Hi Dolls!
Today's post is another ramble from moi!
It is another thing that the new year got me thinking!
I want to make this year about being grateful for the things (and by things i mean everything including people) I have in my life. The things I am blessed with.
In today's society everyone is trying to "Keep up with the Jones" and getting caught up in worldy possesions.
I recently read this quote:
"Too many people buy things they cannot afford to impress people they dont like"
And I think this is so true! Myself included!
I know I get so caught up in wanting more......wanting to buy better things......like a friend will get new living room furniture and I will find myself saying and thinking "I want new living room furniture!" When there is nothing wrong with the living room furniture I have!
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Its AWFUL!!
I have a nice house (its a work in progress...but really what house isnt?)
I have a loving husband, & 3 pretty amazing (healthy) kids.
We have a vehicle that works, and we can afford to pay our bills and put food in our bellies, and all the other things that goes along with providing for your family.
I am beyond Blessed!!
But still there is this little voice in my head that says I need to go out and buy better stuff.
So I am making this year about appreciating the things I have, and not about the things I feel I need to run out and buy!
I am also trying to re-purpose existing items I have in my house!
For example I have a whole slew of decorations and stuff that I dont use anymore and was gonna get rid of it... (why? just to make room for better stuff of course.)
So I went threw all the stuff and found new homes (in my home) for some of it, and have given a new look to a few room s in my house!
So I really didnt need to go out and buy new decorations for the bathroom cause I had a whole bunch sitting in the storage room forgotten about!
I got 2 of these apothcary jars for christmas from my MIL and SIL
The small one in the middle I got last Christmas and it was sitting by itself on a shelf in the family room
I moved it out to the dining room to be with the other 2 and all the fillers were repurposed...
The silk flowers in the tallest one was from a...(i cant remeber what its called ha!) long string of flowers ....know what I am talking about.......??
anyway it also was in the family room collecting dust, so i ripped al the flowers off it and stuck them in the apothcary jar!
The 2nd tallest one was some berry garland that i repurposed (also from the family room)
Its not the greatest fillers, but I didnt have to go out and buy anything to go in them!
Ok this is my bathroom, like the pink sink? Gag! lol
anyway the valence I made with a old curtain panel and some scrap fabric!
The star was repurposed from the hallway
The basket on the counter was sitting in a closet full of yarn (that will never be used!! lol)
(The shower curtain I had bought a few months back...when first thinking about re-decorating)
Ok and yes I know that "re-purposed" does not technically mean how I am using the word....but you get the idea!
Also, I wish I had before pics of my bathroom, same paint but it had baby blue accents and a gold valence and gold-ish shower curtain. It was nice but I just got tired of it (after having it like that for a year or more)
SO I have been wanting to redecorate the bathroom, and I was making a list of all the new BETTER stuff i was going to run out and buy......
then I got thinking and looking and I didnt even leave the house....
The bathroom got a new look, I didnt buy a thing!
I was happy!! and Hubby was really happy!! (cause it didnt cost him a penny!)
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