Cheap

So this morning my son & I where talking about the new computer desk.  I was asking him if he liked it better than using the card table that I’ve had the computer on for the past month.  He’s like yes it’s much better!  The computer screen doesn’t shake now when you’re typing.  I’m like your right but what can I say I’m cheap, we had a laugh over this.  See even though the computer desk is new to us it wasn’t actually new.  I got it from a friend that no longer needed it, we just had to get it down some stairs & then I had to clean it up.

See I knew we needed a computer desk but I’m just to cheap to go buy a brand new one.  So I was watching the local yard sale site till I could find one.  But free & a little work is better than a cheap computer desk. Hahahaa   

The thing is I’ve always been mostly content with what I have.  Which for Birthday’s & Christmas time this drives my Family nuts!!  Because they don’t know what to buy me cause I don’t ever ask for anything.  I’m pretty sure I was the same way as a child.  Anyway so I’ve just always made do with what I have, so when I needed to move the computer to the living room & needed a computer desk, I made dew with the card table I already had, because I was to cheap too go buy a new one.

I’ve done the same thing with my garden, I wanted to make raised beds.  But instead of buying supplies to make them I got tracker tires for free & cut part of the top out with a jigsaw.  It works, so why pay for something else?  I’m a do-it-self women, so when I’m needing a small project done I go look thru the scrap pile till I find what I need.  Cheap is just how I role, but free is even better.:)

I’ve spent hours or days taking nails out of boards so that we can reuse them for one project or another.  We had added on to our house & the local grocery store was remodeling.  So we sent & asked if we could have the lumber they were throwing away.  Of course they didn’t mind & with this lumber we built almost the whole hallway we added on.  This was a good twelve feet long.  Of course one of the best parts the boards where really cheap.  Free is so much better that cheap. hehehehee

I’ve never been one afraid of a little hard work & that hard work sometimes pays off with saving a lot of cash on buying things.  So what if you’re wondering how can I save a little money or do things cheap?  Remember think outside the box, do a little hard work & you just might find some ways to save.