Thrift shop find: this lovely skirt!

Avoid financial troubles: get your Walmart Cone now! Finally there’s an answer to the age old question: How do I get in and out of Walmart, without staggering outside with lots of stuff I didn’t know I needed, and upon coming home will discover I don’t? Until recently women were complete left to their own…

When I’m smart I check how much there’s in my bank account before I go grocery shopping. But sometimes I’m dumb. Crunching the numbers And those times I find myself wondering how much I can spend. Those are the times I’m crunching numbers during my trip to the supermarket. With every item I put into…

I’ve got a handbag I use daily. It’s filled with all kinds of stuff, like my wallet, my diary, paper handkerchiefs, pens etc. But last Sunday I went to church. I hadn’t been there for a long time. And as I was getting ready, I felt I needed a small, little bag. Not my big…

Since our move to the country I have welcomed several visitors to our new home. And I proudly show them our living room, decorated entirely with second hand furniture. ‘I found all our furniture in thrift shops!’ I tell people proudly.  Is there shame in thrift store shopping? ‘Oh dear, don’t worry! That’s fine!’ some…

One of our Christmas traditions is to do a puzzle on Christmas day. That is to say, I take a puzzle and scatter all the pieces on the table. And then I hope for the best. Usually it’s my husband who can’t resist turning all those little pieces into a picture. Found a new puzzle…