I would like to say that our life is more exciting than it is, but it’s just not most of the time. We’ve simplified what we do so much that it seems quite routine now to have a slow and uneventful day. I am not complaining about our simplicity, and I know that it does make life very boring for our teenagers, but I enjoy the simplicity, with as few bumps in the road as possible. Saturday we had already planned on attending the Lowe’s Kids Workshop to make the tic-tac-toe board. We spent a little time in the store making the project, and then browsed through the seeds that were available in the garden section to start thinking about what we would plant in our garden. Target was right across the road and we had convinced our daughters to make the trip to Lowe’s on the pretense that we would also make a stop at Target so that they could spend some of their Christmas money there.

It was nearing lunch time, and we were finished shopping at Target, so we drove back across the road to Chick-Fil-A. We had already planned on lunch at Chick-Fil-A since we had a couple of coupons to use, and made our purchase in two transactions so that we would be able to use both coupons. My husband and I shared a drink to continue keeping costs down as well. In addition to having my favorite fast food, our now four year old could take advantage of the playground so we stayed awhile so that he could play. I had two bags of items that needed to be donated so we drove those to our local thrift store as well. I searched through the thrift store to see if there was anything that I could absolutely not live without. I didn’t find a single thing, but I was fine leaving empty handed with my two bags dropped off.

We returned home and prepared lunch for Sunday. A simple lunch, beans. We cooked these on the stove top for most of the day so that they would be ready when returned home from church. I then spent some time on my health and beauty stockpile getting rid of some items that I had an excess of and knew that I would not use. I was able to find a grocery bag full of items that I knew my family wouldn’t use, but my extended family would probably be able to use. It really made me look back on my purchases for the previous year, and some from the year before that and see the things that I purchased for free or next to nothing, but I simply was not using. At Christmas I had even made baskets to give away to some of my family and still had an excess of items. More than anything this year, I am trying to simplify my purchases and only buy things that I know my family needs.

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