I hired a babysitter for the summer. Not for the whole summer- just one day a week. People in the outside workforce typically get two days off every week, so I kinda felt like as a stay-at-home mom I am totally deserving of a six hour break one day a week. (Oprah would say this was my aha moment of finding my worthiness)
I'm paying my fantabulous summer sitter $8 an hour for 6 hours for my three bambinos . I barely squeaked by in math, but I'm pretty sure that is $48 a week.
Yesterday during my babysitting day, I got a pedicure (totally gluttonous, I know, but if you saw the nastiness they call my feet you would have deemed it necessary as well.) The pedicure cost $23 with a tip. Then I drove through and sipped on a vanilla latte from that restaurant with the germy play place. That added another $3 to my day. The rest of the day I spent window shopping and reading magazines for free at my favorite quiet bookstore.
You may be asking yourself, "How in the world is spending $74 on a totally frivolous day saving your family money?" I'm glad you asked. Here is my answer. An hour with the psychologist costs $125. In my book, I just saved my family $51 by taking one whole day a week to preserve my sanity to keep myself out of the shrink's office. OMG- somebody better put me on my own reality show with these money saving tips!
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