money well spent.....

there are things that they are 'required' to do simply because they belong to our family. however, i am NOT above paying my children for certain extra chores around the house...especially those that i HATE to do. folding socks is one of those chores!! i love doing laundry, love the sorting, washing and i don't even mind the folding but its the sorting of the socks that i could do without. ssssooooo, on Saturday, when i noticed that socks were running low in drawers, i decided to put out all the stops and see which kid i could 'sucker' into doing it for me. first i offered one penny a pair. i had 0 takers. so i upped the auntie (i know that isn't the right way to spell it. whatever) to FIVE cents a pair!!! i now had TWO takers!!! it cost me a whopping $2.05. best money i spent in weeks!! they even asked if they could do it next Saturday too. it's worth it to me to possibly give up a coffee from starbucks a week, just to have a few sock-fairies in the house!! yup, think i'm on to something here.........