Painting... and learning some discipline

So, I finally painted the hallway!  The first color we bought was too pink, and the people at Sherwin Williams were awesome enough to change the color for us for free.  Jon's mom was tickled by the pink, but we weren't too keen on a blue kitchen attached to a pink hallway - sorry Marla!

Where in discipline-land does this affect us?  Well, we are working hard to pay off some debt, and to live better off our means.  Learning self-discipline has been hard for us both.  We aren't big spenders by any means, but we honestly have very little means to be any-type (even non-spenders) of spender.

This year we sat down and budgeted money into categories that are important for us.  Little by little we are saving up for traveling to see family, having medical money, home spending money, a bit of savings, etc.

So, to buy even a gallon of paint, non-clearanced... I keep checking the clearance section in hopes of coming across a gallon for 7 or less that would simply work... takes awhile to save-up for.  We did!  So, one more room done, and a contemplation for the front room going on.

Though the pictures aren't hung up yet and the trim isn't painted, hopefully you can see the difference before and after :)

BEFORE

AFTER