Making money on a Sunday, the story of July 1st

Summer is the time for a vacation or trip, right?

Stay-cations are the rage for a reason, but we don't have a hot tub or family pool of our own, so a mini-trip is in order.

With situations being what they are regarding my employment status, I'm more hesitant about partaking in a vacation than my normal "frugal" self. As I have gotten older, I've learned that vacations are for memories and the kids grow so quickly that doing things together has a short window of opportunity. 

Since kids grow so quickly, they outgrow their clothes more often than simply wearing them out.

Hello- Once Upon a Child! A decent place to clean out some drawers and re-invest the proceeds towards the budget for a vacation.

We literally have tubs of clothes that we have kept for some reason or another, so we occasionally sell things to our local Once Upon a Child. What they take depends on season and their store's need, so we made a trip today to the Beavercreek store.

It takes about an hour for them to review your goods, so we ventured off to Half Price Books to kill time and to sell some things we didn't need.

When everything was said and done, we came home with more money than we left and got out of the house for a few hours.