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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 515568" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>Okay I too had a WTH moment when I saw peanut butter for $6.79 a jar, and a tub of Country Crock for $4.49 - I was like - ARE?YOU?SERIOUS? I think I'll use generic - and turned to the generic stuff and it was $3.29 - THREE TWENTY NINE for the junk that isn't even margarine and is nasty. </p><p></p><p>My car died....I need a clutch. So I thought maybe I'd try to do it myself. After four men looked at me like I had three eyes? I conceeded and decided fine - I won't. But it left me feeling VERY vulnerable. I'm blessed to share a life with someone that actually knows WEIRD things - that he thinks the entire world knows growing up on a farm - but has no clue. And we're not true preppers - because I pretty much figure if you're the last man standing in a nuclear toxic dump? You're not going to really WIN big anyway, by having stuck it out in the hills with an AK and a jug of water, knowing how to fry grub worms. </p><p></p><p>BUT - I DID take advice from a lotof you the LAST time we had a spendy thrify post and here are some of my results. </p><p></p><p>From Witz - (use only 1/2 of the laundry detergent recommended) -----I thought OKAY - why not try it? Tide is $11.99 for 60 loads.....We get almost 100 for the same amount and I PROMISE you our clothes are very clean, and smell fresh. On whites? We add 20 MULE TEAM (no I do not just buy it because it has donkeys on the package) BORAX and in the Summer time? Takes the man stink out of everything, boosts your whites if you soak them overnight with 1 cup borax and 1 cup bleach in a 5 gal. bucket - so yeah that's been a great tip. </p><p></p><p>From Hound, HAOzi, and my wonderful coupon buddy (thank you every week - and hugs to you in TN) I have been saving coupons, doing ad matches, and stocked up on a lot of things, learned about cycles, and some days honestly ? If it had not been for couponing We wouldn't have eaten - so that's been great. </p><p></p><p>We found a small deep freezer - Small - small - and IT"S been the BEST thing we ever got - When meat goes on sale? (with Hamburger slated to be over $5.00 a pound by the end of the Summer?) Yeah - and don't start on me either - (COnspiracy theorist - election year - Gas at $5 a gallon - I mean doesn't anyone else thing the gas will miracuously go down before November? DUH. (okay off soapbox) So we got a Sams Membership - when they were 1/2 off - and when they weren't we used a DAY pass for free - bought baggies, meat, and stocked up and did weighed portions (found a scale cheap in a thrift store, steralized it) and make our own portions. </p><p></p><p>Someone else suggested COOKING DAY - like make the house all hot - and just cook - SO we tried that this past winter instead of turning on the heater? We cooked, and put up I don't KNOW how many bags of chili and soup and meatloaf - and It's INCREDIBLE how handly those are when you are hungry and just don't feel like cooking. </p><p></p><p>We're doing a garden this year - and Beefstake tomatos - cucumbers, beans......------and we're looking now for RAIN BARRELS....but you can have an AWESOME garden in a place the size of your dining room table- doesn't have to be HUGE and you can keep smaller -----bug free - easier. ALSO - plant an extra row - of everything for your local food bank or elderly neighbor - we also got canning jars and lids and seals - this is going to be our SALSA year. And I can grow peppers so hot they smoke on the vine. (note to self - get peppers started) </p><p></p><p>We unplugged a TON of stuff. THAT"s paid off a lot. And there is a machine that you can get to tell you about the electric vampire in your home - YOU call the electric company and they will come out and do a FREE audit. THERE is ALSO a program for people that do not have money - you have to get on the list with your county - took me nearly 2 years -----but it has helped a lot the insulation was worth the wait. </p><p></p><p>I am going to do the dog biscuits - if they work out cheaper than $1.00 a box......</p><p></p><p>Just remember with dog food - CHEAPER is NOT better - product in - product out - and the nutritional value will not be there ----check with your vet. