Post of randomness :)

Ok y'all, what I am about to tell you has changed my life! Are you ready????>>>

Don't buy multiple colored/design socks!!!!!

I have taken the advice of having all black socks for my husband and sons and all white socks for the girls! We no longer have the constant issue of "Has anyone seen the match to this?!"!
It's amazing that just changing the color of our socks has reduced the chaos in our little house!

I am Also working on reducing the the quantity and variety of our wardrobes. Just the basics for our family of 7 add up to a lot of laundry, add to that the fact we have such a hodge podge of styles and fabric types it just complicates the laundry process. We also don't need 5+ sets of jammies for each person! I am realizing that having more clothing and dishes means we just enable ourselves to put off doing laundry and washing dishes until we are completely out of clothes and dishes. That means by the time we finally get around to washing those things they have turned into a huge mountain to be conquered, and ain't nobody got time for that lol!

Another thing that I have learned is that while it's good to buy used and save the difference in most cases, and sometimes the cheaper new items are just as good as the more expensive, sometimes you save money by spending more money up front and sometimes you save money by buying new. We have realized that with things like large appliances it is best to buy new so you get a good warranty. The same applies to tires and parts for vehicles, if you can buy new do so. Also be sure to research the products before buying sometimes there is a good reason in price difference (as we have found to be the case with things such as tires).

Well those are a few of the things going on in my house and mind!

Until next time!  ~Allicen <3