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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sensodyne. It’s one of the few brands that doesn’t contain SLS, and it usually only costs around $5 or $6 bucks.[/quote]

Costco has coupons for sensodyne every other month, I always stock up then. also only buy stuff in sale and dont give in the urge to  stock up- the same sales pop up every few weeks. So only buy what you need when it is on sale and we always have enough leftovers that one meal is just various leftovers. If you have too much socked way, you forget what you have, also "shopping" your pantry before going shopping and menu planning is also a good way to reduce both food waste and cost and you also see what you actually eat and what you bought just b/c it was on sale or the kids used to like it. we also have weeks where we focus on eating down the pantry and freezer until it is empty and only buy perishables like herbs and fruit. Its also ok to normalize not having stuff-- you dont always have to have 3 different kinds of coldcuts, breads, cheeses. Its ok to run out of mustard, use up a different spread, use things up and move onto the next jar of stuff until everything is empty is actually fine instead of having  3 different half eaten jars of jam and spread.

This is  a very DCUM "tip"  but I think enough of us travel often enough that it makes sense: I've also started grocery shopping when we travel- this is our big splurge, we like to travel internationally  at least once a year and we stay at airbnbs b/c its easier as a family of 5 and I realized that a lot of stuff that is super expensive here is waaaay cheaper overseas now (it used to be that groceries were cheaper in the US)  so instead of getting souvenirs, I buy good cheese, pesto, olive spread, toothpaste ( got the fancy stuff for like 1 euro!) and isdin sunblock and put it in ziplocks and it lasts us either until next time we go or for a few months. I've even bought brought the nice whole grain seeded bread (Northern Europe) and put it in the freezer as soon as we got back and used it over the course of a few weeks.Its more filling and delicious so one loaf would last us 2 weeks for breakfast as open faced sandwiches. That bread is like 2-3 euros there, and $8-11 here. I bought olive oil as well, its so much cheaper in Spain, Greece and Italy for the same quality as the California one I get here. I bought huge bags of  Thai curry sauces, good spices like Kashmiri chilies, black pepper in Asia and they've lasted for a long time and better quality and quantity for pennies. [/quote]

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