{"id":346,"date":"2010-10-07T06:30:25","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapparenting.com\/?p=346"},"modified":"2010-10-06T19:40:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T02:40:54","slug":"thrifty-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapparenting.com\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Thrifty Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Living the thrifty lifestyle isn’t always about the huge money saving things (like no cable\/satellite TV)\u00c2\u00a0 Its about all the little things, that add up. Those mindless conveniences that we just purchase without even thinking about.<\/p>\n

One of the “conveniences” We have eliminated in our home is paper towels. Went about the first 2 years of our marriage just purchasing paper towels as part of my normal shopping, mindlessly putting them in my cart. I would cost compare between brands and get the ones that are less expensive but that was about as far as it went.\u00c2\u00a0 Then I really took a look at it.<\/p>\n

The CHEAP (as in thinner, poorer quality etc) paper towels were $1.00 a roll. I have a dog, a (wonderful and amazing) husband and an Alex. We make messes. There is not a day that goes by that we aren’t mopping things up. Or wiping children down. We used a LOT of paper towels, which does add up. \u00c2\u00a0So we eliminated them.<\/p>\n

I went to my local GW boutique<\/a> and got 10lb of rags for $5. I use them to clean my bathroom, clean my floors, mop up spills (they are more absorbant anyway) and wipe down children =).<\/p>\n

Is it any less convenient?\u00c2\u00a0 Nope. Here is my process:<\/p>\n

I have 2 drawers of rags<\/strong>. One in my laundry room and one in my kitchen. At each end of the apartment. That way they are always conveniently located.<\/p>\n

When I use a rag I hang it to dry<\/strong> (to prevent mildew until I wash) in laundry room then toss into a 5 gal bucket <\/strong>I got at my local bakery (it was free and had a lid. Just wash weekly. <\/strong><\/p>\n

$5 and I have all the spill clean up I will probably ever need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living the thrifty lifestyle isn’t always about the huge money saving things (like no cable\/satellite TV) Its about all the little things, that add up. Those mindless conveniences that we just purchase without even thinking about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t