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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here are things I personally do to save money:
-breastfeed for a year if possible, longer
-cloth diapers and wipes (we cloth diaper about 60% of the time, much easier to do in the summer than winter)
-use coupons for disposable diapers and buy in bulk, usually cheaper
-use a clothesline to dry clothes, linens, towels, cloth diapers, etc, (when it makes sense)
-cook and bake from scratch (about 70% of the time for me)
-yard sales: you can find such great deals, my most helpful tip is to go to well off subdivisions and stop at the ones that don't even look interesting, you can't see everything that's for sale from the inside of your car
-kids consignment stores for kids clothing
-we also buy used cars and with cash
-I can salsa and strawberry jam every summer
-the strawberries for the jam come from a u-pick place, fun to go and it's much cheaper than the grocery store's berries
-I only wash my hair once a week, maximum twice, many bloggers I've read do the same thing, after a couple weeks your hair will start producing less oils and you will not need to shampoo as often, bonus is that you won't have to buy as much shampoo as before.
-I bought reusable, soap foam dispensers for the bathroom and fill those with water and a squirt of dr. bronners liquid soap, instead of buying liquid soap refills at the store.
-instead of disposable pads and tampons, I use a "sea sponge" tampon, about 80% of the time, these are reusable and great for the environment, another option is the Diva Cup, which many people love, but just didn't work out well for me
-buy a dozen or so of kitchen towels and try using those instead of paper towels.
These are all things I do, hope this helps![/quote]

Not the PP.  I was following along with your list until i got the the reusable 'sea sponge tampon.'

Sorry, but eew.[/quote]

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