I thought I would let you know some of my struggles in the thrifty life so that you, too, can know that you can live truly thrifty with company.
FACT: I am 5′1″ tall and basically have to hem all of my pants. My MIL and best friend usually help me with my sewing needs as I do not have a sewing machine.
FACT: I received 3 pairs of pants for Christmas since I only have 1 pair of jeans that fit and 1 pair of jogging pants that, ironically, are too short. they have to be hemmed.
FACT: My usual routes of hemming pants were occupied for the time frame that I needed so I took them to the dry cleaners to be hemmed. Want to guess how much they charged me?
$7.75 per pair of pants. I can BUY a sewing machine and learn for less than than $100. That will more than take care of not only my hemming needs but my kids accidents and projects in school and my husband’s pants as well. I will be investing in a sewing machine soon. I just can’t afford to pay that for ever! I can think of so many things I would use my sewing machine for so I guess I will be learning how to sew soon.
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