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Celebrate a special first birthday!
I have all these ideas and about half the money to do it. Wait, none of the money to do it so I’m going to try to plan his party invites and all for under $200.00. That will include everything from the food to the decorations to the gift. I will use coupons, pinterest, my sweet ways, craigslist, freecycle, bartering, and someone else’s money, lol, to get my son’s birthday planned and put together.
I was thinking that this would be my splurge but now I’m thinking that I must remain disciplined. This year is not a joke. This year cannot be a pick and choose year where I pick one thing to follow and not the other thing. Nope. I have to learn how to give him my best when my best is on a budget so let’s see what I can come up with.

I will have the party here at home unless a free space is offered.
I have a few ideas on pinterest that I may share along the way.
I have a certificate to JC Penny and a giftcard to Macy’s. I’ll use of them and get him either a cute outfit or a birthday toy.
I have the ability to craft so so that will not go unused.
I have the unlimited resources of the internet. I am in the process of posting on freecycle for birthday related items. I’m interested in seeing if I get anything in return.
I hope it works. I already have a few ideas.

I am going to photograph him for the invites myself. Instead of going all out right now, I'm going to do a save the date type of thing, get them printed at CVS and mail them out. To pay for it, I think I'm going to use CVS ExtraCare bucks as soon as I can get a good enough deal going. That's step one. With less than a month to go, I need this step done and the cards mailed by the end of the weekend.

Wish me luck!