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Re: food budget Coupons and Sales: I save about 1/4 of my grocery budget each trip using these two methods. There are 5 of us. I have a binder I keep my coupons in where they are arranged alphabetically. I make a list based on the sale items and then pair that with my coupons. A lot of...

It's just laundry detergent. Borax can be harsh on your skin. I googled "making your own hand soap" and came up with a bunch of links, though. Here is one: Liquid Hand Soap Here is one for dish soap: Dish Soap Let us know if they work.

I don't like Fels Neptha, either. It also put holes in my kids' clothes. You can use Ivory. You just want to use soap and not "deoderant bars." Most of the things we think of as soap are really deoderant bars (Dove, etc.).

Quote: AGREE!

Quote: haha, I am currently using all free & clear but trying to make the switch to making my own. So you just wash the nappies in borax and washing soda? I am really sensitive to soap so if I have problems with the detergent I make, maybe I will try it without the soap. And I will definitely...

No, it doesn't get dry that I notice. It's only in there from about 7:30ish to 11:30ish. It's a good way to use up fabric scraps. As for the diapers, I've used the same recipe just minus the soap, but I really prefer ALL Free/Clear. I can always find coupons for it. I've never had stink...

I just make cotton bags with velcro or a snap closure. You could make them with a PUL inner if you wanted, but I'm not sure I want PUL next to my food. You can also do foldover type bags, but my boys don't always fold them so I like the closure type. Also, you can make powdered laundry...

We used to grocery shop once a month, but I've found that I save more money if I do it once a week, but I can coupon more readily. I generally save around $100/grocery bill. Other things: grow our own veggies and starting in on certain fruits starting with chickens/eggs reuse/recycle--we don't...