I'm Ready For One of Those

Me,  "Joel, can I have one of those?"

Joel replies in joking voice, "You want to go to the store tomorrow?"

Me, "Yes, but I don't know how I would ever choose which baby I wanted...I think I would pick them all."

Joel, "Yeah, that might be kind of hard."

Me,  "Yeah, I'm glad I get to sleep in, eat and drink what I want, and give  babies back to their parents right now.."

Saving Money-Day 8-A Small Fortune

I've concluded that I have spent a small fortune on cleaning products in my short life.  Paper towels, Swiffer microfiber cloths and countless other products have probably prohibited me from having a really nice wardrobe/masters degree/fill in the blank.  When I gave up using paper towels, I decided to quit on my swiffer cloths also.  I just slap a cloth microfiber cloth towel (I've even used old terry cloth rags) on the sweeper and clean away.  I'm still horrified every time I pull the cloth off.  Seriously, I should be swiffering twice a day!  Thus, I've come to conclude that cloth rags work just as well as those expensive throw-away type.  PLUS, I'm not spending $5 for 16 measly wipes, which will probably last 8 weeks at the most.  That is $32.50 a year if you use two swiffer cloths a week.  I know $32.50 a year is not a lot, but it's all the little things that add up folks!

Towel

Attach towel to swiffer

I'm a little embarrassed by this, but I wanted to show that this really works

I additionally save money by wetting the towel with a mixture of windex and water.  I feel this works even better than wet swiffer pads because of the fibers in the towel. So,  if I wash my floors twice a week with a re-usable cloth instead of a disposable one, I will save approximately $46/year.  (In order to find this number, I found online that 12 wipes cost about $5.30.  If one uses 2/week the box will last 6 weeks.  6 into 52 [the number of weeks in a year] is 8.67.  8.67 x $5.30= about $46.


$46 +32.50= $78.50 savings per year.