Our little bathroom

I have been wanted to share pictures of our little house for the last three months. But sadly, the only room that's ready to show is my bathroom.;) The rest of the house is coming along very quickly and should be ready in the next month to show. It's taken so long, because I promised myself that I would sell my wedding items and then buy stuff for our house with that money. It's taken a long time, but it's finally done and I did not spend any extra money. Woohoo! Now that I don't have wedding items left to sell, I'm going to use the money that I get from teaching  two students.  (Yay for home school students who come to my house!:)  With the money I get from teaching them, I'm going to finish my laundry room! I have three options and I'm still deciding which one I like better. Which is your favorite?
1. ( item 1 and item 2)
2.  one item
3. one bench

I'm thinking about also getting these prints and these curtains for the laundry room. I'm sooo excited about my laundry room, if you can't tell!:)

 Anyway, on to the pictures of my bathroom. We only have 1 bathroom in the whole house and it's downstairs. I thought this would be a problem, but it's not been a problem at all. And I would have no problem at all, if one of our future houses had the bathroom downstairs. Because we only have one bathroom, it's kept very clean all the time. You never know when someone will stop by and a dirty bathroom, is just gross! I have a feeling that if I had a privet bathroom and a guest bathroom, the privet bathroom would not be clean as much as it should be!;) Ok, I'm going to start rambling about my bathroom. Here are the pictures!:)

Now I'll leave you with this beautiful picture of our front yard. 

12 ways Sam and I save money

1. Only use a clothesline to dry clothes.

If I have delicate clothes(dresses, dress shirts, etc..) In stead of hanging them on the clothesline. I hang them on a coat hanger on my shower curtain rod. This is also how I hang my laundry in case it's raining outside. (I use this thing, for underwear and socks if it's raining.) 

2. Don't eat fast food! 

Instead of eating fast food, we go out to dinner once a month, normally this will cost $25.00.  If we want a treat, we will go to McDonald and get two Ice cream cones, for a total price of $1.65. (Yes, I know your thinking, Ice cream has dairy. But because it's fake ice cream I can eat it and feel fine.) 

*We did make an exception this month, we wanted to support Chick-fil-a last Wednesday, so we did eat out.:)* 

3. Go without a dishwasher

We don't have a dish washer, because there is no space in our kitchen for it AND I did not feel like it was something we needed with just two people. I'm not sure how much money we save, but it's got to be a little? 

4. Buy cleaners from Shaklee! 

I love my Shaklee cleaners, not only are they organic, but they are amazing prices! In March I got one bottle of Basic H(all purpose cleaner) and one of Basic G(stronger, for cleaning bathrooms). For a total of $27.00. For Basic H I add a 1/4teaspoon to 16 oz of water. For Basic G, I add 1 tablespoon to 16 oz.) I LOVE these two cleaners and the great part about them is, I think they will last me all year! Which means I will only spend $27 on cleaning supplies. :D 

5. Wait until you have big loads of laundry to wash clothes and wash in cold water as much as possible! 

I only wash two loads of laundry a week. 1 load of our clothes and 1 load of towels. 

*Side note* I have not made my own laundry detergent yet, because I was given detergent and fabric softener when we got married and I still have more then half a bottle left. But , it's cheaper to make your own and I plan to do so.

6. Cook with a crock pot instead of your oven. 

A crock pot uses a lot less electricity that the oven.

7. Don't run water when brushing your teeth or shaving. 

This can save you up to $70.00 a year! 

8. Adjust your thermostat when you leave the house.

During the day I keep the house at 85. At night around 7:00-8:00 I will turn it down to 80. Doing this could save us $200 a year!  

9. Only use CFL light bulbs.

Right before we got married I had tons of coupons for CLF light bulbs and stocked up! I have yet to use one ;) Because we switched to CLF light bulbs, we could save $210 a year .

10. Go grocery shopping with just cash. 

This way you can't go over your budget! ;) 

11. Drink water

  Not buying soda or other drinks saves so much money.

P.S. But once in a while it's nice to have soda or a special drink for dinner ;) 

12. When you leave the house, carry a water bottle with you. 

I have a water bottle called a nalgene, it's BPA free. I never go anywhere without this bottle. You never know when you might became thirsty.(And water fountains are gross!)

13. Keep track of your change.
Since Sam and I got married we have put all our extra change in mason jars. So far we have almost $60.00 saved up!!