Although I am usually super excited to travel and even more so when it comes to going south this time it is just different.Time to say so long to my days as a stay at home mommy and hello to being a "single" mom. This is one of the joys of life as an Army wife.Deployments I can do that,training exercises no biggie,PCS or any ordered travel really that is cake. This move however is a bit more complicated than that. The Frugalita is moving away! Moving to where the sun shines all the time and the streets are paved with gold....actually there cobblestones but whatever.
Will it be weird? Yes. Why are we separating our family without official orders? Because some people do not live budget friendly and their mistakes effect others. Here is the deal,we have a beautiful home in Savannah which we have rented out since moving to Va. First time around the property management company did not do their job and I had to fire them. Now we have been doing it ourselves and I kid you not we have never received rent not even once on time. Sooo since we are on a budget and do not want to end up losing our home like so many other families have we are evicting the tenant and I am taking residence.With that said that means a lot more than my address will be changing.Hiiiiiii hoooooo hi ho it's off to work I go.This is where it gets sticky but as always I will suck it up and drive on. On the plus side more income means more flexibility to shop right? Right at least that is what I am going with.
We will meet every other weekend kinda like visitation but we are still married. It will last for who knows how long and just crossing my fingers it works out. Jumping in full on and hoping for the best.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Meet Mrs. Martinez
Welcome to my first blogging attempt I sincerely hope you enjoy reading and hope you become inspired Some entries will give you some lil bits about my life others will be shopping. Kinda like Real Housewife of the Army.Let me ask you a question, do you love fashion? If you answered yes then you my darling are in the right place. If the answer is no then keep reading and you may find fashion worth getting to know,especially if your budget influenced your answer.
I have always been a lover of clothing however purchasing the best designers or heck even the mid range fashion has often been out of my reach. I am a a military spouse and stay at home mommy of 4 young boys so needless to say prada and fendi are much loved but unattainable.That was until I learned how to shop properly!
Maybe it was the stigma or maybe the embarrassment but I refused to shop thrift stores I would not be caught dead in one really and was willing to go broke in order to keep up with what others had.But things change people grow up and realize it is just not feasible. I may have had this realization but it did not change my taste. So I swallowed my pride and a whole new world has opened up for me. I started slow glancing down the aisles of the clothing but only shopping for toys in our local thrift shop. My first shopping trip scored my boys 3 boys (at the time) transformers, an optimus prime mask with voice and a fisher price singing chair. When I went to the register I had a grand total of seven bucks. I was soooo shocked. Researching my purchase online I realized I had over 90 dollars of toys for over a 90% savings.That is where the love affair began.
We found out we were expecting and knowing this would be the last addition to our family I saw no need in spending a fortune on my big belly clothes. I reluctantly went on ebay and bought a few good pieces but shipping was crazy. So I drug my newly preggo self into the thrift store Louie bag and all and went to the gasp.... clothing section. The first thing I spot is a motherhood skirt with tags still attached.Ok so that was good I had just went to the store and retail was over 20 dollars still not bad but a bit to much for me. I pick up the thrift tag and see a 4.98 scrawled in black crayon awesome right? It gets better under the original price I see red crayon 98 cent!!! Shut the front door! I was now energized an began digging through the rest of the clothing on the rack. Final purchase 3 pairs motherhood capris nwt 1 skirt 4 tops Motherhood ,Pea in a pod.Olian, Japanese weekend all for 15 dollars. Now that baby is here I have even more of a budget but trust me I have an even better wardrobe than I ever have and so do my boys.
If this sounds like your kind of deals and you would like to get some tips on how to score them stay tuned as I will give you a rundown of my finds and even post pics!
I have always been a lover of clothing however purchasing the best designers or heck even the mid range fashion has often been out of my reach. I am a a military spouse and stay at home mommy of 4 young boys so needless to say prada and fendi are much loved but unattainable.That was until I learned how to shop properly!
Maybe it was the stigma or maybe the embarrassment but I refused to shop thrift stores I would not be caught dead in one really and was willing to go broke in order to keep up with what others had.But things change people grow up and realize it is just not feasible. I may have had this realization but it did not change my taste. So I swallowed my pride and a whole new world has opened up for me. I started slow glancing down the aisles of the clothing but only shopping for toys in our local thrift shop. My first shopping trip scored my boys 3 boys (at the time) transformers, an optimus prime mask with voice and a fisher price singing chair. When I went to the register I had a grand total of seven bucks. I was soooo shocked. Researching my purchase online I realized I had over 90 dollars of toys for over a 90% savings.That is where the love affair began.
We found out we were expecting and knowing this would be the last addition to our family I saw no need in spending a fortune on my big belly clothes. I reluctantly went on ebay and bought a few good pieces but shipping was crazy. So I drug my newly preggo self into the thrift store Louie bag and all and went to the gasp.... clothing section. The first thing I spot is a motherhood skirt with tags still attached.Ok so that was good I had just went to the store and retail was over 20 dollars still not bad but a bit to much for me. I pick up the thrift tag and see a 4.98 scrawled in black crayon awesome right? It gets better under the original price I see red crayon 98 cent!!! Shut the front door! I was now energized an began digging through the rest of the clothing on the rack. Final purchase 3 pairs motherhood capris nwt 1 skirt 4 tops Motherhood ,Pea in a pod.Olian, Japanese weekend all for 15 dollars. Now that baby is here I have even more of a budget but trust me I have an even better wardrobe than I ever have and so do my boys.
If this sounds like your kind of deals and you would like to get some tips on how to score them stay tuned as I will give you a rundown of my finds and even post pics!
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