Microwave Living vs. Crockpot Living

Today this was posted on the Dave Ramsey FB status: Around here we do crockpots, not microwaves. Then it hit me, I had already realized that part of my problem with money is that I was always looking for a way to put our finances on the fast track to recovery . I'm not sure how I missed Dave refering to the crockpot method of doing things when we took the course but I did. I guess I've just always been a microwave kind of person. I started to slow it down a lot last year and I'm continuing to do that this year, or at least that's my goal. I'm planning on waiting for God to do things instead of making them him happen myself. Instead of microwaving my finances I started taking the approach of the crockpot, getting the most of what I have and chipping away at what I want gone. One way of doing this is working on cutting my grocery budget in half. I know I won't be able to do it right away but hopefully by the summer I'll be there. One way of doing this is by revamping my coupon system. I didn't realize I had out grown my old one until I watched the "Extreme Couponing" and realized there was a more efficient way of doing it. So last night after we went to Fuddruckers for 99 cent kids meals where we all ate for $18 I went over to Target and bought me a zip up binder and some baseball card pages. The last two days I've been on a total organizing kick which is great because it's been awhile. Since I'm on this kick it was the perfect time for me to get my new couponing system going. So on the organzing note, I managed to get my pantry organized, my Kitchen Fairy cabinet organized and my tupperware cabinet. So crockpot living it is!!!