Comments on: My Smartest, Dumbest, Hardest, and Most-Frugal Home Improvement Project(s) http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/ HOW, WHERE, and WHY I spend our money Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary » Day 243: Gift Shopping in The Big Apple http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-622 Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary » Day 243: Gift Shopping in The Big Apple Tue, 06 May 2008 01:47:24 +0000 http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-622 [...] vendor/cash — $2.50 A Statue-of-Liberty-shaped refrigerator magnet — to add to our collection of fun magnets. Day 242: No-Spend Day* » Additonal reading that might interest you: Buying Gifts: Equal [...] […] vendor/cash — $2.50 A Statue-of-Liberty-shaped refrigerator magnet — to add to our collection of fun magnets. Day 242: No-Spend Day* » Additonal reading that might interest you: Buying Gifts: Equal […]

]]> By: Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary » Day 227: Food & A Lampshade http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-497 Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary » Day 227: Food & A Lampshade Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:05:17 +0000 http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-497 [...] about Kyle’s giveaway contest over at Rather Be Shopping and I decided to write about some of my home improvement experiences.  So I was busy tip-tap-typing away when my eye fell on the clock.  2:50!?!!!  No way!  I was [...] […] about Kyle’s giveaway contest over at Rather Be Shopping and I decided to write about some of my home improvement experiences.  So I was busy tip-tap-typing away when my eye fell on the clock.  2:50!?!!!  No way!  I was […]

]]> By: Suburban Wife http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-496 Suburban Wife Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:02:07 +0000 http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-496 Jean, We have several of those folding bookcases around the house. I love them. What you can't see in the photos are the cool canvas baskets on the shelves that hold plastic storage containers, catalogs, and more paperwork. As for magnets, the kids and I love our collection. When my mom sold her house earlier this year, one of the treasures I came home with was a whole tin of refrigerator magnets. The Son was so thrilled! Each one of our magnets has some sort of memory or emotional attachment associated with it -- like the one The Daughter selected during our trip to Grand Canyon years ago that says "I hiked, dragged myself, complained, nearly passed out & barely made it out of The Canyon". She was 9 :-) Or the magnetic church key The Son picked out as a souvenir during our trip to The Spy Museum in DC last summer. Jean,

We have several of those folding bookcases around the house. I love them. What you can’t see in the photos are the cool canvas baskets on the shelves that hold plastic storage containers, catalogs, and more paperwork.

As for magnets, the kids and I love our collection. When my mom sold her house earlier this year, one of the treasures I came home with was a whole tin of refrigerator magnets. The Son was so thrilled!

Each one of our magnets has some sort of memory or emotional attachment associated with it — like the one The Daughter selected during our trip to Grand Canyon years ago that says “I hiked, dragged myself, complained, nearly passed out & barely made it out of The Canyon”. She was 9 :-)

Or the magnetic church key The Son picked out as a souvenir during our trip to The Spy Museum in DC last summer.

]]> By: Jean http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-495 Jean Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:42:22 +0000 http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/04/15/my-smartest-dumbest-hardest-most-frugal/#comment-495 I like your command center and I now know where to look for magnets! I used to have the bookcase on the left of the picture many years ago. I gave it to my neighbor who is still using it! Jean I like your command center and I now know where to look for magnets! I used to have the bookcase on the left of the picture many years ago. I gave it to my neighbor who is still using it!

Jean

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