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How much have YOUR bills gone up?? (ARGH! Vent)
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 381183" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>For us, it is not so much that our bills have gone up....because frankly, we just don't have the money - PERIOD. There is no "O I guess we're paying more for groceries this month."</p><p> </p><p>Instead, we've made more lifestyle changes. We've begun "super couponing". We recycle more - using things twice whenever possible. After all, if I put a sandwich on a paper plate - is it really necessary to throw the plate away after lunch? I can use it again...</p><p> </p><p>Instead of buying hand soap - we make our own liquid soap by melting down all the little slivers of bath soap and adding a few drops of oil. Instead of buying lunch bags we use plastic shopping bags. And we shop for super sales whenever possible. Staples sells school supplies for a penny each at the end of the summer. We buy the penny items well before we know what the kids will need - but hey, we can assume they'll use pencils and paper and notebooks - right? We always hit the clearance racks. If it's off-season...so what? We know the weather will change again.</p><p> </p><p>So that's us...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 381183, member: 6546"] For us, it is not so much that our bills have gone up....because frankly, we just don't have the money - PERIOD. There is no "O I guess we're paying more for groceries this month." Instead, we've made more lifestyle changes. We've begun "super couponing". We recycle more - using things twice whenever possible. After all, if I put a sandwich on a paper plate - is it really necessary to throw the plate away after lunch? I can use it again... Instead of buying hand soap - we make our own liquid soap by melting down all the little slivers of bath soap and adding a few drops of oil. Instead of buying lunch bags we use plastic shopping bags. And we shop for super sales whenever possible. Staples sells school supplies for a penny each at the end of the summer. We buy the penny items well before we know what the kids will need - but hey, we can assume they'll use pencils and paper and notebooks - right? We always hit the clearance racks. If it's off-season...so what? We know the weather will change again. So that's us... [/QUOTE]
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