It's been a while......

Well I think we can call it a summer.....we have gone camping, gone to the beach, cooked out on the grill a lot and are now back in school.  Funny, there is more a sense of a new year at the end of summer (Labor Day) then there is on January 1st.

From a frugality perspective, I guess you could sum up daily living by just practicing mindful spending everywhere you go and just about everything you buy.  For us, the savings have been continous.

Bought a car, traded in the motorcycle.  The car I bought is a gas sipper, namely due to the length of our commute each day.  Why get a vehicle you are going to wear out at 17 mpg, while you can do it at 28 mpg?

We are in the process of cleaning out the house, in anticipation of putting it on the market next June.  Simpler house, means simpler things.

We will tell you, going through things you haven't touched in years, really bodes the question, do we really need this?  We have gone through round one, next is round two.

We have been crazy on craigslist as I am moving some bicycles along.  We hope to get a tandem to start out daily riding and possible some overnights in the area....we shall see what the market bears.  It looks right now, there is a wide choice at the $150 level....if only I get them at the $100 level.  We shall see.....

Happy trails and start to look for those Christmas bargains......Black Friday is just around the corner.