Much of living frugally has to do with learning how to get things for free. Two very important sources for freebies and hand-me-downs are your friends and family. In The Tightwad Gazette, Amy Dacyczyn cautions the reader to not turn down hand-me-downs. In the text she is talking about children's clothing, but I think it applies to many things. There is nearly always something you can use in what you are given. By the same token, you can return the favor with some hand-me-downs of your own.
This week, I stayed at the house of my friends B. and N. They are going to have a yard sale sometime in the spring, and they invited me to go through their pile and take anything that I wanted!!! I took the above picture, a CD organizer that hangs on a car visor, two new brown placemats, a silver heart bracelet new in box, the book Body for Life, and a coffee maker that makes enough for two travel mugs. It is missing the travel mugs, but I can just use tall cups. I don't drink coffee, but nearly everyone in my family does. What a blessing to have a coffee maker fall in my lap!
Accepting free things does not make me feel poor. In fact, it makes me feel rich. I can see the abundance in God's provision through hand-me-downs, but I understand that it can be emotionally difficult for some. Accepting with grace can sometimes be hard to do. Minotte at The Frugal Immigrants has a very well-written post on gracious receiving here.
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blessings come to those who ask. congratulations on your new acquisitions and may your appreciation and gratitude be more blessed!
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