Pretty Much Destitute

We decided to go on a budget last month. We've never done that before. That's bad, huh? We just never have. We've talked about it before. We've planned to go on one before. We just never actually did it. I'm not going to lie to you- I was pretty nervous. I'm a bargain-hunter by nature, but mandatory penny-pinching just seemed grueling and restrictive. However, after a few days I realized that I was actually more happy being on a budget. Who would have thought??? We even talked to the girls about how important it is to save money...something, I am sad to say, they have very little experience with. Now, each time we go to the store and they ask for something I tell them they need to save their own money to buy it. All of this money talk seems to have really sunk in with our two little girlies- especially Ryen. This was quite obvious when I took her to Lowes last week. I asked a man who worked there if he would check on the price of a sink for me and Ryen told him not to bother because we can't buy it. "I'm sorry, Sir. That costs too much money. We are saving people!" She'd ask me the price of every item she saw and then slap her cheek exclaiming, "Are you kidding me!?!!" each time I answered her. I think she's convinced that we are poor and that the retail industry is of Satan. Fun times.