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I have been looking for some recession proofing tips from everywhere, experimenting in real life. While some of them work wonders, others are just not worth it. No offense to Home makers, but time is a very important issue with working mothers. Anything too time consuming is eventually not worth it. Here are some of the tried and true tips that actually work!
1. Go Green
Even though this sounds so simple, this is extremely cost effective and Eco friendly. I was very skeptical when I first started substituting some of my heavy duty cleaning supplies to plain old vinegar and baking soda. To my surprise, this stuff really works!! The possibilities are endless; they can be used for any house cleaning jobs.
De-clogging kitchen/bathroom sinks, shower heads, faucets and toilets: My kitchen sink is so annoying, it gets clogged often and my garbage disposer refuses to cooperate. But instead of using liquid plumber like always, I just mixed up some vinegar, warm water and baking soda, poured it in all my sinks. I poured some of the vinegar-baking soda mixture in small cheap zip lock bags and tied them to the Faucet and shower heads. After 10 minutes or so, all the sinks are de-clogged and all the build up from the faucet-showerhead is gone! Compare this to Liquid plumber which costs up to $6.99 for a small bottle. A big can of white vinegar and big packet of baking soda can be bought well under $5 and could be used for several applications(just remember to buy store/generic brand)
Eliminating bad odors and deodorize: Anybody with little boys will have plenty of experience with this. I have two little boys in the house when it comes to bathroom habits (one of them is my husband). So you can imagine, by the end of the week, bathroom turns NASTY. I usually clean up in the weekends, but still feel like I can't get the urine smell out. When I try to cover it up using some spray air fresheners, it just smells like perfumed, flowery urine (sorry for being so explicit). Finally I found a solution, keeping a cup full of vinegar uncovered in the bathroom makes any bad odor disappear. After some time, the vinegar absorbs all those bad odors and leaves a fresh scent in the bathroom.
Effective tile and grout cleaner: mix some vinegar, baking soda and any dishwashing liquid as a paste. Apply the mixture in the grouts and let it sit for a while. In the meantime, you can take care of other things like cleaning the bathroom windows, shower doors etc (yeah, all that fun stuff). After sometime, just wash the mixture away with some hot water and all the dirt comes right off. You can use the same mixture to scrub the bathtub too, the baking powder doubles as a gentle scrubber for the bath tub. Compare to scrubbing bubbles- $6.99 per pack.
2. Save big on grocery shopping:
I found out just a few tips and tricks saves a lot of money. Just have to be disciplined to follow them.
Never go grocery shopping when you are hungry: This is just common sense; we tend to buy senseless stuff when we are starving.
Always keep shopping list ready: Saves a lot of time and money because then we don't get diverted unnecessarily. Just remember to stick to your list, Buy generic store brand not the name brand: This slashes up to 30-40% off your grocery bill. There are virtually no differences between them. Use the same method when you are buying over the counter medication- look for Walgreen’s/longs brand.
Clip coupons: Go to coupons.com or ivillage.com message boards, print some coupons and keep it ready for the next grocery store trip.
Use the store membership cards: Usually big chains like Ralph’s, Albertson’s etc reward their loyal customers by giving additional discounts. Especially when you buy a lot of store brand items.
Buy in bulk: But be careful, some of these items in Costco or Sam's club could turn out to be expensive even though they come in bulks. Usually, buying in bulks seems to good value. Research, research, research!
3. Drug store lipsticks and makeup work just fine:
I have tried both mall bought
