Frugal Friday: Sell it! (And 2 great deals)

We’re downsizing. At least we’re hoping to if we can sell our house. But a few weeks ago we decided that instead of just sitting on our thumbs waiting, we could at least begin to downsize in our hearts and in our home, now. We looked around: What can we do without? Is there anything that’s taking mental or physical space that might actually be worth something to someone else?

Jeff took on the books and I took on the bedroom set.

I am so proud of my man.  In his free time (which is…?) he started selling his extra books on Amazon and he’s already made almost $150! He assures me it’s easy, so I handed over a half-dozen cookbooks as well. Why not?

And to my amazement, we were able to sell our bedroom set in no time flat.  It’s so funny how things change. I change. I have adored this bedroom set for the 8 years of our marriage. It’s by far the nicest thing that we own. Beautiful.  But now it feels like a burden. It’s huge, and so nice and perfect that I was always worried that it’d get scratched. So we sold it and made enough to fund a very fun little ministry adventure.  We moved the guest bed into our room, slid in a few hand-me-down end tables and viola, a new eclectic bedroom set. I love it.

Is there anything you don’t need? Anything you can sell? Anything you can give away to a home that might need it more? Just an idea…

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Oh, and Portland-area readers, Thriftway has $.39/lb. oranges on sale this weekend and a 2 lb. block of Tillamook cheese for $3.99.  Those are stock-up prices so check it out!

Happy Friday!
Kari