A Shout Out to Being Cheap!!

I am not afraid to admit that I might be the cheapest person in the world. I guess I have just had such amazing luck with craigslist that I have decided that most things that I need, I can find in perfect condition for much cheaper at garage sales, or on craigslist. These are some things I have found, and the story behind them.

This car seat was an awesome find. I paid $35 for it. The story behind it is a lady had twins. Once her kids out grew these car seats she got rid of one. She kept the other in case she decides to have more kids, but she is banking on not having twins again. So I got a 8 month old car seat, never been in any accidents and no stains, in perfect condition for an amazing deal!



This stroller was an amazing find! It's one of those sit and stand kind. For those of you with two kids, this is the greatest buy I have ever made. Lucy is old enough now that she doesn't want to be in the stroller at all times, so she can get in and out when ever she wants! I love it! And Jack's seat snaps right into the front. I don't know how I could have two kids without this. I've also found (thanks to Pam's thinking) that it can easily hold 3 kids. One in the front, one sitting on the little seat in the back, and one standing on the platform in the back. It's great! This wonderful find cost me $50.

This was a little splurg for me. I found a scroll saw for $20, had the car that day, so I went. Shawn didn't even know I got it until I called him and told him I had just picked it up. All it needed was some new blades. Craft night, here I come!!

This chair looks a lot better in person then in the picture. It looks really dusty in the picture, but it's perfect! I bought this sucker for $40 for Shawn's office. It's a really nice brown leather chair. Shawn was really sick of using our kitchen chairs which are the only peice of furniture (other than the crib and Lucy's dresser) I haven't gotten on craigslist or at garage sales, and they are by far the worst quality furniture we have in the house.

We got this rocking chair and the ottoman for $50 just before Jack was born. Out of everything I have bought, this is probably in the worst condition, but it is used the most. It still looks great, it's just the material is definately wearing. My old rocker found a new home in the dumpster. Those who once sat in it know why.

This was one of my best finds, and I've mentioned it before, but this piano, it was free.

This desk and chair was the last one I got, the whole thing was $30, and it is perfect for the family room. When we moved in we thought the room was almost too big to look good and be functional. Then we got the couches and everything fell into place perfectly! Not only did I get the desk and chair, but the lamps on the desk and the piano too, they were like $5 each.

I might be most proud of this find. My couches!!! They were a Mother's Day gift from Shawn, but I found them on Craigslist. We went to Sofa Mart, and I was really depressed when I left because anything that was in our budget was horrible quality. I just wanted some nice couches that were comfortable, and affordable. So I looked around on Craigslist and found these up in Monument, about 20 minutes from our house. We absolutely LOVE them! They are micro fiber, and we all know how great that is with the kids! Not to mention, I saved at least $700 on the set by buying them used. They were in the living room of this really nice house. We asked why they were selling them and found out they were about to move into their new house they had just built and it didn't have a living room and a family room, just one Great Room, so they didn't need both sets. We totally lucked out on that one!

Some other things that I couldn't get pictures of because it is 10:30 at night are, Lucy's toddler bed- $25, our house we are living in, just found it on craigslist, which is funny because I was actually looking through a few property management websites, and this house was through one of them, they just didn't have it posted on their site yet. We have our other couch that we got at a garage sale, and the entertainment center (thanks Pam), I have a cute little green sewing table (mom, you know the one), garage sale -$10, a changing table -$15, some toys for the kids, and some end tables that I need to refinish still- $20. Saving hundreds of dollars by being cheap, and still loving all my stuff- priceless!!!