I'm still new to being frugal. Really. I just moved however to a place that for time and space, not to mention older appliances, DEMANDS I figure it out.

Tiny fridge means less food I can store that is fresh. Luckily it's balanced by a ton of open shelf storage. I think in the 30's people kept more dry goods and root items aroud. I'm not sure. I have merely the bones of my home to go on.

Anyways everyone in my family teases me that I'm a book snake. Not a worm, a snake. I'm too large to be a worm. I burrow in to an entire library and begin my ravenous consumming of everything from comic books, art, religion, history, and the latest trashy romance novels. Usually with a few forays to the side in between. Books are rarely turned down and I walk away from moving sales and book stores with a confusing variety.

I was just thinking how happy I was to have recently been given a lot of free books on varying topics when I went to a meeting last night. (I'm one of the small percentage of people with an eating disorder and attend O.A. It keeps me sane.)

What do I find out with a free sign near the church? Random goodies to be gone through. I had to keep reminding myself I don't NEED to salvage everything. Just look for what I need and then someone else can take what they need. In the end I left with a huge smile, a pair of books one on origins of children's fables and the other on herbs for salads.

It was the other thing however that delighted me. A beautiful small iron box in the shape of an old chest that had rusted over. Perhaps I was crazy but the rust added to the charm, the hinged way i opened like a treasure trove gave me instant inspiration. I want to use it as a planter box. It will go outdoors with the rest of my plants I am trying to start from seedlings...but oh how happy I am to have found it. Funny thing is now as I drive around (I live on a windy road frequented by garage sales I generally am too 'busy' to go to) I look not for the sales but for the abandoned.

Sometimes what you need or truly want just shows up. Now if Only I could find a good new dishpan....not mind you, that I lament the loss of a washer. Just that I have a terrible sink.

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