Awesome budget brag of the day...

So I'm 16 weeks pregnant and pants are starting to get uncomfortable. Maternity pants can cost $30 or more (usually more) from the store. My solution?? I'm handy with a sewing machine, so I went to Hancock Fabrics and bought a couple maternity panels ($5 a piece). I had a few pairs of pants from pre-DS that fit really great in the legs but were just too uncomfortable in the waist to wear for like 2 years now. They are classic jean design and look brand new.. I cut the fronts open and sewed in the panels.

Total cost: $10
Total gain: two uber comfy and cute pairs of pants that have gained new life.. They look just as professional and commercial as the in-store $30-50 product.

Now THAT was a great idea - way to go!

Yay! Thank you. I can't wait to show my mom. She tried for years to teach me to crochet, at least I can pull this off.

You might also check to see if there are any consignment shops that have a maternity section and the thrift stores definitely do. I can't believe how great the stuff is in there. It's more fun to shop there and get a bargain than going to the mall. Plenty of brand new and nearly new clothing and household items.

Thanks for sharing with us! You always have "thrifty ideas!" I love it!

By all means hit Goodwill and the other thrift stores. I haven't been in a name brand department store in ages.

You are a very good example to this forum. Mrs. right above me, I am also proud of. I don't tell her that as it could 'spoil' her. But she proudly said to me, she purchased a whatever with a coupon and found that an instore coupon was also applied and save a bunch. BTW, we cannot seem to eat out our months supply of Angel foods. Very good and too much. May cut back to $75 a month. We are both getting too fat. 'Hub

By all means hit Goodwill and the other thrift stores. I haven't been in a name brand department store in ages.

Ditto. All of DS's "new" clothes are "gently used" and purchased from children's resale shops. I love "Once upon a child." And also I trade his "gently used" clothes for store credit. I don't think I've bought new clothes at all since April.

You are a very good example to this forum.

Thank you so much. Y'all would be appalled had you known me a couple of years ago. I was a MAJOR shopaholic.


BTW, we cannot seem to eat out our months supply of Angel foods. Very good and too much. May cut back to $75 a month. We are both getting too fat. 'Hub


I am so, very, thrilled to hear this. I can't wait to get ours. How many boxes did y'all get last month?

Thank you so much. Y'all would be appalled had you known me a couple of years ago. I was a MAJOR shopaholic.

I am so, very, thrilled to hear this. I can't wait to get ours. How many boxes did y'all get last month?

You go, girl!

I just started a new thread on the extremely underused "Lifestyle Adjustments" forum about Angel Food recipes: http://www.bkforum.com/showthread.php?t=29511

You go, girl!

I just started a new thread on the extremely underused "Lifestyle Adjustments" forum about Angel Food recipes: http://www.bkforum.com/showthread.php?t=29511

I will most definitely have to start posting there. I read in it a lot.

I will most definitely have to start posting there. I read in it a lot.

Yes, please! From this thread, and your "really long" one over on the 13 forum, it looks as if you could be our poster child for frugal living. I thought I was good, but I'm weird - I live in a handmade 8' x 12' cabin off the grid. Cable? Cell phones? Electricity?? Who needs 'em?

But you have real-world expenses like normal people, and you have done wonders with your budget. Keep it up!

Yes, please! From this thread, and your "really long" one over on the 13 forum, it looks as if you could be our poster child for frugal living. I thought I was good, but I'm weird - I live in a handmade 8' x 12' cabin off the grid. Cable? Cell phones? Electricity?? Who needs 'em?

But you have real-world expenses like normal people, and you have done wonders with your budget. Keep it up!

You amaze me with that! LOL. I saw this special once about a lady that built something like that in her son's backyard, and is just saving... I think that would be really awesome.

Also, kohls has amazing deals on maternity clothes...and a bunch of other great ways to save money! I've seen 90 percent off deals!!
go here for great deals on them:
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=276136&t=901593