Cut Back... Um, Where?! Aug 29, 2013

Okay. Yea...  So, there was this time period not so long ago when my hubs said, "Hey, we need to try to cut back on our spending..." To me, I could not fathom it, I mean-I NEVER EVER did unnecessary spending... I was pissed. My friends knew about it too, poor pitiful Stacy... Where could I cut spending, I pondered aloud... 

I did not like the answer...

What, You mean, no manicures, only special occasions?! Preposterous!

Um, did I actually hear you hint to go back to my natural hair color.... Eeew:/

Seriously, no pedi's either...  That's just  ABUSE! 

Come on-what about my eyebrows... I gotta do the eyebrows??!!! 

Forreal, no after school treats?! 

I mean, I NEED to go 15 miles into town one way everyday, come on now?!  That mc-D's sweet tea is a daily necessity, it's way better than the tea I already have made in the fridge...

What 'd you say?! Use the groceries that are in the freezer before my next grocery outing... Seriously-actually eat what we have here-this is unheard of!

Um, please repeat that... I'm sure I didn't  hear you right?! No extras at the store... But wait----but look at those cute frufru outfits, both girls NEED one, they DESERVE them.

.............

As I walk around my house today , after a couple of years with my own polished nails/toes and my own tweezed eyebrows and my hair as natural as it ever going to be. I replay my hubs saying,  "You look really hot today."  That was just me-no big  money required. Today all of a sudden it hits me how much my husband's wisdom (which I deemed abuse) has blessed me....in my heart a whisper: look around at what your husband was doing FOR you by limiting his minimal amounts of spending and your ridiculous amounts of spending....just take it in for a second....You are student-loan debt-free (that was no small task), your vehicles are paid for, that elliptical you asked for-you got, the piano the girls asked for they got, you wanted to homeschool-you do, your kids are drinking water and eating fruit like its going outta style, you've lost a few lbs yourself, your gas bill was cut by literally hundreds....whisper turns into a stark realization: you have a savings account! Don't you remember days when saving was out of reach?! All of a sudden, I became super abundantly blessed with a husband who might actually be onto something, rather than a poor pitiful me missing out on so much!! Thanks, my love, I totally see where you were going with this now:).   :).