Babies for Groceries?

There is nothing like doing taxes to give you a new perspective on your finances. We finally got things organized and I re-did our budget. A few months ago I'd had some success selling some stuff on Craig's List that gave us a little extra cash so this week I'm on a mission- sell as much as I can of our baby stuff so that we can pay for our groceries in cash this weekend.

I'm working really hard to let go of the baby phase. (I mean really they are both talking now!) We are so strapped for space in this apartment it actually fees good to get rid of things. So far I've sold both of my breast pumps. (I found the one I thought was in storage after I bought another one.) Our swing is gone and I have a box of clothes and shoes that I'm going to go trade to our consignment store so we will get some clothes for the boys for "free" that they need this summer.

I spent 4 hours yesterday scrubbing down the awesome high chair we have, the front facing double stroller and a few other things outside. I had left this booster seat outside and there were a few things nesting in it so it took a while to clean that. But now everything is spotless and ready for sale. It brought a very interesting question to mind for me though. Here I am spending a huge amount of time cleaning stuff so that someone else will now enjoy it. Why don't we take that good of care of the things we use on a daily basis? When you sell a house you paint, declutter and clean. Why don't we do that for ourselves in our daily life? Just something I got to pondering.

I'm already getting e-mails on the stroller and the booster seat this morning so hopefully by tomorrow those are sold and we can pay for our groceries in cash! Wish us luck!