“He’s the Lily of the Valley…”

Today I went over to my parents house and dug up a wood fern, a sensative fern, lily of the valley, Solomon’s seal, a white bleeding heart, coral bells, and forget-me-nots. And I scored at a garage sale and bought some double knit polyester quilt squares and a goose figurine for my garden!

My Dad gave me a small handful of my Great-Grandpa David’s onions. I plan on putting them in my garden.

I have a few friends that have purchased new houses, and so I can make quilts for them with all of the double knit! And give them crocheted dish clothes. I’m so excited!

I have been brain storming all of the things I can do with our yard. Last night I asked Aaron where he does not want me to put things, it is so nice talking about our yard and our house!

Simple.

Here are my top ten arguments against make-up.

10. You have to re-apply it throughout the day.

9. It is expensive.

8. It is a waste of my time in the morning, when I could be doing something else.

7. My eyeliner runs, my eye shadow gets caked between the creases of my eyes, my blush gets uneven, my lipstick fades, and  psh forget the foundation on my oily skin.

6. I gave it up a long time ago, the last time I wore make-up was on my 19th birthday when my friend put it on for me. The time before that was in October of 2007 for my Senior Homecoming.

5.It can attract the wrong kind of attention.

4. It gets on your clothes!

3. It’s one less thing to worry about.

2. My boyfriend likes me without it! Don’t believe me? Ask him.

1. If God wanted my lips to be a different color they would be, if God wanted my eyes to be bigger they would be, if God wanted my cheeks to be rosy, or my complexion to be even He would change the chemistry to my face to where I can look like everyone else, and it would change with the changes of style.

Why I shop where I shop.

• It’s cheap!
• It turns into a hunt, which can be fun.
• You get excited when you find good stuff. The thrill is in the find.
• You end up having things that are one of a kind and nobody else has.
• Clothing sizes amoung other things in regular stores sicken me.
• $10.00 for a shirt? I could get 5 shirts of $10.00 at the thrift store if I really wanted to!
• I’m not trying to follow trends, nor am I start any.

Thrifty Fun!

Redish and Black Hound’s tooth dress- $1.50

Black tank dress thingy- $1.00

Navy Blue Sweater Cover-up-$1.00

Me- rather happy!

 

I usually don’t find dresses I like at thrift stores. They are either not my size, have something wrong with them, or are not te style I’m looking for. I get all of my jean skirts there though. All but one I own, and that was the one I bought over Ebay.

If it’s at a store at over $5 (or unless I REALLY LIKE/ need it) I do not get it. At garage sales if it is over a dollar (or unless I REALLY LIKE/ need it) I do not get it.  I shop at the clearance racks. The ones where sometimes they don’t even bother to hang the clothes up nicely, in size order and color order. Who is gonna know anyways?

Do I have any thrifters out there that read my blog?

Happy thrifting!

Random is best late at night.

I made blueberry jam the other day. It’s kind of funny, I’m probably one of the only people my age who can say that and actually prove it.

I knit, I’m probably one of the only people my age who can say that and actually prove it.

I want to be a homemaker when I “grow up”. Not the homemaker you are probably thinking of who sits around and does laundry while watching her soaps waiting for the kids to get off the bus. I want  to be a keeper of the home. I want to make a safe haven for my family and whoever shall happen upon us. Hospitality is a spiritual gift afterall.

I honestly do not know why us girls don’t wear more skirts.  It’s like they think we can’t do anything in a skirt like all they are good for is sipping our tea and eating crummpets.  I know girls my age who drive tractors, plant gardens, milk goats, cook, clean, take care of children in skirts. Our foremothers have been doing this for quite sometime, so why are we complaining?

I was sitting around the fire with friends of mine, some were contemplating the aspects of dating and courtship. One young man protested something along these lines “What if you don’t like the first kiss?” I repiled to him “You would have nothing to compare it to!”

Buy used, safe the difference. New becomes old way too quickly.

The Joys of Garage Sale-ing.

I have discovered the joys of finding great deals and not spending as much as if I were to find what I wanted in stores! My future children will be clothed from these amazing things! Seriously! I’ve been bitten by the bug. FYI. Pinching pennies is almost an art form. You need to know when prices are too high. Like more then dollar for just a plain old shirt? Forget it! So if I’m bored on the weekends you’ll know where to find me, out wasting a half tank of gas going around town looking for deals!