Extra Cash

That finance class has motivated me to look for ways to trim our budget, learn to live within our means, and perhaps bring in a little extra spending cash.  I recently went through our bookshelves and listed a bunch of books to sell on Amazon.  So far I’ve sold 5 and made $35 after shipping costs.  Not bad!  We still have lots of books stored away in boxes, so I’ll have to go through those too when I get the chance.  Moving is always a good time to get rid of excess junk.  We didn’t really have time to sort through stuff when we moved up here from San Diego.  We had a 7-week-old baby and only three weeks to get here, so we just packed up everything and moved.  This time we’ll be moving our stuff bit by bit over to the new house, so we’ll have more time to decide what to keep and what to sell or donate. 

 

We’re doing other things to trim the fat, too.  Dave’s company had an empty dumpster that was already paid for, and the city was going to pick it up today.  So last night he went over to the new house, cut out the old carpet and padding and hauled it to the dumpster in his truck.  One less thing to pay someone to do.  Since most of the rooms are small enough to only require one gallon of paint, we have two options: we can get “oops” paint at half the cost from Home Depot, or we can get darker shades at $9 a gallon from the local paint recycling company and add white to lighten them up to our liking.  I personally prefer option 1, because then I know immediately what color I’m going to have, and don’t have to guess.