Tuesday morning Jeremy got up and was getting ready for work and I realized I only had one meal to send with him and he needed two since he had to stay late for an evening meeting. I didn't want to go grocery shopping until Wednesday so I could take advantage of "double coupon day" so we had a bit of a problem. So as the day went on and I failed to be as thoughtful as I should have, it ended up that he called me on his way home and said he was starving, so I suggested he stop somewhere to pick up some dinner for himself.
His commute home is not a very long one, and there are several food places right across the street from us, so I expected to see him shortly. I know when we gets really hungry he kind of shuts down and his sole focus becomes obtaining food as quickly as possible. So when it seemed like a long time had passed and he still wasn't home I contemplated calling to check on him. Just then he called me and asked if his wallet was at our apartment because he couldn't find it. I looked and sure enough it was, which meant he had no means to pay for the dinner that he had just ordered.
Knowing that I didn't have much that I could pull together for him on short notice, and knowing that if he came home without food he was going to be grouchy, I said a quick prayer asking the Lord to give him some free food.
Sure enough a few minutes later he walked in with fresh Leeann Chin dinner for free!
Then tonight we went out to walk to the post office to mail a package. On our way down the alley we stopped at the dumpster to drop off a load of dirty diapers and Jeremy happened to glance inside the dumpster and see a bunch of girls shoes in there. I peeked in and said we should take them so Jeremy fished them out and we now have three perfectly fine pairs of shoes for Clara to wear in a year or two, and they were free! The tennis shoes can run through the wash and get some new shoelaces and they'll be great. I was excited that I can now say I've been "dumpster diving!"
I'm totally pleased with it and it was actually quite simple. I had ripped open the center seam back in April, then last night I felt inspired to work on it again so I spent maybe an hour and a half and got everything done but the hem. This morning I finished it and I've been wearing it ever since. I got a brand new, free skirt just by shopping my closet and using a little creativity. Love it!
