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10-24-2007, 09:19 PM
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Last Online: 09-02-2008 04:22 PM
Join Date: May 2007
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Well last year we decided not to put in a winter lawn. Winter lawns are purely ornamental, and all the seed, manure, water, fertilizer, well it really adds up. We let the summer grass go dormant, and it was really depressing, dead, dry crunchy grass, an no fun for the kids to play on. THis year I budgeted for it, because I was realyl bummed how a dormand back yard looked last year. but it saved us about 200.00 that season.
This year I didn't decorate. Anything. I didn't paint a room, buy new towels, make throw pillows, anything. This is huge for me because I'm always painting or doing something to change the look of things since I get bored with the same style all the time. I just left it , and did my best to ignore it. I'm slowly getting over the compulsion that I need to change things all the time. I just have to learn to deal with being "bored" withmy surroundings. Stayingout of stores like target or ross helps tremendously - I can't be inspired if I'm not in there. I also stopped watching all those decorating shows on tv- egad, they make you feel like you have to re-decorate every week to make things look "up to date" bleh.
This year I made the kids recycle costumes for halloween. I refuse to spend 30 bucks on a costume ( omg there are some great ones out there too dangit) for an event that lasts 2 hours on a school night. If the kids had a halloween party to go to , or could wear it at school , or carnival in additon to halloween night, I might do it, but not with how low-key halloween is in the middle of the week. So they scournged around the house, the dress-up bin and thier room and came up with a couple of creative costumes. Lotsa guilt about that one, but they don't know it.
I resisted the urge to buy new halloween decorations- even though the ones I've had are wearing out, and I'm tired of them ( see the bored with my decorating paragraph above. Bleh)
I haven't cancelled or cut back much else, but we don't have alot of luxuries anyway, like gym memberships and all that. Mostly it's cutting back old habits, and triyng to convince myself I do can without.
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