My table is decorated with a few cheap things from Hobby Lobby and my family is coming over for a little love party.. yay! I'm making 'Skinny Mom Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff' (if you haven't discovered the www.skinnymom.com site yet, you need to!) (And no, I'm not getting paid to say that- I wish!!!)
So, I cheated. Kind of. A friend from church inspired me at our home group the other night to check out the store 'Kid to Kid'. Her daughter was wearing the most adorable dress and I was shocked to hear it came from a consignment store. Yet, another challenge and opportunity to shift my perspective when it comes to shopping... but, ANYWAYS! I went to the one by my house this week to check it out and I was pleasantly surprised by some of what they offered. I was excited to find a pair of adorable floral print leggings with a ruffle from the gap, with tags still attached. Originally priced at the gap for $14.99 and this store had them priced at $2.99! Does Addy truly NEED leggings right now? Probably not, but she is growing like a weed and she wears leggings almost every day of the week! And, I tried to call Kory but he was in a meeting and couldn't be reached. I had to make a decision... I figured, hey- these will be used a lot and I'm being a good steward with $3! AND... I used the $3 from my grocery budget! I just chalked it up to 'research' on my journey of changing my heart towards spending!
Here's another victory in my belt as of day 11 on the fast... I was taking a bath the other night and realized that I was still using peppermint scented shower gel and lotion. This really bothered me and I'm sure you know why. Everyone knows that peppermint is the smell of Christmas, not February! As each new season arrives, one of my favorite things to do is go buy a new scent! For certain seasons, I prefer certain scents. At this time of year it would be somewhere around 'Warm Vanilla Sugar' or 'Cashmere Glow' but I don't have either of those right now. So I did what I never do... I pulled out my plastic tub FULL of bath and body products that are half full with goo on the lid and dug around until I found one that will work. Twilight something or another will just have to do. It wasn't as fun as going and getting a brand new scent to brand this winter BUT, I felt happy inside that I was sticking to my commitment and using up some perfectly good overpriced soap.
“If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities."
Luke 16:10 NLT
Happy Love Day!
~Ashley
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