Friday, August 28, 2009

frugal tip for today


The worst thing about bean bag chairs is when they get all flat and deflated. At that point they're not good for anything really. We have a bean bag chair that's over 6 years old and it has long ago gotten to that point. I looked for some more filler but I couldn't see myself paying 20-plus dollars for a bag of foam pellets... so it's been sitting in our play room looking rather pathetic. That is, until Wendesday. Wednesday Rich came home with a box full of packing peanuts. We used those to fill up the bean bag. Perfection! (and FREE)...

9 comments:

  1. oh you are a better mom than I...bean bags aren't allowed in my house :)...ps...love the picture of Alex to the right!

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  2. James looks so old. When did he grow up?

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  3. Good thinking! The recently posted picture of Alex is so cute. I like Crane boys....most of the time.

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  4. That's a really great idea.

    (all of your boys look so much alike--they are definitely brothers!)

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  5. we have the same black bean bags - and they're so sad! THanks for the tip!

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  6. Very smart-Paul would have thrown it away before i could do anything to it!

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  7. That is a great idea. You guys are so creative.

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