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[quote=Anonymous](1) HHI of 160k (2) All clothing, toys, and books for our child are from consignment sales, but we're not embarrassed about that. I'm petite and I do most of my shopping in the juniors section - there usually is a suit or two in stock and they're a lot cheaper than the suits from the adults section. The only $$ saving things we do that others might be embarrassed about are: shopping at Walmart, shopping at other really low-cost grocery stores, and using coupons at McD's. (3) I think we're wasting money every time we order take out or haven't packed lunch the night before and then have to spend $5-10 on lunch at work. We get specialty shampoos, soaps, and deodorant from soap.com and that's definitely not a low-cost option. We get most of our food from a farm share - it's not the cheapest food option so some might consider that an unnecessary luxury and I would mostly agree but of all the things to spend money, I think getting high quality food is a more worthy expense than others. I also think DH is too quick to want to replace household items, like bathmats, kitchen scrubbers, cups, etc but I try not to make those small things a battle. I just get him to promise that he is confident enough in his purchase that he won't change his mind and want a new bathmat again for at least a few years. [/quote]
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