I do want to become the crazy old lady with lots of cats... but I don't think I'll be able to do the lots of cats part... so I guess just crazy for now and old later...

Some of the frugal things I do I know others will think of as odd... including DH. Since we have a garden and other pretty living things outside, I've decided to start saving good used water for them.
Like the water I soaked the raspberries in and the warm cat water and the water from the dehumidifier.

I tore up the carpet in the bathroom yesterday and glued hardwood was found. I'm excited about this, but at the same time not liking the work and/or money that will be put in to restore them. But I really do think it will be cheaper then wall to wall carpet. This also most likely means that the kitchen and steps to upstairs will also be hardwood....

Painted around the windows and ceiling again in the porch. Since I had left the painters tape on for about two weeks, it was a pain to get off... so if you ever use it make sure to take it off much sooner.
I'm going to tape up the other eight windows and door on the last wall in the porch today and them begin painting one of the three different shades of green stripes. Three of the walls are a light green and then the fourth wall will have the same light green and two darker shades of green painted on it.
I'm also going to do one of the walls in the dining room in the same fashion. On this wall I will highlight some of DH's black and white nature photography. I think it will look wonderful!

I've been walking around trying to figure out where our framed pictures and wall clock will go, but I've only come up with a few ideas... I'm hoping once all the furniture is in I will be better able to place them.
Maybe we'll have too many and have to donate/sell some of them....

I'm also going to try Mystery Shopping... so once again if anyone has any experience with it, I would love to hear about it... good or bad.