I was so blessed by all the sweet comments on my picture recap of our trip to England!

Especially since I was kind of afraid to write about it. Yep. Silly me was afraid my dear readers would think, I thought Anna was thrifty. She hosts Thrifty Thursday after all! A trip to England is not thrifty. 

That’s true. Staying home is much more thrifty than going on a vacation. (Though Joshua did find good deals on tickets and amazing deals on lodging!)

However, there are much more important things than saving every last penny all the time. Sometimes it’s so easy for me to get caught up in the nitty-gritty things, like using a fold-top sandwich bag costs 1/3 of a zippered one, that I forget the big picture.

Thriftiness has many facets, but one of them is choosing our own dreams (whether it’s music lessons for the kids, a paid-off house, a vacation, etc.), rather than letting Mrs. Jones tell us how to spend our money. And then not be able to afford the things that really matter to us.

The point of thriftiness is not to be miserly. It’s to manage our resources so we can afford the things that are important to our family.

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(Grab code for the button from the sidebar) And now, Jenn and I would love to have you join us for our weekly Thrifty Thursday Blog Hop!Posts about living frugally, thrifty tips and tricks, money-saving DIY projects and gardening, frugal recipes, and encouraging posts on financial stewardship are all welcome. Link up to either of our blogs–your post will be displayed in both places.We’d be very grateful if you’d share only thrifty-themed posts. (Read full guidelines here.)