Going for Not Broke

Because of an illness in the family and pressing deadlines on a freelance project and on the consignment sale , I'm putting this blog on hold for the next couple of weeks. My next post will be March 6 (hopefully.)

Last year, I participated in a local consignment sale that sells all kids items . I made $37 for the work I put into it, which is more than I could've hoped for given how little I had to start off with. A few weeks ago, I signed up to participate again. I have a few weeks to go through everything, get it all tagged and ready to go. I can also take some items that got left behind last time. Hopefully, I do at least as well as last time. Speaking of Consignments ... Our local newspaper ran an article a couple of months ago about local consignment stores I found really interesting. One of the store owners featured in the story said she had a consigner who shops local garage sales for cheap finds, then sells the items at the consignment store, receiving a check from the consignment store that averages about $800 a month. Of course, that doesn't account for the money she spends at the garage sales buying the items to begin with, but even a net income of $400 a month on consignm

Over the weekend, I saw a film via Netflix called " Hungry for Change ," which talks about the benefits of a raw food diet. Because my husband and I could both stand to lose weight, and because we don't want to pass along our unhealthy habits to our daughter, I decided to incorporate more raw foods into my menus. Therefore, I'll be buying a lot more fresh produce in the coming weeks. And, I need to be diligent about cutting up and preparing the veggies before they spoil so that the money spent doesn't go to waste. I hate tossing out uneaten vegetables and fruits, but yet I find myself doing it now even without buying as much as I plan to as my family tries eating more greens. To start off, though, I spent extra money. I bought a few kitchen gadgets I don't already have that can help me prepare veggies more quickly: a mandoline slicer, spiral slicer and a blender. Hopefully, I put them all to good use, otherwise, that's just even more money down the dra