Tomorrow is the big day! Michael did the final walk-through of our new home with the realtor this morning and everything looks great! We close on the house tomorrow morning at 10am! I can't wait!

I have some wonderful friends (thanks a million Angie, Amy, and The Rex's!) and family who are helping us move and have given us a lawn mower and have given us a great deal on a used washer and dryer, and are helping us to move all of our stuff!

Now, I need some help. Now, with all of the new costs of living in our own house, I'm going to need some super tips on how we can be frugal and still save money each month even with all of our new expenses. If you have any great tips on how your family saves money every month (in ANY area, groceries, utilities, decorations, etc...)

We'll move the appliances and lots of boxes into the house this weekend. Next weekend we'll officially move our big stuff like beds and bookshelves and furniture and be permanently at our new address! It will be a long week of anticipation!!

I can't wait for all of us this to come together tomorrow and we'll actually have the keys!  I look forward to hearing your great frugal money-saving tips!! ;-)

Sincerely,
Carrie

PS.. check out Max our new kitten! We seem to acquire a new animal every time we move!! He's really cute and super sweet!!

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Well, we've done it! The house appraised in the amount we needed it to for our loan and we're pretty much set! We've been packing for over a week, and still have a bunch to pack and there are boxes ALL over our tiny little apartment, but we're getting there!

The sellers have dragged their feet in getting some repairs done, so we are finally getting the home inspection done tomorrow. I'm excited, nervous, happy, scared, and joyful all at the same time!

The cats don't seem to know what to think of all the boxes. Mitten, our deaf male white cat, seems to think it's his job to jump into all of the boxes that we bring in the house. He must inspect them before we can use them! haha!

I think overall we've done this as frugally as we've known how. If I did it all over again, I would have put a MUCH lower bid on the house to begin with, but that's old news now. You live you learn! We've found used appliances, except for the fridge, which we really wanted new. We shopped around for homeowner's insurance, and while we didn't go with the cheapest company, we did find one that was cheaper than most and our house will be very well protected with the coverage.

We will have to find ways to decorate very cheaply for right now. Our final costs will come next week at closing. The seller is taking care of the majority of closing costs, but we will be responsible for some of the costs. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, that it won't be much!!

Now, I just can't wait to move and get going!

My favorite frugal find this week is a website I just discovered, thanks to another thrifyfun.com reader/poster is www.paperbackswap.com you get books for free! Go check it out! I'm a book-a-holic, so I'm not sure why I've never found this site before, because I love books for a bargain! This is an awesome site! It will help you de-clutter your book collection and get new ones for free!

Have a great day!

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