Hey all! today I am going to do a quick post of how to make everyday items last twice as long AND how to recycle a few everyday items! (who thought that being cheap can also be green?).
*STRETCH YOUR DISH SOAP*
I know that this works on dish soap like Dawn or Ajax, not dishwasher soap like Cascade. There are usually coupons for Dawn in every P&G brand-saver, but its a small $ coupon, and some will over look it. BUT I will use them on the little bottle of the dawn ultra. (it ranges from $1.25 - $1.50) so im usually able to get it for around half price. well its such a little bottle so it doesnt last as long! WRONG! a small bottle like that will last me a week and a half to two weeks (i hand wash my dishes.) DILUTE IT! Take an empty bottle (i have an old Ajax dish soap bottle) and fill it 2/5 full of the concentrated dish soap and full the rest with water! the scent is just as good, and use the amount you normally would. It actually foams up BETTER and QUICKER with your sponge and its less detergent per load of dishes going down your drain which (if you have one) your septic tank doesn't go into shock!
*YEAST IS YOUR FRIEND*
How much is a treatment of rid-x? even WITH the coupons you find, its just too much in my opinion!!! but did you know you can do the same thing for PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR?! Take one packet of yeast per toilet in you home and flush it down once a month. the yeast feeds the bacteria, which then will thrive and prosper and eat the yucky stuff that it is supposed to! for about $1 a month!!! (or even cheaper with coupons) as long as it is active dry yeast, it will work. :)
*DRYER SHEET DOUBLE DUTY*
love the scent of your dryer sheets and are super excited to have a huge stack of them sitting in your laundry room that you got for cheap! well i actually have TWO tricks with dryer sheets. the first one is to cut them in half. You can soften your clothes with a half cup of vinegar in the rinse cycle, and only half a dryer sheet will scent them nicely.
But after the drying is done and you have spend up dryer sheets littering the floor of your laundry room and where ever you fold your clothes... you pick them up and throw them away.... STOP! your used dryer sheet can be used to scrub out your bathroom! the texture is amazing for scouring off soap scum!! also use them to scrub rings out of your toilet!
*MAKE YOUR OWN DRYER SHEETS*
this is an even CHEAPER way to make your clothes soft and stretch you dollar. Take a bottle of your favorite fabric softener an pour it into a container with a seal-able lid (make sure it only fills it 2/3 full) fill container rest of the way with water. take a common household sponge or washcloth and soak in mixture. when you need to use it, squeeze it out and toss into your dryer! when its done toss it back into the fabric softener mixture! :D (and use this along with your homemade laundry soap and you will be spending only $10 a year on laundry supplies!!!!! how awesome is that?!?)
*FILL YOUR OWN INK CARTRIDGES*
I save HUNDREDS refilling my own ink cartridges! you can get photo quality ink in a starter kits for black and color for under $15 on eBay!!!! and even better you can refill the same cartridge over and over. the ones in my printer have lasted over a year!!! they DO wear out over time, but you don't have to buy a brand new one, get a refurbished one for a fraction of the price, then keep refilling it until that one dies. I save around $400 a year doing this (hello, internet coupons?!) and it is a life saver. (if you attempt this, ALWAYS read your directions CAREFULLY and make sure you refill BEFORE the cartridge is out.)
I think that is enough for this time ;)
awesome coupon tip of the post: you can sign up for samples and fill out surveys for money. Two good sites for surveys is www.inboxdollars.com and www.mypoints.com and a great one for getting to try stuff for free is www.bzzagent.com. Also check out the freebies tab at www.thekrazycouponlady.com (this is my favorite site)
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