How to Save Money on A General Cleaner

If you clean like I do, you go through tons of cleaner a month! However I stopped buying actual cleaner years ago. Instead I make a solution of Water, Vinegar, and Dish Soap. I use it on everything. Yeah it does make your house a little vinegary but the vinegar is better for you, better if you have children about, and you don't have to worry about fumes. What I do is take an empty bottle, you can buy them for a dollar a piece at most stores. Do two or three squirts of dish soap (I usually use Dawn), a splash or two of vinegar and then fill the rest of the bottle with warm water. This stuff I use to clean counter tops, I use it to mop my floors, use it to clean my showers, and bathrooms. It is cheap, easy to make, and you don't have to have a gazillion cleaners for every little thing!

Price of Vinegar Solution: I paid 2.98 for 2 gallons of vinegar( they last 6 months for me), .99 for a bottle of Dawn, and just a few pennies of water.

Curb Finds!!

Yesterday I was at home just relaxing when I found on the curb near me some awesome finds. Curb finds are where I go and grab some stuff that people were leaving out just to get rid of, they know that people in our neighborhoods will come and get it before trash day and they want to make sure that it doesn't go to the dump and goes to someone who needs it. We even have a facebook page for our neighborhood as to where and what is out on the curb. It has been everything for toys, clothes, fire pits, all the way up to furniture. Just this weekend there was an entertainment center out on the curb.

However my curb finds were related to baby stuff that I had not yet knocked off my list yet for my little fellow. I found:

1. Babies R Us Walker Retail Value : $39.99

2. V-tech Bouncing Colors Turtle Valued at : $39.99

3. Fisher Price Activity Walker Valued at : $27 dollars, possibly more

4.  V-Tech Learn and Discover Driving Toy Valued at : $ 17

All these items needed were a little cleaning and new batteries and they worked as good as new and I have new to me items for my little guy after he gets here. I highly support curb finds and re-purposing things people no longer want. 

Wishing all is well with my readers! Also feel free to post any curb findings you may have :)

Getting Back into the Swing of Couponing

So as many of you know, I run this page to help others save money, or help with their budgets and whatnot. However I also am an avid couponer. I have been couponing since I was 16 years old, I grew up in a super poor family and couponing helped stretch our budget. I have since taught various numbers of people including my own family members how to coupon. So here are some tips to get you started.

1. Only buy papers for the people in your household, for example it is me and my husband currently with a little one on the way, so I buy 2 papers a week for coupons. If there are some awesome coupons that week, yeah pick up a few more, however I have learned that there are cycles which sales go through and if you just buy enough to last you six weeks you should see that product on sale again after six weeks so you can stock up on more!

2. Use your own method of couponing, I staple my inserts by each coupon, then cut out. It saves me so much more time than individually cutting out coupons. I also do the binder method, where I place them all baseball card holders and then inside of a school binder. I have them labeled by where I would find them in the store, like canned good, frozen section, meat section, etc.

3. I cannot tell you this enough, you don't need 100 toothpastes haha, just get a few for your family, believe it or not toothpaste expires. Also if you need some to get you started dollar tree sells colgate, crest, and V05 shampoo and conditioner, I think they even sell white rain you can always grab one or two of those low cost items to help start your stockpile, as long as it is a dollar or under I usually grab it :).

4. Don't be greedy! I never never clear a shelf, I refuse to. Even if I desperately needed something that week I only grabbed one or two. Leave some for a fellow couponer! They might just be starting out and needing that awesome deal!

5. You can write companies for coupons! If you really like a product or dislike a product, contact them on their website and let them know, they might just send you coupons for you opinion!

Thats all I have for today! Please feel free to let me know if you need some help starting out!