I really meant to share each month for the whole year how we are doing with our goals, but life happens and honestly some months I didn't feel like we had made any progress or have any huge set backs, so I didn't share as much. One of our main goals is getting rid of consumer debt. We haven't made any huge progress the last couple months but I did want to share a little more about how we save money around the house. That saved money goes right to debt and can rapidly add up! I've shared some of these before, using them all together saved us quite a bit the last year!
We still don't use coupons, so keep reading to see if some of these might work for you too!
The first REAL frugal thing I ever did for us as a family was make our own laundry soap, I think this might be the go to for saving in the laundry area.
What am I doing now?
~if you use store bought soap, use a little less each time until you find the right balance to get clothes clean. For us this was just over half the recommended amount. Buying laundry soap every other month instead of every month meant a whole month of a payment to a credit card in 1 year. That 1 littttle teeny change gave us a month sooner of not owing Target anything!
~Keep that change from the dryer, cash it in the 1st and put it towards debt, maybe it's only $5, that is still $60 a year!
~We use these dryer balls! I swear they have made a big difference in the time it takes for the clothes to dry and clothes are SO soft!
~Wash full, but not overfull, loads. Less loads=less energy and less $
~Do the quick wash or rapid wash on your machine for everyday laundry.
Save the long wash cycles for stained loads.
~We use these dryer balls! I swear they have made a big difference in the time it takes for the clothes to dry and clothes are SO soft!
Also safe for super sensitive skin! No icky chemicals!
~Wash full, but not overfull, loads. Less loads=less energy and less $
~Do the quick wash or rapid wash on your machine for everyday laundry.
Save the long wash cycles for stained loads.
This one I am torn on, sometimes I do it one way and other times I do it totally opposite.
~Do all the laundry on 1 day and take advantage of the dryer being warm from the previous load
OR
~Do a load first thing every morning and let the dryer help warm the house up
They both have their pros and cons.
To help you get started on your laundry savings, I am giving away a pack of the Woolzies
Enter below through the 25th and share with your friends!
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~Do all the laundry on 1 day and take advantage of the dryer being warm from the previous load
OR
~Do a load first thing every morning and let the dryer help warm the house up
They both have their pros and cons.
To help you get started on your laundry savings, I am giving away a pack of the Woolzies
Enter below through the 25th and share with your friends!
a Rafflecopter giveaway
I will be making my first batch of homemade laundry soap this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI have tried making my own soap before trying to save money, but I found after time that the clothes seemed to be dingy and not getting very clean. I have just gone back to inexpensive brands, but have not found a favorite yet.
ReplyDelete~Shannah Y.
I actually found some great organic stuff at Costco that is about $11.99 or somewhere around there! No smell to it, but it gets clothes clean!
ReplyDeleteWhen we moved in to our house I was used to paying for laundry at our apts. so every time I did a load I would put 50 cents into a jar. Sadly I stopped having change on me as often so I stopped doing that and the tooth fairy has taken a lot of my stash. I should start doing that again because then I have to use cash (better than card because I see the $ leave. ) and then I am not tempted to spend the change on things like the claw machine when the kids ask. ;)
ReplyDeleteOur laundry is never ending (like at most houses I assume...). My husband actually does probably 1/2 the laundry, then the big kids do 1/4-1/3, so I don't do much at all. But I try to make sure that we aren't wasteful with soap. I've thought about making it before, even buying the ingredients, but never did it. Maybe I'll get around to making it sometime soon...
ReplyDeleteWe have used Laundry balls for years! Love no Nasy chemicals and we don't even miss the softener!
ReplyDeleteI make my own detergent and use alpaca dryer balls. 2
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