With the economy at an all time high, I have noticed everyone making sacrifices!
I personally started with my nails! I mean really who cares if I have a thick layer of plastic on my nails. Then adding this extra thickness, you have to make them longer. Now pick a paint color. So an hour has past, you still have to wash, buff and apply another plastic like material to make them shinny. A couple days go by and one breaks or the paint chips, back to the salon for at least 30 minutes not including drive time or a wait! What is wrong with women to think this is a relaxing event, it hurts! Take a sander and you sand off a layer of nail so this plastic shit will stick! This is crazy, im done with nails. Enjoy my stub real most likey pink nails!
Next I decided to give up hair, which will never happen again for multiple reasons! First and for most I love my Rebecca! (salon d in Dallas, yes that was my plug). Second I tried this once before and went so far to find my natural color. OK didn't like the color so I used good ole fashion lemon juice and sun in! And the white trash 2 inch roots are not coming back! Lets just say I lost a bundle of hair. I tried to give my self hair cuts here and there. But found the up side down cutting method is not good for an all over even cut! And you usually don't notice this until well after the cut and first outing. I learned very quickly the hair stylist should also come with the title of doctor. Not because they doctor your do, but they will listen to every problem you have ever had in your whole life! Not only do you leave looking pretty but you just spent an hour dumping all your crap into someones lap. And no mater what YOU were right! So bleach away the roots and keep me away from cutting my own hair up side down. I will continue to visit the salon every 6-8 weeks. And like when grandma got her weekly do, we will gossip and laugh and feel pretty while sitting in that priceless chair for how ever long it takes to feel better!
Next on my list of things to try to save a little, coupons! What a waste of paper, postage and time. So you mail me a coupon, I put it in my purse or diaper bag, go to the store in the next couple of days, forget to use the coupon. Yes I know take it back with the receipt but by the time I waste 30 minutes, which paying the nanny and the gas To get back to the store I might as well pay them the extra 20%! Then to clip coupons and remember what brand, quality and dates in order to get .50 off. Not worth the headache or the time to type about it!
Let's talk nanny, daycare, or childcare! I love my children. I would have 12 if my body and mind would hold up. Fortunately for everyone I will not! 12 mini mes.......I'm having a panic attack thinking about it! I love playing games and running through the grass with no shoes and silly conversations and laughing till my stomach hurts. I cherish each minute but I would be lying to say I don't enjoy my adult time! Everyone needs a me minute, so nanny is not an option to loose!
Here it is the final sacrifice I was willing to try, my wonderful cleaning lady. One month has pasted since I saw her last, heard her sweet Spanish rumble to Sloan and smelled the smell of bleach. Now I did not have her because I'm spoiled, oh I am but not the reason. I clean my share of toilets. But I wanted the once every few weeks the house to smell clean. I pledged the wood, windex the glass, and started the laundry all by lunch. Now before you assume I was over cleaning, or just lalalala around, which was the furriest from the case. I had a 12 month old at me feet and 2 businesses I was running from home! After lunch Sloan and I swept, which was me sweeping, her moving my piles when I turned my back. Then me sweeping again and her moving the piles. I moved on to the swifter, which I think just rubs the dirt into the floor but smells good so we went with it! Buzzzzzz, laundry was moving along so we vacuumed. Which seems like a quick zoom zoom. Nope Sloan is deathly afraid of the vacuum. After today me too. That thing is like a super power sucking machine. It sucked up a computer power cord, the whole thing and broke a plastic hanger into 2 parts to get it down. I held Sloan in one arm for fear it would suck her up! Sloan was down for a nap, I folded and hung cloths, rearranged furniture and nick nacks and returned emails. By the time bed time was here I was sweeping again, did two loads of dishes another load of laundry and realized I wanted to hang a mirror. We have learn a few things from this, I want to rearrange while cleaning and then I want to buy new things where the old ones were, not cost effective. My amazing cleaning lady will be back on Monday with a raise! And I will stick to cleaning toilets at the gym!
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