Thursday, July 8, 2010

Looking For Deals On Furniture

I am focused on updating and improving my condo right now, and I am still on a budget, so I need to shop around when buying furniture. Here are the things I need: new Dining Room Furniture , particularly a new dining room table (not sure whether I want a square or Round Dining Table ), and a new desk and dresser for my guest room, and some other miscellaneous things. I might even start looking at some China Cabinets , because I don't have much cupboard space.

My challenges are that I have a small condo, so I have to be creative with my space. Also a small budget, so there again I have to be creative. These two are matched by my small amount of time to go looking for furniture, so I may have to preshop and narrow down my choices online. At any rate, I am very excited and hopeful about finding some good buys and stretching my furniture dollars. I can't afford to buy a house right now, so I want to make my current home as new and exciting and functional as possible.

Money Saving Tip: Don't Pay For Something Twice!

Don't pay for something twice. Especially month after month after month. This should be obvious to anyone on a budget or trying to get out of debt. Well, give me the dunce cap. I just realized I have been paying an internet service twice every month, once through my cable company and once through my phone company. Talk about a dunce! I decided to switch my service from my cable to my phone company to save on my bill. The totals of both bills were too high, and I thought I could save my money by switching from one to another. That was probably true. But in my bizzy bizzy life, I never had time to actually switch it over, and because I was so bizzy bizzy all of the time, I never realized that I never canceled one of them. So for the past 8 months, I have been paying two internet service bills, wasting about $300. Good going!