Today my kids went to my sisters house for a visit for a few hours. Aunt Melanie just got a new puppy. A Yorkie-Poo or something. She said it was a mix of Yorkie, Shitzu and Poodle. It looked cute in the picture she text messaged me and it came with a price tag of $100 which she said was very reasonable. It was a nice break for me. I cleaned the house, did some laundry and watched the 2-hour movie - 300. Then I got to thinking, man, $100 for a dog just isn't in my budget right now and, even though I like dogs and would love to have one for the kids, I could think of a lot of others ways to spend that hundred right now. In this day and age with nothing on the news but the economic situation etc, I find myself looking into my own financial situation to find ways that I can make my buck stretch further.
A helpful website that I found in a magazine is a great website called Freecycle http://www.freecycle.org/ you can sign up to be a member within your area for free. This website allows you to offer unwanted items to others via the web and allows you view items others are giving away for free - YES, I said GIVING AWAY for FREE. If you see something you like, you can email the person who posted it and it is at their discretion who receives the item. There are also postings called "Free for alls" where the person has a lot of free stuff to give away and has a free yard sale at their home where you are able to browse the items they are giving away and take whatever you'd like. I would recommend this site to anyone. I have used it several times and it gives you a great sense of worth to help out others by giving items you no longer want or need to someone else and when you get a good bargain or something you are in desperate need of, it's something to be truly thankful for. It also helps the environment because these items are being recycled to someone else instead of going into landfills. I have seen everything from clothes & furniture to books, toys and all the way down to paperclips. Just wanted to post this in hopes someone else can get use of the website and help you stretch your buck a little further too.
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