As my youngest gets ready to head back to college...and I get ready to feel the empty nest again for a bit anyway until she comes back for a weekend...I see how my emphasis on money or lack of it in the past when they were younger had a good influence on both my kids. For a while there I was a single mom and so shopping at second hand stores and getting haircuts done by mom (me) were part of life back then. I would often feel bad when I had to say "No, we can't afford that".
So..when textbooks and ordering them came up the other day I was prepared to shell out hundreds once again for them but my youngest searched and found some wonderful bargains and even one required reading book at .01 plus $3.99 shipping! And a few others she found for less than $5.00 each. I was floored at the bargains she found and although she did have to resort to the school book store for a few of them, the total was well below what I expected the cost to be!
And my oldest who got married in March pulled together a very nice wedding with a budget of around $6000. In today's age of costly weddings that was a real savings and she did an excellent job of looking for bargains and making some things by hand. Her wedding dress was less than $900 and it was beautiful! Anyone who has seen those bridal dress shows on television know that they can run upwards of $10,000+ just for a wedding dress! So I am proud how wonderful her wedding turned out 'on a budget'.
So instead of feeling guilty about bringing up money all the time...I can actually be happy that I did!
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