Ok... I have been moving our family towards a more "real" way of living for some time now.
We eat very little processed- out of the box- food.
A great deal of what we do eat is organic.
How do we afford to do this and still pay the electric bill?
Well, I am about to give you a few tricks of my trade.
Mind you, many of you will click to the next blog on your list right now.
Totally fine... but, for those of you who are willing- stay tuned.
I know, you have heard me blog about this before, but it truly does save gobs of moo-lah!
If we are out and about, I will use disposables, but at home- cloth it is!
It is so easy and you barely even have to tend to them. I'd rather eat that money in healthy food, then paste it on my babe's booty.
2. Another way we watch our pennies and nickles is by getting rid of our dish TV.
We are ditching the dish and saying "hello" to the apple TV.
Wow! you can say a bundle by doing that. We stream
Netflix, or
Hulu, through our apple TV and watch shows/movies that way. We don't even miss the regular TV.
3. We use
Azure Standard, which I posted about
here, to buy a great deal of our bulk items.
Great resource!!!
4. I make my own babyfood. I know it isn't anything new to most mommas, but I have made my own purees for all my babies. It is so easy and so much cheaper to make organic baby food than to buy organic baby food. Also, I don't have to worry about anything else being in the food- it's just pure fruits and veggies.
5. I use
Shaklee cleaning products. I do not have to buy cleaning products for my home. I have had these for a LONG time and they will still last me another year. The are concentrates that you mix with water to dilute. They are non-toxic and work great. I use it as a germicide, all-purpose cleaner, window cleaner, and degreaser. One thing I do still buy are toilet bowl wand refills. I love those things- use and then pitch.
xxLiz
How do you save money for your family??