Dude, I Rock

I have been a busy lady lately. I've been saving money aside from my weekly budget to buy a few needed and wanted items. Between the money I saved and a few gift cards I got for Christmas and my birthday, I've been able to cross a few things off my wish list.

The first was this little bitty:

It's a sonic jewelry cleaner. This was a priority because my husband bought me a jewelry armoir for my birthday, and none of my jewelry had ever seen a cleaner. Some of it I have had since I was in high school, and so as you can imagine, it was in desperate need of cleaning. I could not believe how clean this thing got everything. It did such an awesome job, I lent it to a good friend for the weekend.

After that, I got me this:

I've been wanting another bedspread for some time. I have one, but sometimes it has to go to the cleaners and I need a backup. I found this one and fell in love. And, it was on sale. Like majorly on sale. The price has since gone back up. I got it for a steal.

Then I really wanted one of these:

That's a food dehydrator. My grandma used to dry bananas, and it was one of my favorite things to eat when visiting her. She died a few years ago, and I have really missed those bananas, so I finally bought myself a dehydrator. I have already used it multiple times. I've dried well over a dozen bananas, 10 pineapples, loads of apples, a few kiwis, some pears, and I even tried watermelon. The best part? My bananas taste just like grandma's!

Another thing I've been wanting for years is one of these:

Sorry to all of the professional floor cleaners I used to call in to clean my carpets. It just wasn't as cost saving as this buying my own cleaner. Plus, I can clean my carpets whenever I want now. I haven't used it yet, but believe me, I fully intend to. This weekend even. This thing is going to rock my world. I just know it. But if that doesn't, do you know what will? All of the music I recently downloaded courtesy of my dad. (Thanks again dad!)

Thanks to a generous donation from my dad, I was able to clear off my Amazon music wish list. I downloaded 15 new albums, or 19+ hours of music. Guess how long it took me to download it all? About 15 minutes. It made my week, and I had had a hell of a week.

As if all of that shopping wasn't enough, I have also been doing some major spring cleaning around my house. I have been reorganizing and ditching. It all started with the master bedroom closet, and then it went downhill from there. Next I cleaned and organized the attic. Then Baby Bean's room and closet. Then the cabinet in the bathroom. Then the kitchen. And finally the kitchen cabinets. I'm not done yet either. I still want to do the rest of the house, but especially our garage. I have just been on such a cleaning/organizing streak lately. All of that is in addition to my regular cleaning and mowing the lawn.

My next purchase will be a cabinet for our half bath. I can't WAIT to get everything in that bathroom into a cabinet!

I've gotta say, I am digging this drive. My house is starting to look pretty awesome... and organized!