The new dressers have very wide drawers, and the sock, tights and underwear got all mixed up, so I took the very narrow drawers from the crib unit, took off the handles and all the hardware, trimmed the fronts off and dropped them in the center of the drawers in the new dresser. It neatly divides the drawer into three sections. I could have gone to a hardware store for new materials, or one of those fancy “container” stores for fancy dividers. The point I’m trying to make it that by re-using what I had on hand in a new way, I saved on my own money, natural resources, and kept items out of a landfill. Will it make a huge difference? No, it won’t. But many of people doing many small things makes a huge difference.
Will you get new furniture and have the same needs and resources as me? Probably not. What I hope to pass on are not only money saving tips, but to help get you thinking in a new direction that will let you utilize your skills and resources to their maximum ability. See you next month!
Jennifer Gandon spent over 15 years in New York City in the advertising and cosmetics fields in both marketing and product management roles. Jennifer left the corporate world to become a full-time, professional mom and CFO of her Small Business Called Home (SBCH). As a full-time pro mom to two beautiful daughters under the age of five, Jennifer happily accepts the challenge to get more for each SBCH dollar that she spends by seeking out sales, clipping coupons, searching for online offers and writing humorous complaint letters to nationaly recognized companies if they dare not meet her expectations. Jennifer lives in the Bronx with her two daughters, three cats, nine goldfish, two algae eaters, two newts and her one somewhat annoying husband whose primary redeeming quality is that he eats any of her cooking experiments that don't quite work out.
