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Why don't I do these things?

August 25th, 2006 at 06:56 pm

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Beyond Coupons: Ways to Save

Knowing the best sales -- how do I do this when I don't listen to commercial radio, nor read the newspaper? A local supermarket e-mails me its flyer every two weeks. Now that I'm on a CSA, I rarely drop more than $30 on a supermarket trip.

Other Things I should do
keep track of expenditures
buy in bulk @ Costco
save for home improvements
keep a price book
grow my own herbs
caulk around windows and doors
upgrade the insulation in the attic
deepclean the @#$%ing house
shop for meat at farmer's markets
try for no-spend days
plan a batch-cooking day
follow a low-cost food plan
read up on year-round gardening
chart the family net worth
make my own lunch at night
soak beans before I go to bed
plan my menus for a week


More Ideas
Keep a list on the fridge of items I want that cost over $50
Collect digital photos of items for sale and post them with item descriptions on expo.live.com, eBay and craigslist.org
Buy a rainbarrel

8 Responses to “Why don't I do these things?”

  1. homebody Says:
    1156530380

    Hey Paulette, send me your weekly to do lists. I need to do everything you listed too! Add to that though baking birthday cakes instead of buying them at the pricey nice bakery in town!! (Yesterday's blog entry).

    keep track of expenditures - Okay I am tracking my expenditures, but this is the first month that I have stuck with it.
    buy in bulk @ Costco - we actually do this, but our food saver is dying because we have used it so much...
    save for home improvements - just had the roof redone this year, had enough in savings, though should have subaccounts at ING.
    keep a price book - I really need to do this.
    grow my own herbs - my best friend just started an her garden, I even have two of those half barrell things to grow them in.
    caulk around windows and doors - need to finish replacing thin windows with dual paned, luckily DH does the work, just need to find the time and money.
    upgrade the insulation in the crawlspace/attic - mmm not sure about this.
    deepclean the @#$%ing house - ummmm yeah.....
    shop for meat at farmer's markets - skip this one the only meat they sell at our Farmer's Market is overpriced, overcooked tri-tip, DH's is much better.
    try for no-spend days - badly need to do this.
    plan a batch-cooking day - did this when kids were home, need to do it some more.
    follow a low-cost food plan - ditto
    read up on year-round gardening - we really can year round garden here on the North Coast of California, we can plant lettuce every single month except December or January....
    chart the family net worth - good idea.
    make my own lunch at night - I just eat leftovers since I work at home.
    soak beans before I go to bed - yes, yes, yes!
    plan my menus for a week - we are sporadic about this, should be more consistent.

    Inspiring list!

  2. LuxLiving Says:
    1156531378

    Hangs her head in shame. Many of these things I don't do - or used to do and have let them slide.

  3. PauletteGoddard Says:
    1156532911

    I actually buy in bulk at Costco too, but lately my spouse has been treating carbonated flavour water as a NEED, and is going just for that one thing. I typically wait until we have at least five items *I* consider a NEED: printer paper, paper towels (though now I know we can use rags we have at home), toilet paper (my kid goes through them at a horrific rate), OxiClean, laundry detergent, bread, chicken breasts, canned tomato products, coffee, flour, sugar, toothpaste, toothbrushes, feminine protection. I don't think I've been to Costco since June. That's a long time for me.

  4. homebody Says:
    1156544597

    My husband's business/work is literally two blocks away so he goes all the time for one or two things for us. We consistently get: Toilet paper, feminine products, eggs, milk, cheese, meats, coffee, cream, veges, lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, and paper towels.

    Hey Lux, don't hang your head. Tomorrow is another day!

  5. baselle Says:
    1156552671

    Hope to see you at the Larry's in North Seattle. I'll probably get there sometime on Saturday. Smile

  6. Dido Says:
    1156559507

    Thanks for the reminder(s). I read through this (many of which I need to do to), and got up, went to my kitchen, and put some beans to soak. Senate bean soup tomorrow!

  7. LuckyRobin Says:
    1156634404

    Paulette--

    One of the things I instituted with my kids in regards to toilet paper is:

    Count squares. They should not need more than 6 squares for average use unless you use 1 ply paper.

    If they do need more than 6 squares, count squares again, no more than 6 again.

    Do not wad the paper but fold it. It makes it easier for little hands to use and gives a better wiping surface.

    This cut down the amount of toilet paper the kids were using enormously. I'm not sure how old your kid(s) is/are but if they are not quite old enough to count to six, we had our son match fingers to squares. One hand plus one finger, until he could count on his own.

  8. paulettegoddard Says:
    1156636799

    Thanks for the tip, LuckyRobin!

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