I had a nice outline for today’s show, however I left it on my home PC. Today’s show is all about money saving tips for living a more frugal lifestyle. It is sort of a random mishmash of a podcast without any organization, so I hope it wasn’t too annoying. I hope everyone got at least one tip. Please add your own tips in the comments.
When searching through tips online and in books some of them might sound ridiculous to you. When I was first exposed to this type of thinking I thought people were nuts if they made their own cleaning supplies, now I am a firm believer in doing so. It’s a shift in your thinking, one which I am still making myself. Not every money saving tip you find is right for your lifestyle. Take the ones that work for you and run with them.
I did finally remember the name of the hardware store, it was Ace hardware! (If you have listened you’ll know why I say this) and this is the link to the washing soda: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3549579. If you order it to the for store pickup you can get free shipping.
Here is a link to my cleaning supplies thread on the TSP forum http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=13602.0;topicseen My post is the second post, it got merged with another topic and pushed down.
I’ve got an update. Having made my own laundry detergent now I find that the recipes being by volume in the book makes it hard to make a lot at the time. It is much easier to do it by weight. Having measured out everything here is my revised recipe for laundry detergent.
1 – 3.75 or 4 pound box of washing soda
1 – 4 pound box of baking soda
7 – grated bars of unscented ivory soap
60 drops of essential oil
use 1/2 cup per load
