This morning I needed to drive my
daughter to meet her friend in a town about 20 minutes from our home, where she
was going to spend around three hours with her friend. My teenagers often need me to be their “taxi
service”. I packed myself a picnic lunch,
coffee in a travel mug and a bottle of water and decided to spend the three
hours in this beautiful part of the world.
Here I am with the sea breeze on my face on a warm spring morning,
sitting at a picnic table and enjoying the surrounds for FREE! What a nice place to be writing a blog,
reading a book, then, going for a relaxing walk.
Often when I’m in this town I will
have a look in the different craft and home ware shops and get inspired to
create. I get so surprised by the prices
being asked, I often think how many hours does someone need to work to afford
an item. I like to cost things out on a
minimum wage rate, so for 1 hours work at $15 per hour, how many hours would I
need to work to be able to afford something.
I usually come back to, I’d rather
spend an hour making something or creating something unique.
I also enjoy going to “high end” so
to speak garage sales. I like to go
toward the end of the advertised time, as at this point the sellers seem to be
more open to reducing the prices. Here
are a few of the bargains I have found recently:
This wall hanging I picked up for $1
This basket cost me $2.
All items have found a nice spot in
my home.
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