Procrastination...Your Enemy

Good to see everyone today. It's going to be a great week.

While we all have so many things to do the truth is if we never get around to them well, they never get done. So procrastination is your enemy. It's the enemy of your time and your money. Now don't think I have lost it here. When you put off taking care of things and then you are forced to repair them it can sometimes cost a lot more.

There is an old saying: "A stitch in time saves nine." Haven't we seen this very thing played out with a little loose hem and when we put off stitching it up the next thing you know the entire hem is hanging? I'm also thinking about changing the filters on the HVAC. When we don't have a regular note to ourself to change them and we finally do we wonder how the thing was even working it was so dirty.

Now none of this is meant to make anyone feel bad. It's a reminder. We have to be willing to help our self. Here's what I mean by that. When I know there are things I need to do they can tend to look like a mobile over a baby's bed. The only difference is it's hanging over my head all the time. LOL. Believe me I've had one so I know the deal about it. But there is a solution.

We have to make a plan to "git 'er done." LOL. Now don't tune this out just yet. Because the answer is not in having a forty foot list and getting it all done at once. Listen. You don't eat an elephant all at once. You eat an eyeball one day then a toenail the next. LOL.

Think about it. Let's say you have eight things on your procrastination list. Okay what if you did just one of them a week. You don't have to do one everyday unless you decide to. Then only eight weeks later you have all those things hanging from the imaginary mobile done. Yes!!

It's easy to think to yourself I'll just do that tomorrow and the next thing you know it's been three whole months. But today you can draw a line in the sand. Today is a new day and a brand new week.

So let's make that list and set a day to do one of them. Who knows you may end up being so excited that you finally got something done that you will do another one and another one. LOL.

So "git 'er done" and stay "Thrifty" this week!!!

Timesaver.....Routines

It's good to see you all again.

Doesn't everyone want to save time in order to have more time? LOL. Well, meet your new best timesaver.....Routines.

Oh, I know that sounds funny but when you get up in the morning, don't have a clue what you are wearing, much less what anyone is carrying in their lunch or where your car keys are it's time to look out because here comes routines to save the day. LOL.

Two of the best things I ever did to help myself when I stilled worked was to establish a night time and a morning routine. At night I made everyone's lunch, laid out my clothes for the next day making sure they were pressed, had all the buttons and no floppy hems. I also put all the things I needed for the next day together with my purse and keys. I fixed the coffee and set the timer so it would be waiting when I came downstairs. Yeah, got to have that morning brew to get going. LOL. I also picked up around the house, put the dishes in the dishwasher so I didn't have to have a bad start by seeing all that mess from the night before. There is nothing like a clean kitchen night or day. I also looked at the calendar to make sure I wasn't going to miss anything that was scheduled for the next day. Now that everything is ready for the morning all I had to do was get up. Some days that is enough! LOL.

My morning routine when I woke was to get up, make the bed which only takes about 2 or 3 minutes and who doesn't like a made up bed to get into after you have worked all day. Then I would get myself ready and come downstairs look at my calendar to see what I needed to lay out for supper. Oh yeah, you got to be thinking about supper or else we all know what happens. When we get home everyone is starving and we look at them like a deer in headlights. Also if I can mix up something or get things set out for the supper time meal I do that, too. Then I all I have to do is make it when I get home.

After supper it's time to begin again with the night time routine. Listen, this may sound like a lot but after you have done it for a little while it becomes second nature and you don't even think about it. Really who doesn't want it to be ready.... set... go every day instead of flopping around trying to get it together. Routines...you've just got to know they will become your very best friend. After all don't we all need a faithful friend to help us?

So start taking the time to save yourself some time. Happy "Thrifty" to you and yours!!!!

Fall Fresh Up

Before..Yucky!!

Awww! Thrifty Honey 

Fall Fresh Up

Good Morning to All,

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I'm glad you dropped in because we are having a fall fresh up at our house. You all know it's the little things we over look sometimes. Since we are in and out of our door from the garage into the house... I don't know how many times each day, I decided to start our fresh up there.

Of course Thrifty Honey is a painter extraordinaire and he is doing the work. As he tells me you can come up with so many things for me to do. LOL. Well now he agrees with me about this one.

This fresh up cost a total of $2.79 for the little metal sign from Joann's with a 50% off coupon. I think Joann's will be the demise of this Thrifty Sissy. LOL.  Of course, Thrifty Honey got lots of hugs and kisses for his hard work. We already had this Kate Spade green paint which is so lush. Now when we go in and out we are quickly reminded to smile. This is such a happy update and who doesn't need more happy in their life.

Stay "Thrifty" and have a great week!!!

Help with the Groceries

So glad you "thrifties" stopped by today. We are going to talk about the grocery dilemma we all have every week. What to get and what we forget. LOL

So many times I have either been running low or totally out of some items all the while telling myself I will remember those things. But something happens between the realization and the getting to the place to write it down or I write it down but it ends up in the trash can. I realized the grocery list needed to "get it together" so I could be more organized.

After so many things falling through the cracks so to speak I decided to help myself out. Most of us have a computer but we forget it can help us in ways past checking google for some valuable information. So I went to the pages part of my computer and made a permanent grocery list.

Don't we all pretty much buy the same things every week? We do. So I took about fifteen minutes and listed them all on a blank page then I printed about five copies. I happened to have an old clipboard (of course it was pink polka dotted because polka dots are happy...LOL ) and I placed the copies on it.

Now as I go through the week when I see I need something all I have to do is circle the item. Somehow I convinced myself it was easier to circle than to write each item down. LOL  When I get ready for the Wednesday trip to all the grocery stores to get those bargains I carry the clipboard with me. It really helps too have a hard surface to write on as I motor through the aisles. Plus the clipboard is a lot easier to keep up with than that old envelope we wrote our list on. There is also room to write down those items for special recipes not printed on the list.

I sort of tired to line up the items on the list by groups so I'm not running back and forth in the store like a racer. I also use the clipboard to hold the coupons I need for the list. No way this Thrifty Sissy is going to miss saving a little where I can. I hope this idea helps you all get a leg up on your grocery trips.

Be Blessed and Stay Thrifty!!