Out with the old - in with the new

Say hello to our new couch! The first piece of furniture Mike and I have bought together, and then wrestled up the stairs, causing a small fight about how to lift and move bulky items...  We found it on Finn (Norwegian Craigslist), and got a great deal for an almost unused quality couch. This is certainly an upgrade from what I have had before. The next step will be to rearrange the living room and turn the couch around, but that will be for another day. 

This pretty one is now sitting on my balcony waiting to be picked up by its new owner. Again: thank you Finn. I got it for free from Skrot Tor many years ago, so I put an ad up to give it away so we didn´t have to haul it off ourselves, and within minutes someone contacted me! The internet can be really great, don´t you think? 

Live simply: How much does a girl really need?

Almost 10 months into my Live Simply project, it might be time to evaluate and look at my goals:

- Be more conscious of my spending and save money
I spend less money on clothes, but without having the full overview, I might be spending more on things like good food and fresh flowers. None the less, I have money saved in the bank. With a wedding coming up, there is an even bigger incentive to keep up with this goal in 2014 as well. PS. I have bought tea only once.

- Deep cleaning
To some extent I have cleaned and purged, and I think I have gotten better at parting with things. For example, the other day I successfully threw out a whole bag of sewing/mending projects that honestly wouldn´t be worth the time it would take to get a mediocre result, and scraps of fabric too small to use for anything at all. This stuff have been taking up room for years, so it was time to let it go.

- Free time
All the cleaning and organizing has taken a lot of time actually, but it is nice to walk through the mall and not even consider stopping in a store!

- Contentment and use what I have