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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been at this for awhile and the two things that have helped me the most are reviewing my orders over the last year, and staying ahead of my calendar.

I organized my purchases into categories of 
-stuff I bought because I needed it quickly
-stuff I didn’t want to think about buying (subscribe & save)
-stuff we didn’t really need/want

Most of the need quickly things are things I used to plan ahead for, but Amazon has trained me to go, “Oh, heck! Next week is St. Patrick’s Day and kid needs shirt ASAP. With my older children, I planned ahead. So I’m back to that.

I’m an xcel girl, so I keep a spreadsheet for the year, and I check ahead. I’ve also added stores and suppliers I like. I also organized a group of parents to ask the school to try to give us at least two weeks notice on spirit days and the like that might require a purchase.

Subscribe & Save I replaced with a quarterly Costco run.

I’m spending less and after the initial planning, I’m not having to think that much. I also don’t spend nearly as much time opening boxes and dealing with packaging.

It feels good. I don’t feel like I’m doing without or working harder. This is how I used to do things and I’d forgotten how orderly it felt. Amazon dependence actually made me feel more chaotic.[/quote]

+1 I am a planner too, and you end up buying much less.
Although I have a "we don't buy anything for spirit days" policy - they wear what they have.[/quote]

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