Great deals!!

I love a great deal... like yesterday, I got $68 worth of clothes for less than $15 after taxes!! I'm always searching for the "best" deal I can find - on EVERYTHING!! And today, I started to realize that I probably spend more money than I should on things I don't really need and probably won't really use enough to get my money's worth from it... I feel like I should get rid of a ton of stuff that is just collecting dust around my house - I'm thinking about having a yard sale over Memorial Day weekend to try and get rid of a bunch of it! And I'm thinking I need to start shopping at thrift stores to get more for my money (although, I will still continue to "bargain shop" at "real" stores, too). I've already cut a TON of money from our monthly expenses by revamping my spending habits on food and other groceries... I'll have to remember to blog about that sometime.

I have a question that I've been pondering for awhile... and I would love some feedback. I'm not really sure how to even ask the question, but I'll try my best. Since I'm a stay-at-home-mom and my husband is the only one bringing home a paycheck, is it wrong to think of the money in our bank account as "ours" or should it be "his" - and, he has a "weekly allowance" for lunches and whatnot... do I (or should I) get an allowance, too, for "extras" (shopping $$, special treats, lunch out with the kids, etc)? Obviously this will vary among families and each couple will have a way that they handle this, but I'd like to hear what you think. I'm the handler of the finances, but often don't allow myself to have any money "for me", as I don't feel that it's mine to do so with and feel guilty about any "extra" purchases I make. I don't know if any of that made any sense to any of you, but if it did, or if you can help me make sense of it, I would love your input.

And now, since I've been attempting to write this for over an hour now, I think I'll quit while I'm still ahead... hopefully my brain will work better later for another post.