This year is all about saving money every day while trying to increase your income potential. If you did one thing each day that could save as little as $5 over the course of a year, you could have an extra $1800 in your pocket at the end of the year. Not all of these tips may apply to you, so to keep it fair, not all of them will apply to me.
So the other day I bought a 4-pack of toilet paper from Safeway. I was, sort of, desperate, and bought the value package. I got it home and tried to blow my nose. DEAR LORD that toilet paper stank! It smelled like laundry detergent had spilled on it. I get that everyone likes their spring fresh, but too much gives me a migraine.
I thought about returning it, but might not. If I happen to go to Safeway, I’ll try to remember my return, but I won’t make a special trip. To get to Safeway takes about 1 gallon of gas. Gas is $2.65/gallon here. Since I only spent $1.29 on the toilet paper, spending almost three dollars to get my money back wouldn’t be very bright. So I’ll put it in the special return place (our front entry closet) and try to remember to bring it when I go to Safeway.
365 Days of Saving Money: $1550 Annually (Running Total)
FYI: There is a carnival tomorrow. I realize in the preparation of it, I missed two days of tips, but fear not! Double days will follow.
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I know a way to save more on toilet paper than any coupon or special. This covers all the bases = saves you money, helps the environment, helps your health, makes you feel better, it's so easy to do and it costs less than $50.00; Save money and the Earth and be clean at the same time! Add Bathroom Bidet Sprayers to all your bathrooms. I think Dr. Oz on Oprah said it best: "if you had pee or poop on your hand, you wouldn't wipe it off with paper, would you? You'd wash it off” Available at http://www.bathroomsprayers.com with these you won't even need toilet paper any more, just a towel to dry off! Don’t worry, you can still leave some out for guests and can even make it the soft stuff without feeling guilty. It's cheap and can be installed without a plumber; and runs off the same water line to your toilet. You'll probably pay for it in a few months of toilet paper savings. As for water use a drought is always a concern and must be dealt with prudently but remember the water use of industrial users far exceeds the water use of household users and in the case of toilet paper manufacture it is huge. The pollution and significant power use from that manufacturing process also contributes to global warming so switching to a hand bidet sprayer and lowering your toilet paper use is very green in multiple ways.
@David: Growing up my great-grandparents had an older house in San Francisco with the separate toilet and bidet. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when I was a kid. Later, I've seen a lot of the multi-function Japanese toilets with the warmer and the bidet. I found that I still use toilet paper because I just don't like that wet feeling and I won't reuse a towel for that. But technology keeps improving so we'll see.