Fine line. . .

I feel like there is a fine line between being good at saving money and being a crazy lady that needs to be on a TLC show.

I love free stuff so much.  I haven't signed up for free samples for a while because it takes so long for the stuff to come and by the time it comes we will have moved again. But I love signing up for free stuff.  Andrew thinks I'm weird, but I just get so excited when my free sample of shampoo or gum arrives.  And we got a lot of free formula when Riley was born.

It's also kind of hard to decide if it is worth my time to save a little money.

The apartments we are in don't have washers and dryers in them so I have to take them over to the laundry facility and pay $1.40 to wash and $1.45 to dry each load.  Since it is so dry here we have decided to hang dry our clothes.  It takes most of the day, but it saves $1.45 each load.

I also have a hard time buying baby food.  It's at least 50 cents for a dinky little jar, also Riley doesn't even like it.  I tried boiling carrots and smashing them up but he didn't like it either.  I then read something online where I could bake the carrots in tin foil for half an hour at 375 degrees and the blended it up with a little water.  Success!  Riley loved it.  But it was kind of a lot of work for just 50 cents.  If Riley liked the stuff in the jar I don't know if it would be worth it, but he doesn't.  So I guess it is.

I also go to different stores to buy different groceries.  I buy frozen things at one store, fruits and vegetables at another, and everything else at another.

I would use coupons, but our printer didn't fit in our car.

There are about a dozen more things that I would do if we had more room, or a giant freezer, or if we weren't going to be moving two more times this year.

It's not like we are poor, I just want to do my part at saving money.  I also want to save it for something like a house.

I don't feel like I'm a crazy lady that should be on TLC, but I feel like if I don't be careful I could be.  :)