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!!