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Thrifty Little Blog
www.thriftylittleblog.com
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A first-time homeowner blogs about her lifestyle tips and endless diy projects while always keeping budget in mind.
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New Year and a New Strategy

For 2012 Im officially stepping away from my old clearance/coupon-obsessed shopping habit and into a more sane shopping strategy. I feel like the recession has created such a !!MUSTSAVE!! mentality t...

25 jan 12

The Yard and Keeping the Dogs In

*I was not compensated in any way to write this review.*I think you know my dogs by now: Hugo is the little one and C.C. is my big girl. Hugo is our little escape artist. Before moving, he would...

12 jan 12

First Finished "Room"

Since we actually downgraded our living space by around 100 sqft with the new house and *maybe* have six total rooms, I would appreciate if  you all would let me call my five foot long closet a ...

05 jan 12

Well Be Home For Christmas

AKA: what our new house looks like with our furniture in itAfter owning the house and leasing it back to the owner for ten days... then taking two weeks of our own time fixing it up... we finally act...

20 dec 11

Looking for Lighting

Due to some notourstyle/ oversized light fixtures in the majority of the house, were been on the lookout for some new fixtures. I actually like the dining room chandelier in the new house, but want t...

07 dec 11

More Paint and Priorities

After reading some of the comments about brown bedroom paint, I wanted to avoid turning my bedroom into a cave and went lighter. We also went ahead and gave the more expensive Valspar paint+primer an...

06 dec 11

Painting

As Ive mentioned before, Im not the greatest painter, but Im probably worse at deciding on paint colors! Check out the assortment of samples I went through while deciding on the colors for the living...

02 dec 11

The First Project

We finally took possession of our new house yesterday after the sellers 10-day lease ended.... and after she spent three additional hours (of our time) trying to get a Murphy bed out of the front bed...

30 nov 11

We Closed Today!

Who has two thumbs and two houses?? ....you guessed it! We closed on the new house today. The seller will lease back the house for another 11 days so we just walked out of the office and drove back h...

18 nov 11

New House Preview

We received final loan approval, the HUD documents are in, and were on our way to the bank to get a cashiers check so it looks like were really actually buying another house this Friday. I figured th...

16 nov 11

The Homes We Almost Bought

Before there was ever the mystery un-blogged under contract house, there were three houses that we tried to buy. Of course, I looked at hundreds of other houses online and we visited several without ...

10 nov 11

Moving and Hoarders

So... Im still being really superstitious about the new house. The negotiations have been over for a while, we breezed through the appraisal (it appraised $20k over our contract price), and locked in...

09 nov 11

Moving Towards Moving

Guess who has a house under contract?! Weve completed the inspection and option period and, well, are pretty committed to getting this new home (next month!). The funny thing is that the day after I ...

25 oct 11

FAQ Why now?

My mother absolutely loves questioning and re-questioning my (our) decision to buy a new house... so I figured I would go ahead and answer her questions in one easy to reference spot. Besides, being ...

20 oct 11

On the Hunt

Were looking for a new house. Actually, weve been looking for a new house for the past few months. If one of the three homes that we put an offer on had accepted, wed be moving in about now. Really, ...

13 oct 11

Tips for Quick-Shopping Thrift Stores

From my experience, there are two ways to get great deals at thrift stores:1. Get lucky.2. Go often.I think that my blog can be a little misleading at times... I pop in every once in a while to show ...

19 sep 11

My New Bedroom

Dont worry, Im not going to follow up my wedding post with a "Im no longer sharing the master bedroom with my husband" post... but Ive come to find out that the extra bedroom is really turnin...

08 sep 11

Budget Breakdown: Our Wedding

Remember when I promised to keep the wedding out of the main blog until the big day passed? Well, the time has come for me to share way too many pictures of my wedding budget breakdown!Im still worki...

06 sep 11

Some "Finally" Projects

Currently, were still in recovering from the wedding and in super-saver mode (yes, it gets more intense than my normal thrifty mode)... so the random Craigslist buys and the big home improvement proj...

19 aug 11

Half-Hoarder

Im not really a hoarder... I just sometimes do hoarder-like things. I promise, you wont go into my main living areas and see piles of trash or old clothing. Plus, I love donating things that I d...

29 jul 11

Weve Been Busy...

But were back!A detailed post on our $11,xxx wedding is coming, but we should finally be back to thrifty projects around the house as well! A big thanks to those of you who havent unsubscribed over t...

26 jul 11

The Backyard Budget Breakdown (so far)

The yard has come a long way in the past year- weve built a garden, installed new sod, and created some granite pathways that lead to a fire pit area. While the work isnt 100% completed and there are...

06 jul 11

The $200 Grocery Budget

Last week I renewed my domain subscription for the second time... meaning Thrifty Little Blog is about two years old! To celebrate, Im going to...well... blog (I know that Ive been sla...

20 jun 11

Unplanned Accomplishments

I get distracted really easily. I might be in the middle of cooking dinner one moment, but dusting the room the next just because I catch an unclean surface out of the corner of my eye. And yes, I do...

09 jun 11

a bath for the granite and haircut for the hedge

Do you know when you realize that youve been slacking on blogging? When the person who lives your with projects day-to-day, hears your rants on how to cut costs, and sees you track your spending...

01 jun 11

A Summer Wardrobe Refresh

Once upon a time my clothing shopping habits were a little ridiculous. My issues were mostly due to the fact that I would browse way too often and fall into the clearance tag trap.&nbs...

19 may 11

Death of a Computer

Our desktop computer died last week. We thought replacing the hard drive would bring the thing back to life, but it didnt and now were in need of a new computer. Thanks to Nate being ana.. really car...

09 may 11

How to Stick to a Budget

Im going to go ahead and confess that this post is for me. You can enjoy it and/ or learn from it if you want, but Im  really just aiming at getting myself back in savings gear for the last few ...

03 may 11

Bike Bonus!

Yep, Im still trading the car for a more gas-friendly bike commute a few days every week. Its amazing because as the weeks go on, Im choosing the bike over the car more and more (4/5 days last week)....

28 apr 11

Even More Progress

Im sad to say that I just might deserve the Lazy Blogger Award about now. Ive had my  guest bathroom livable for over two weeks and I havent even shown you the progress!I might have shied away f...

26 apr 11

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