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm also cleaning EVERY and ANYTHING in my home that I don't want and have gotten little stickers (thrift store) and marking stuff for the flea market or an estate sale - not sure - we have a lot of things that could go....maybe flea market - but flea market is down.....to quarter and diming time -a nd people with a little mon ey KNOW it.....we heard people offering sellers $1.00 for an antique wood planer today and the guy said "Man I need the money so badly - I wanted $15.00 for it." AND HE TOOK THE DOLLAR.....O.M.W. -= how could you do that to someone? It's unreal......ABSOLUTELY unreal. </p><p></p><p>SO my plan is to continue to do what I've been doing - look for a job -pray for a miracle daily - and hope we all survive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 515568, member: 4964"] Okay I too had a WTH moment when I saw peanut butter for $6.79 a jar, and a tub of Country Crock for $4.49 - I was like - ARE?YOU?SERIOUS? I think I'll use generic - and turned to the generic stuff and it was $3.29 - THREE TWENTY NINE for the junk that isn't even margarine and is nasty. My car died....I need a clutch. So I thought maybe I'd try to do it myself. After four men looked at me like I had three eyes? I conceeded and decided fine - I won't. But it left me feeling VERY vulnerable. I'm blessed to share a life with someone that actually knows WEIRD things - that he thinks the entire world knows growing up on a farm - but has no clue. And we're not true preppers - because I pretty much figure if you're the last man standing in a nuclear toxic dump? You're not going to really WIN big anyway, by having stuck it out in the hills with an AK and a jug of water, knowing how to fry grub worms. BUT - I DID take advice from a lotof you the LAST time we had a spendy thrify post and here are some of my results. From Witz - (use only 1/2 of the laundry detergent recommended) -----I thought OKAY - why not try it? Tide is $11.99 for 60 loads.....We get almost 100 for the same amount and I PROMISE you our clothes are very clean, and smell fresh. On whites? We add 20 MULE TEAM (no I do not just buy it because it has donkeys on the package) BORAX and in the Summer time? Takes the man stink out of everything, boosts your whites if you soak them overnight with 1 cup borax and 1 cup bleach in a 5 gal. bucket - so yeah that's been a great tip. From Hound, HAOzi, and my wonderful coupon buddy (thank you every week - and hugs to you in TN) I have been saving coupons, doing ad matches, and stocked up on a lot of things, learned about cycles, and some days honestly ? If it had not been for couponing We wouldn't have eaten - so that's been great. We found a small deep freezer - Small - small - and IT"S been the BEST thing we ever got - When meat goes on sale? (with Hamburger slated to be over $5.00 a pound by the end of the Summer?) Yeah - and don't start on me either - (COnspiracy theorist - election year - Gas at $5 a gallon - I mean doesn't anyone else thing the gas will miracuously go down before November? DUH. (okay off soapbox) So we got a Sams Membership - when they were 1/2 off - and when they weren't we used a DAY pass for free - bought baggies, meat, and stocked up and did weighed portions (found a scale cheap in a thrift store, steralized it) and make our own portions. Someone else suggested COOKING DAY - like make the house all hot - and just cook - SO we tried that this past winter instead of turning on the heater? We cooked, and put up I don't KNOW how many bags of chili and soup and meatloaf - and It's INCREDIBLE how handly those are when you are hungry and just don't feel like cooking. We're doing a garden this year - and Beefstake tomatos - cucumbers, beans......------and we're looking now for RAIN BARRELS....but you can have an AWESOME garden in a place the size of your dining room table- doesn't have to be HUGE and you can keep smaller -----bug free - easier. ALSO - plant an extra row - of everything for your local food bank or elderly neighbor - we also got canning jars and lids and seals - this is going to be our SALSA year. And I can grow peppers so hot they smoke on the vine. (note to self - get peppers started) We unplugged a TON of stuff. THAT"s paid off a lot. And there is a machine that you can get to tell you about the electric vampire in your home - YOU call the electric company and they will come out and do a FREE audit. THERE is ALSO a program for people that do not have money - you have to get on the list with your county - took me nearly 2 years -----but it has helped a lot the insulation was worth the wait. I am going to do the dog biscuits - if they work out cheaper than $1.00 a box...... Just remember with dog food - CHEAPER is NOT better - product in - product out - and the nutritional value will not be there ----check with your vet. I'm also cleaning EVERY and ANYTHING in my home that I don't want and have gotten little stickers (thrift store) and marking stuff for the flea market or an estate sale - not sure - we have a lot of things that could go....maybe flea market - but flea market is down.....to quarter and diming time -a nd people with a little mon ey KNOW it.....we heard people offering sellers $1.00 for an antique wood planer today and the guy said "Man I need the money so badly - I wanted $15.00 for it." AND HE TOOK THE DOLLAR.....O.M.W. -= how could you do that to someone? It's unreal......ABSOLUTELY unreal. SO my plan is to continue to do what I've been doing - look for a job -pray for a miracle daily - and hope we all survive. [/QUOTE]
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