Tracy - posted on 04/04/2009 ( 6 moms have responded )
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**INSTEAD OF BUYING NAMEBRAND ITEMS, BUY THE OFFBRAND! EXACT SAME THING, JUST A DIFFERENT LABEL. AND OF COURSE THE OFFBRAND IS ALWAYS CHEAPER.
**USE COUPONS. WHEN I WAS LITTLE I USED TO BE EMBARASSED WHEN IN THE CHECKOUT LINE MY MOM WOULD WHIP OUT A HUGE WAD FULL OF COUPONS. NOW THAT IM A MOM, I'M THINKING SHE WAS ONE SMART WOMAN!...AND WHETHER MY CHILDREN ARE EMBARASSED OR NOT, WELL HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE WRITING THIS SAME THING AS THEY ARE OLDER!
**TAKE A LIST THAT YOUVE MADE IN ADVANCE; WHEN YOU GET TO THE STORE, DONT BUY ANYTHING EXTRA WHICH IS NOT ON THE LIST. WHEN MAKING A LIST, KEEP IT ON THE FRONT OF FRIDGE AND ADD TO IT WHENEVER YOU COME ACROSS SOMETHING U NEED THE WEEK BEFORE YOU GO TO THE STORE.
**IF NEEDING BREAD/BAKERY ITEMS, THERE IS USUALLY A 'DAY-OLD' RACK YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM. THE PRICES ARE MARKED WAY DOWN AND THE ITEMS ARE STILL GOOD.
**STICK TO BUYING VEGGIES AND FRUITS WHICH ARE IN SEASON, OTHERWISE THEY ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE.
**IF BUYING ITEMS WHICH ARE PRE-PACKAGED, OR PRE-DICED, ETC. TRY AND STAY AWAY FROM THESE. IN MOST CASES, YOU CAN BUY ALL THE INGREDIENTS AND MAKE IT YOURSELF AT HOME FOR CHEAPER, AND STILL HAVE THE INGREDIENTS LEFT OVER TO MAKE MORE FOR THE NEXT TIME.
**IF BUYING FORMULA, OUR WALMART HERE HAS PARENTS CHOICE (THE OFFBRAND) THE TOP BRANDS AND YOUR BABY WILL NEVER KNOW THE CHANGE.
**IF YOU THINK YOU MUST HAVE THE GALLON JUG OF CHOCOLATE MILK, CONSIDER JUST BUYING A BOTTLE OF HERSHEYS CHOCOLATE SYRUP AND ADDING IT TO MILK. THIS IS CHEAPER, LASTS LONGER, AND YOU CAN CONTROL HOW MUCH OR LITTLE CHOCOLATE YOU WANT IN YOUR MILK...THIS HELPS, THIS WAY MY KIDS ARENT DRINKING PURE CHOCOLATE(YUCK) OUT OF THE PREMADE-JUG.
**AND OF COURSE ONE OF MY FAVES--MAKE YOUR OWN EGG NOODLES AT HOME INSTEAD OF BUYING THEM. THEY ARE SUPER SUPER SIMPLE TO MAKE AND, PERSONALLY I THINK THEY TASTE BETTER...AND BETTER YET YOU CAN MAKE HUGE BATCHES FOR SUPER CHEAP.
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