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try these stores
For the first time with economy in my head I went into a 99 cents store, very busy very small aisles, but I was surprised at the items in there all for 99cents a pop. If you look around you can find expensive coffee, oils, spices, soups indeed a whole range of foods one could'nt afford in a regular store. I will be going in again as prices start to rise .try it .
WOW great info for us love it..I never expected to be in this position but I am so this kind of economising is so great and can be fun ,I have always found the toilet a problem to clean never having had to do it, but I am now my own house keeper, and toilets elude me particularly with a messy DH who doesnt lift a finger .LOL will I be able to get the castille soap in Big lots ? I am also very sensitive to chemicals and pretty well a lot of things, I break out in hives when I go into his workshop or even the garden , I find apple cider vinegar very soothing for hives .
We have a Grocery Outlet and a Dollar Tree right next door to each other. Get this, they are actually owned by the same conglomerate. Anyway, yes, to confirm what you said, they do have some really good deals, if you can find what you are looking for. The things you mentioned aren't what I look for, because of my specific health issues, but those are good deals. I sometimes go in there just to buy back up batteries for my emergency radios and flashlights and other such devices, because there is just no way I can afford to buy them at the higher prices. But, I prefer to buy those at Big Lots, simply because they have the same idea with the batteries and only a few cents more, rather than several dollars more. Pretty good still, since I go there for other necessities, like my household paper products. Let's face it, women need TP a whole lot more often than men do, so it's simply not a luxury item, but is a necessity. I can buy what I need of these kinds of items for a whole lot less money than I usually can in other types of stores, including the usual grocery stores. It did go up a dollar, but it is still 12 of the double rolls for a lot less money than at other stores. I just don't see any sense in paying more for such a necessity than I absolutely have to.
I can get by with a lot less in paper towels than other people do, because I can manage without those if I absolutely have to do so. So, I know that is one way that other people can cut costs--use less paper products such as paper towels. I use as few as possible for environmental concerns as well as cost cutting. Sometimes I don't have the money to buy them if I run out before my payday. That's when I notice all those little ways one can manage to live without paper towels. So, I try to follow suit even when I can afford to buy another roll or so, since it makes sense economically and environmentally at the same time. I'm just saying that this works for me to save money, so I'm thinking it's a good way for other people to save money, too.
A really good way to save money on cleaning supplies, since that kind of goes with the same territory as the paper towel thing, is to use the chemical free recipes one can find online. I was thrilled that the added bonus to my efforts to go chemical free out of necessity for my health ( I have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) was that I can also save a lot of money doing things this way. One can save so much money by using just three basic ingredients to do a multitude of cleaning chores in the house: White vinegar, baking soda/Bon Ami and castile soap. The castile soap already has essential oils in it and it's concentrated already, so you don't need a lot of it. Just making a paste with either the baking soda or the Bon Ami and castile soap will work like soft soap and still disinfects at the same time. That one container of Dr. Bronner's castile soap will actually last a long time, so the initial cost is well worth the money and will save money on all those other cleaning products you won't need to buy if you use the castile soap. It works very well to clean your porcelain fixtures. The extra grittiness in the Bon Ami, which is very inexpensive, takes care of the bathtub when you need that extra tough scouring to clean your bath tub.
If you don't want to use a few drops of the castile soap in the toilet, in order to cut costs and save money, just use 1/2 c to 1 c straight up undiluted white vinegar in the toilet. Just pour, use the scrub brush, then let the stuff sit 'til the next person uses the toilet, so it will work on disinfecting the toilet. That's all there is to it. Then you can use the undiluted stuff to wipe around the toilet and under the seat like you would with your other usual cleaning products. No more involved than your usual cleaning routine and won't make you feel sick and is more environmentally friendly--and it really does save money. Since you can also use the vinegar for cleaning glass, no other cleaner is necessary to buy for the mirrors, chrome and windows in the household. It's very economical. I have found that just a clean dry dish cloth I pull out of the cupboard saves me from having to waste paper towels for the mirror, too. It can then be air dried and replaced in the cupboard to use again later, or throw the one in the kitchen in the laundry and use this one that was only used for the glass to clean off fingerprints to wash the dishes. It's still clean, so either way--why not.
Anyway, Big Lots is kind of on the same order as the stores you're talking about and the couple of cleaning tips are economical and an added bonus. Why not, since those cleaning tips really do save money, too.
I can get by with a lot less in paper towels than other people do, because I can manage without those if I absolutely have to do so. So, I know that is one way that other people can cut costs--use less paper products such as paper towels. I use as few as possible for environmental concerns as well as cost cutting. Sometimes I don't have the money to buy them if I run out before my payday. That's when I notice all those little ways one can manage to live without paper towels. So, I try to follow suit even when I can afford to buy another roll or so, since it makes sense economically and environmentally at the same time. I'm just saying that this works for me to save money, so I'm thinking it's a good way for other people to save money, too.
A really good way to save money on cleaning supplies, since that kind of goes with the same territory as the paper towel thing, is to use the chemical free recipes one can find online. I was thrilled that the added bonus to my efforts to go chemical free out of necessity for my health ( I have Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) was that I can also save a lot of money doing things this way. One can save so much money by using just three basic ingredients to do a multitude of cleaning chores in the house: White vinegar, baking soda/Bon Ami and castile soap. The castile soap already has essential oils in it and it's concentrated already, so you don't need a lot of it. Just making a paste with either the baking soda or the Bon Ami and castile soap will work like soft soap and still disinfects at the same time. That one container of Dr. Bronner's castile soap will actually last a long time, so the initial cost is well worth the money and will save money on all those other cleaning products you won't need to buy if you use the castile soap. It works very well to clean your porcelain fixtures. The extra grittiness in the Bon Ami, which is very inexpensive, takes care of the bathtub when you need that extra tough scouring to clean your bath tub.
If you don't want to use a few drops of the castile soap in the toilet, in order to cut costs and save money, just use 1/2 c to 1 c straight up undiluted white vinegar in the toilet. Just pour, use the scrub brush, then let the stuff sit 'til the next person uses the toilet, so it will work on disinfecting the toilet. That's all there is to it. Then you can use the undiluted stuff to wipe around the toilet and under the seat like you would with your other usual cleaning products. No more involved than your usual cleaning routine and won't make you feel sick and is more environmentally friendly--and it really does save money. Since you can also use the vinegar for cleaning glass, no other cleaner is necessary to buy for the mirrors, chrome and windows in the household. It's very economical. I have found that just a clean dry dish cloth I pull out of the cupboard saves me from having to waste paper towels for the mirror, too. It can then be air dried and replaced in the cupboard to use again later, or throw the one in the kitchen in the laundry and use this one that was only used for the glass to clean off fingerprints to wash the dishes. It's still clean, so either way--why not.
Anyway, Big Lots is kind of on the same order as the stores you're talking about and the couple of cleaning tips are economical and an added bonus. Why not, since those cleaning tips really do save money, too.
I went to the 99c only store this week they had some really good wine in, at 99cents a pop, so I got a few,thing is these things are not bad, they are just stock the other stores dont sell and let this store get them at wholesale ,at least I think so , this wine was what can I say, fruity and delectable ......lol
PS as corn is mostly now used for making ethanol no corn prices will rocket , our food has corn in it corn is used to feed cattle for meat, so now we are using it instead of drilling on our own land to produce Ethanol .....go figure .... the craziness goes on ...
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