch. Can't say that God wasn't looking out for us. So now we have a nice, LARGE sectional and we all enjoyed snuggling on it tonight while watching Rise of the Guardians.

 

Today's lesson. If it is free, it fits. We can't afford all the luxuries that some people have, but we are not about to turn down a free couch, rug, lamp, etc. We are proud to provide a good life for our daughter and for ourselves. And if that means going to the thrift shop to buy clothes and doll houses, or finding a couch on the side of the road, we are not to proud to say that we live on a modest budget. Because it's much easier to live on the modest budget when you spend it wisely