A Girl's Command Center

It's a good day over at the Thrifty house!

So glad you are taking a few minutes to be encouraged today. We are going to look at a vital part of every girl's success. The command center. Now you may be thinking what in the world is she talking about? So we will look at each part as we walk though it.

The first piece of the center is your calendar. An earlier post can give you more details about how to set it up so you can keep up. But with that being said you have to be able to see the plan for the week and even the month. You best friend, the calendar needs to be in a prominent place... therefore the command center gets it's start.

After your calendar is the all important ongoing grocery list. It stands ready to catch those things you will need so you don't go the store and come home empty handed. There is also a previous post about making yourself a printed list so all you have to do is circle the needed item. Check it out.

Next resident of the command center is your birthday cards for the month. How many times have you realized you just missed someone's special day you had fully intended to celebrate? So the last week of the month you get your trusty calendar out and go ahead and make those cards out. You will put the date of the special day in the upper right hand corner to help yourself remember. It will be covered with the stamp so no one sees it. There is the other item in the command center... stamps. Have you ever been all ready to mail a card or a bill only to see you have not a stamp to your name? LOL.

With all these things at your finger tips you are ready to command your day and your week. Of course you have to help yourself get it all set up but once it gets going you will know full well you have truly blessed your heart.

I hope this post helps you get your organization going on. This is a thrifty post too. Cost... a little time and lots of hugs for yourself. You go girls!!!

Thrifty "Cheap" Throw Pillow Update

It's a thrifty day in the neighborhood so come on in!

How many times have we worn out the toss pillows on the couch and the truth be told they need to be replaced? They may have coffee stains or just plain ole' dirt on them. But with all the other everyday living cost who has dollars for new toss pillows?

I have discovered a thrifty solution. The other day while I was wandering through Hobby Lobby there they were... covers for toss pillows. They were on sale for 50%, I repeat, a whopping 50% off and being a Thrifty Sissy I got the cheapest one they had because I was going to decorate it with some embroidery.

The neutral, "burlappey" looking one was regularly $4.99 so with the sale it was only $2.50. Oh, my word I just about passed out right there in the aisle. LOL. Now of course they had other colorful ones with patterns on them. But since the farmhouse scene has appeared burlap and brown domestic are all the go.

After a little embroidery and sewing on these pillow slips I can change them up. They even have a zipper in the back so they close up nicely. You can take them off and run them through the washer. I just don't think you can get a quick update for less than this.

If you go to Hobby Lobby look in the aisle close to the ribbon where the curtains are. I didn't even know they had curtains too.

Happy Thrifty Day to You all!!

Free Fire Starters

Good Morning to All,

It's little chilly this morning.... Isn't that what we have been waiting on? Now we may decide to have a fire in our fire pit or in our fireplace to welcome the new season. One of the problems we encounter is not having much kindling or not enough newspapers to get the fire going.

Here's a good little "thrifty" idea. Use your empty toilet paper rolls and stuff them with dryer lint. You were going to thrown both of these things away now you can recycle. Let's talk about getting a good fire going quick. This will do the trick. Plus the cost is... FREE!

There's nothing like a roaring fire to not only warm the body but the heart too.

Happy Thrifty to All!!

Aww! The Smell of Fall...

It's a fabulous fall day at our house so come on in and make yourself comfortable.

Today's post is all about smell. Now I'm not talking about perfume although I do like to smell good. I'm talking about house smells. Candles and such.

No one wants to walk into someone's house and smell dirty laundry or stinking feet. LOL. But we want it to smell inviting, cozy, the kind of smell that makes you want to move in.

Well, without spending a fortune on a candle that has very little "throw." Throw means if you can smell it all over the house or just when you stick your nose in it. Really, there are a lot of candles that smell good wth your nose close to them but when you get them home and light them up. It's disappointing to say the least.

Here's a little sweetheart of a fall candle for you. Believe it or not it's a Glade "Cozy Autumn Cuddle" ...Heirloom, Pumpkin, Carmel and Spice scent. You can get them at Walmart or Target. They are only $2.98. Oh, my word! A candle for that price that smells up the house. What a "thrifty' deal! We are currently on our second batch of them. LOL. You just can't have too much good smell especially if it is welcoming in a new season.

I know you all will be hitting the highway to get yourself some fall smell good! Have a very "thrifty" week!

What About Me???

Welcome to Thrifty Sissy!

Today we are going to touch the heart of every woman who has ever breathed. What about me? With all the duties we women have just to name a few: Our mate, kids and their activities, a job, another job at home, extended family, friends, church, organizations we are a part of, housework, laundry, cooking and cleaning. Well, we all not only get the picture... we are living it everyday. LOL.

So with all that being said: What about me? It seems there isn't a single minute someone doesn't need us or have something for us to do. Me, too.

So here is a part of my answer to the question. I pencil myself into the calendar. Sound simple? Well, it is. We do for every single person we know but we have a block when it comes to us. But we are a person too. Every week when I get my calendar out on Sunday afternoon to mark down all the activities for the upcoming week. Right smack dab in the middle of every day I write something I want to do or I like to do. It maybe to sew an hour or write, even read a good book. It maybe to just make a fresh cup of coffee and get out the old magazines I have collected and thumb through them for thirty minutes or maybe even an hour. I close the door of the bedroom and focus on taking care of me. It maybe on Saturday afternoon I take a few minutes to do my nails. Listen: Thrifty Sissy doesn't want to spend the $$$ at the salon so I treat myself. LOL.

Really taking care of yourself is very important. We can run ourselves into the ground in a very short time if we don't. Now here this: It's okay for you to do something for yourself. That's permission if you need it. We have a tendency to wait around for someone to do something for us and then when they don't well.....it's not a pretty sight.

Besides that. Sometimes you just have to run away from home for a few minutes. The park at the lake is free. The parking lot a Kroger's is free. Anywhere is good just so you can take a breather. There is no law against it.

We women are so used to doing, going and doing some more that it will take a little getting used to. But I promise you will be refreshed and ready to tackle all those folks with a better attitude. There will be no more oh, poor me stuff. Listen if you step away for a little bit the ship won't go down. The earth won't stop turning.

Again this post goes up there with the other most thrifty posts ever. Cost.....zero all except for you loving on you!!!! So let's do it girls!!!

Be blessed and take care of your thrifty self!!!