Granola

So I can not figure out what is wrong with my blog, but a couple people have been unable to comment. Can't figure it out for the life of me. Anyhow, so far I've missed two days of blogging this year, but that's ok. First missed day was due to being away from my computer all day, and the second missed day was yesterday and that was mainly because I was actually really busy yesterday. As busy as an unemployed person can be that is.

I'm discovering that this self employed business is hard work. It takes every ounce of self control that I have to keep myself on track. And facebook is no help at all. I had a personal goal to get 50 items into the shop by Friday and that didn't happen. I hit 44 items and had one sale this weekend which is great but didn't keep myself disciplined enough to hit the goal. Tomorrow starts a whole new 'work week' so I will get to posting all of the items that I spent 3 hours shooting pictures of today. Mainly household items since my mannequin still isn't here. I miss her.

This weekend was rather productive at home though, I accomplished a lot of the organizing and cleaning stuff I wanted to get out of the way. And I made my homemade granola! Being unemployed has genuinely made me look at money differently. I value it a whole lot more than I ever used to. I have yet to create that budget that I keep telling myself I will, but I have come up with some awesome ways to save money and be more frugal. Which I will share in the future. But I think the most relevant to share is the homemade granola because that is probably my new favorite thing to make! We eat bowls and bowls of granola daily and the healthier the variety the more expensive the box. So I searched for good online recipe and came across a few that just didn't do it for me. But then I found this cute pregnant girl who had a family recipe that she seemed really confident in, so I trusted her and followed her video. She even has a cute title for it, which I think was the most appealing to me. "Good life on a budget" I followed her recipe exactly as she suggested and within an hour I had crispy, yummy homemade granola. I figure if I make this once a week it will save me about $10 a week, because the whole batch only cost around $1 to make when buying the ingredients in the bulk bins at health food stores. Next time I make it I am going to try different variations and flavors, just to switch it up a little.

More on my money saving deals tomorrow!!! Good night!