Ways to pay CASH – Part 2
November 9, 2008 by kellys
Filed under budget, debt/credit, financial matters, frugal living
Welcome to part 2 in our series with Mom of 14. Today she tells us how she saved money with her babies ( and she had plenty of them) and how she saves money with groceries. Hope you enjoy.
I saved the family money by ALWAYS using cloth diapers (we’re talking the prefolded cloth with large pins and vinyl pants…no bum genius here). Amazingly, the 4 dozen received as baby gifts for baby #1 served me well throughout all 7 birth children and some survived for the babies I’m now raising. My children were all beautifully dressed….i had learned to sew at a very young age and made all of their dresses; pants; tops; nightgowns and pajamas; dress and play coats…everything except the undies and socks. Most of the time all laundry was line dried to cut electric costs and wear and tear on the clothes. i also shopped yard sales for toys and clothes that were like new and priced cheaper than i could make them.
We had a garden for all our vegetables and herbs.
As the girls became older and could babysit they would deposit most of the money (though I encouraged them to keep a portion out….kids need to have spending money.)
All loose change was saved and banked each year.
Stay tuned for the next installment and keep saving that money!
wow, 14 kids, that is alot of money. i hate to think about how much it would cost to put all of them through college (hopefully they will go), or how much it would cost to pay for the girl’s weddings (i hope they are pretty brides)
I love that money saving tips are usually great ways to live eco-friendly as well. Its such a bonus!