taking one step forward and then 2 steps back

I received my child support today, yea! it is always good to get money, I used every bit of it to pay back a loan I had out from two weeks ago ( i had to feed my kids) so I am going to renew the loan so that I can get clothes for my children and food for them ( school starts in 2 days, and they have outgrown everything and have to take their lunches) So I am hoping to go back to the flea market this weekend with more stuff and use that money to cover the bank.

living REAL simple (help I need a life saver)

When going over finances again i realized that there is not a whole lot of room for anything. I am just talking about basic necessites, clothes for the kids, haircut for my son before school starts. My downfall is that we rent furniture, nothing extravagant. the table we eat on, the beds that three of us sleep on a washer and dryer. we cannotget finanaced and we cannot do without until we save up for it, which would never happen so we rent. I helped a little bit with that last week when they came and got my bed, now I am sleeping on my daughters bed with her in the kids room. I have sold almost all of my clothes, my lamp, my jewelry box, some of the kids toys, some of their clothes, our books for the most part, some of our vhs tapes. Next weekend i am going back to the flea market to try and sell everything else that hasn't been sold yet. I am trying to get out of debt, I just buy what is needed not wanted, I am not buying school clothes this year, I only bought what I thought they would need on the school supply list. I had to write a check last friday so we could eat, now i am in the red at the bank, this week every bit of money I get isgoing to a loan I had to get last month to buy food ( we are feeding seven) and pay some bills. I know that i am lucky because i still have a roof over my head and i have a job interview today. I just think it is ironic that by trying to spend less and live as simple as i can i am getting even more in debt, now it is to the point that I can't provide basic neccestites for my children. I have tried to use local charities for them and they give me the third degree and assume that because Ilive with my mom (who financially is in the same boat) that I should not need help. giving up my bed has helped we are saving a 140 a month now. i just do not see it because i never had it to begin with.

results of a long weekend

Well we took a van load of stuff to the swap meet on sat and then again on sunday and managed to make about 125 dollars for both days. we are so far behind with utilities, banks because of checks that are out and life in general that the money is already gone. I put some in my bank to cover it and the rest went for furniture payments. Our downfall is renting furniture, butit is all furniture that we need, like beds to sleep on and dressers to use. But I realized that I do not need a bed so I am giving mine back to the rental place on thursday, the bed, the dresser, two nightstands and a hamper all one suit, all going back. It will save us about 140 a month, which will be seen just as soon as we get caught up. we are going back this weekend.

trying something new

Well I have everything in the living room priced and ready to go tomorrow. I am going to the local flea market and try to make enough to pay one bill off and buy food this week. If tomorrow goes well I am going to do this every weekend. I feel optimistic about it, but then I am an optimist. I can't believe how much stuff we have, even after giving four car loads to good will we still have about 12 or 13 large containers full of stuff, I also found some real bargains this week at thrift stores and I know I can mark it up and get a good profit. I have always loved going to garage sales and thrift stores, I love hunting for bargains, I just never knew what to do with the stuff I get piled up with, now I know, I am going to make it a business. It will be fun, I can get out of debt faster and then the collection calls will stop. And I can stay home with my children.
It is a win win for everhbocy. The hardest part will be waking up at 3:45 in the morning to make it there by 4:30 so we can get a spot. I am going to stock up on Vault.

Finding new ways

Well selling on EBay is going slow but I am going to keep doing it because it is fun and it allows me to make enough to pay my seller fees and get the little necessities that we need. I have also discovered a flea market that is run like the old ones i used to go to when I was little. So this weekend I am going to check it out. I have done a bit of research and have found out that buying cheap and selling for a bit more at flea markets is a huge business with where I could possibly make enough money over two years to stay afloat and get out of debt. If it works out I will go there every weekend year round and report on my progress.