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Dollar General Deals!

Right now there are some sweet clearance deals at Dollar General!

• 90% off all Valentines Day Candy and Decor! SWEET DEAL! I got a bag of suckers for the kids, a couple bath salts and more for a dime a piece! 
• 50% off all St.Patrick's Day items. ~Go GREEN with the Irish! :) 
• 50% Misc grocery basket. Few odd and end stuff. 
• $3 and less Winter Wear. Thermal Undies, Gloves and more. Stock up now! 
• B1G1 Yellow Dot Summer Clothes. Some great deals! 

Can 15 Minutes Really Save You Hundreds On Car Insurance?

First let me say that I do not recommend taking financial advice from a green lizard! Second, it really is worth taking a few minutes to check out your insurance policy.

We've had State Farm insurance for awhile.. and let me say I've disliked every single second of it. We thought they were the cheapest. We were wrong! A few months ago I left after paying our bill I told my husband that I would never again walk in that place! It would either be mailed or he would do it! Seriously you can't go in there without them trying to sell you something. They must get the exact same training as the crazies that run the carnival games!

So long story short, we paid our bill annually.. Apparently that equals 9 months. Whatever after a brief argument with them we were in the market for new insurance!

We saved $1000 a year by switching to Farmers Mutual through Steven Hall! Our car insurance was close to the same, but  our house we got the exact same coverage as at State Farm, same deductible, Same everything except the price! We switched over every single policy we had.

Moral of the story.. Call around. See what's available. What could you do with $1000?

Which Costs Less Hand Washing or the Dishwasher??

 This post was made by SeMaNo Electric Cooperative. "Like" Them HERE

Fact or Fable? Using a Dishwasher Is More Expensive Than Hand Washing

This is a Fable. It is a common misconception that dishwashers are convenient, but use more water and energy than hand washing. In fact, dishwashers can help you to conserve water and save on energy bills.

Cleaning the average load of dishes in a dishwasher uses 37% less water than washing dishes by hand. This can save the typical household nearly 5,000 gallons of water per year. According to ENERGY STAR, the average household with an electric water heater saves $40 per year by using a dishwasher, and the average household

 Save Money and your hands! Use that dishwasher!

Homemade Fabric Softener

I promise I will never post a recipe that I have not tried and don't love. If for some reason there is a need to I will always inform you. I love my readers and I will not endorse something that I don't love..

Okay that out of the way.. I LOVE this! lol This is homemade fabric softener for about $.50 a bottle. Not too bad considering most good fabric softeners are $4 a bottle or MORE. UGG!

I put off making this recipe for awhile for one simple reason.. I TOTALLY DISLIKE VINEGAR!! YUCK! There are few things that smell as bad to me as vinegar, But I'm cheap. or maybe just poor.. maybe a little of both. That and I already had the stuff in my cabinets to make it.

Guess what?? I love it. I can still smell the vinegar a little, but it's not horrible. It leaves my clothes soft. It doesn't have a real strong smell once it comes out of the wash, but might have just been the scent I used. Still smells super fresh. Plus it didn't clog up my fabric softener dispenser. I recently bought a store brand that clogged my entire dispenser! Not happy!

Here's what sold me... I do laundry on Tuesdays. Like clockwork I do every single solitary item in the house. I pile it all on the couch until after scouts and then I come home and fold like a crazy woman while I watch shows like The Biggest Loser and others that I've recorded all week. Well, last week I forgot a load! I'm usually really good about getting them all, but somehow a load got left in the washer... all week! YUCK! Oh my did they smell! If you've ever done that before you know how hard it is to get that smell out. I rewashed them using my homemade laundry soap and my homemade fabric softener. Just one wash and they came out smelling fresh and new. Yep.. I'm Sold!

Side Note: only thing I noticed was that there were a few bubbles around my dispenser once I finished with the wash. Not sure why. Doesn't seem to hurt anything. I took the dispenser out and checked it all over. No clogging, no yucky buildup, no big sudsing nothing just a few cute bubbles. Just thought I'd let you know.

So here is the recipe..

Homemade Fabric Softener Liquid OR Homemade Dryer Sheets! 

Ingredients:
6 cups water
3 cups white vinegar
2 cups hair conditioner ~ Any Brand. I used Suave it was less than $1

Directions:
1.  Mix water and hair conditioner in a large container until conditioner dissolves
2. Stir in Vinegar
3. Stir. Do not shake it; it will cause foaming.
Use the same amount you normally use in a rinse cycle, dispenser or fabric softener ball or spritz it on a wash cloth and throw in dryer to use as a dryer sheet.

This Week= 15 FREE ITEMS!

 

So very sorry for the lack of posts lately. Life and college have just been so busy! I know this post is late and I'm so sorry but I somehow lost my darn receipt!  I hate when that happens. The good news is that I know pretty much what I paid for everything. The bad news is I don't remember where I got the coupons as I normally write it on my receipt.

A big majority of the FREE items came in the mail from P & G. LOVE getting boxes in the mail!

Counting all samples as $1, sometimes they are higher but for blogging purposes we will count them as $1,
Total Retail 28.91
Total Out Of pocket: $4.79
Total Saved: $24.12

Total Saved this year: $407.82