Donut Blessings and Small Sacrifices

I will write this in pieces as there are a few things to write about.

We left yesterday morning at 5:30 am and headed out. We were blessed because a coworker of my husband's gave him a pack of coupons for Tim Hortons (our famous donut/coffee shop). Therefore, we stopped enroute and had a complimentary breakfast!! *smile*

I drove to the coast, cause I knew Ray would sleep in the car, and I wouldn't have been. I would have been chatting or certainly not sleeping! We arrived good and early, kind of like I knew we would. I didn't want to leave when the kids were just waking up, so we left earlier than necessary. It turned out to be good as I got a few errands done.

I went to Wal Mart and returned about six items of clothing that I had bought on my last trip. It is interesting how your 'needs' change!!! When I was on my last trip I went clothes shopping, because I *could*. Ray was working and it was spring and it would be nice to have some new clothes. Not a real 'need'. Right after I got home, we realized what we wanted to do, and I knew that by returning these clothes I could put $120 back in our 'pot'. So I did!

You can save so much by just not spending!!!! All the little things add up. It is amazing. Simple things like Ray and I used to splurge on a fancy icecream. It was our treat at the end of the day. Well, we stopped buying that and do your math: $8 a week x by 52 weeks = $416 at the end of a year!! One simple sacrifice! See how so many of our adoption costs can be recouped from things we can just do without for a season!