A penny saved is a penny earned

As domestic engineer its my job to make sure that I get the best price for for the things we buy and to stick to a budget. Today I needed diapers since we only had a handful left. Kai has outgrown all but 5 of his cloth diapers so we have ended up using disposables more now since I am to cheap (wait, THRIFTY) to buy more cloth. Disposable diapers in themselves are not cheap either unless you pay attention. At Rite Aid today I paid attention and this is what I got.





Normally one package of 20 diapers is $12.99 today they were on sale for $8.99 plus you could earn $3 up reward on each.

I know I have talked about up reward before but basically its money back in the form of a coupon that you can use on anything they sell. So Its as good as cash in the pocket since Rite Aid sells a little of everything.

So here is the break down for all these diapers.

6 x $8.99 = $53.94
huggies coupons I used = $17.00
Up rewards coupons I used = $11.98

total = $24.96
total up rewards earned today = $18

difference = $6.96 for 6 packs of diapers (123 diapers!)

that makes each package $1.16 or each diaper only 5 cents! Yes I can afford that.

New Jammie's!

So what do you do when the boys need new Jammie's and you don't have the money to buy them? You find some cheap (I mean penny cheap) fabric and make them! How cute are they?

Thirfty Thursday

So a while back I found a recipe for making your own babywipes. We go through these thigs so fast. What with one butt to still wipe and quick cleanups of faces, hands and anything and everything else you can think of. I thought to myself "I can definatly make these things for cheap" so I did. I dont have a exact breakdown of cost but a good estimate is a weeks worth of wipes = about $.55

So how do you make them?

1 roll paper towel (Bounty works best)
2 cups boiled water
2 tbls baby wash
2 tbls baby oil ( I like the kind with aloe)

First you are going to need to cut your paper towel roll in half. Just use a sharp knife and its actually pretty simple. Try to avoid a serated knife as it will leave fluffy stuff all over!


Stuff one half of each into a tupperwware container.


boil the water. once boiled add 2 tbls baby wash and lightly mix in. you dont want to create a bunch of bubbles, just blend it. Then mix in the 2 tbls baby oil.


Pour mixture over papertowels and let cool. Once cool pull out the paper tube. It should come really easy, but if it rips just dig a fork in there to greab it!



Then start the center pull. and replace the lid. It really is that easy!


Since these wipes contain no alchohal they dont have a perservitive in them and will mold if they keep to long. I only make about a weeks worth at a time so that I dont have waste from molding. You can also make your own clorox wipes and antibacterial wipes usingthe same method.

Clorox Wipes
1.5 cups water
1/3 cup bleach

Antibacterial Wipes
1 cup rubbing alcohal
1 cup baby lotion (the pink stuff)
mix well and pour over towels. This makes for a great on the go clean up since it kills germs too!