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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 12:41 PM #406
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Sorry, late to the party, as ever... I like to buy flour at Costco--the price stays stable where in the grocery stores it goes up and down. Brown Sugar, Kirkland cinnamon is the best anywhere, Kirkland bottled garlic when we run out of fresh, some of our vitamins (not all), Yeast in vacuum bulk package (like a brick),sometimes good deals on coffee and peanut butter and kraft parmesan cheese. Honestly, a huge bunch of bananas for 1.99 when everywhere else is.77-.88/lb. And if I am there I always get milk and gas.
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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 02:24 PM #407
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Hoping to get my back to school lunch making supplies organized soon. I tend to have tons of dishes during the school week since I tend to use so many little containers for everything (try not to pack sugar and junk for my kids etc) so I don't usually buy the pre-packaged stuff. I like the little re-useable litterless juice containers for sending chocolate milk, white milk and water etc. Hoping to get some good ideas for the thermos (homemade mac and cheese for sure since my guy loves it) I would like to hear all of your ideas for packing healthy lunches. We could also post our shopping items in the new school year as we see the sales?
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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 03:45 PM #408
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I think Gail got a lot of feedback from Princess that viewers wanted to know if there was any follow-up, so it's nice that she mentions it at the end of a show.
The show you refer to is the only one I've seen. The husband declared his wife a money moron, while he was a major part of the problem. Sheesh, wouldn't work more than 20 hours a week, but expected his stay-at-home wife to foot half the bills, despite the fact she was looking after his baby.
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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 03:57 PM #409
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I agree that respecting a budget is key, but even then, a lot of our spending is automatic. I discovered by doing a monthly tally of expenses by category, after a few months, some expenses come to the top as being unnecessary. I find people don't do that exercise long enough. If you do one month's worth of totals, everything will be justified. After six months of spending $200 on magazines every month for example, you start wondering why you think you need them.
It's one thing to stick to a budget, it's another to be happy to say no against some expenses.
Oh, another valuable tool is figuring out how many hours you actually have to work for pay for something. We assume that we can afford buying a new toy by dividing the cost of the item by our hourly wage. That's a big mistake. Gail mentionned it in one of her Princess shows. The person in question, after all her basic expenses were removed from her hourly wage, had $2 left an hour for her wants. It put a whole new spin on how many hours she had to work to pay her cell phone bill.
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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 07:50 PM #410
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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 07:58 PM #411
Do you go through a ton of little plastic food containers during the school year? My son is BRUTAL for losing containers or forgetting them at school. I could spend a small fortune on containers. Juice containers always seem to lose the lid. Kinda like how socks mysteriously disappear in the dryer
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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 08:05 PM #412
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hey all -went and ran a few errands today(dentist) -visited a few friends and popped into giant tiger -ate shredded wheat and raisin bread for supper -my teeth are killing me after cleaning from 10.00 this morning -they are still sensitive-uggg may go to bed early after some tylenol
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Mon, Aug 12th, 2013, 10:37 PM #413I Wonder how many days the coupon for a free product of general mill via save.ca will take to come..because general mill said 2-3 weeks and save.ca 5-8 days...kind of confusing
Does the cereals promo with save.ca for pins are all like that?The goal is to live day by day not to much thinking hahaha !!!!
I love to save money!!! Frugal life hahaah !!!
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Tue, Aug 13th, 2013, 07:38 AM #414
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I think my issue is being afraid I'll never fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes and have to buy a whole new wardrobe. The cost of that really scares me, not to mention the time it takes to find all those clothes because my sizing is never considered average.
Can't I just stay home with LO? She doesn't care if I wear a bag, but the people at work might.
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Tue, Aug 13th, 2013, 07:41 AM #415
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Tue, Aug 13th, 2013, 09:12 AM #416
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Tue, Aug 13th, 2013, 09:13 AM #417
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Tue, Aug 13th, 2013, 09:16 AM #418
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Tue, Aug 13th, 2013, 09:20 AM #419
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Good start to the day. Brought my coffee and smoothie from home. Leftover stir-fry for lunch. Will be hitting Wal-Mart at lunch for a little walk around lol but only plan on buying Almond milk and turkey breast for wraps for my DS for his camp lunch tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. (Cheaper then $3 a day for pizza like I did last week for a treat)
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Tue, Aug 13th, 2013, 09:26 AM #420
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Great yard sale finds Cath! I wish I could buy some clothes at yard sales but unfortunately I don't know what size I will be in a month or two from now after having the baby. I think the goodwill/talize/value village 50% off sales are going to be my best friend this fall
We also found some great deals at a couple yard sales this Saturday... for $8 we bought a bunch of clothes for baby which would have retailed WELL over $100+
- 11 Carters baby onesies
- 2 Carters sleepers
- 2 Carters outfits (1 with hat)
- 2 pairs of lined pants
- 1 brand new knit sweater with tags still
I also got a really cute brown Hush Puppies leather purse for $1. Score!
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