I know I'm not alone when I say that I love me some good bath and body hand soap. Because I am an ocd freak I wash my hands multiple times during the day (when I say multiple I mean like 20-25 times) I'm not exaggerating. So as you can see my soap habit can be quite expensive. Bath and body is great and yeah sometimes there are sales, but why not use the DIAL hand soap from Wal-Mart for 99 cents a bottle? This has saved us! And there really are a lot of yummy cheap smells.
2. Candles/scentsys.
I love when my house smells good. It makes it feel homey and clean. I used scentsys for a long time, but am I the only one who feels like I have to change the scentsy every single day?! That gets old. So I started using candles. For a while I used bath and body candles and they are all so yummy. But once again they are expensive unless they're having a sale on them. I hit up TJ Maxx a while ago and found some way good smelling candles. One of them even smelt identical to one I had from bath and body. And guess how much they were? 5-7 dollars. And they last me a good month before I need new ones.
3. Not wasting our money on DVDs and Blue-Rays
This is a total personal preference. Some people really like watching movies at home, but unless it's a really and I mean REALLY good movie, we don't buy it. It seems like the movies tend to just sit and never get watched. I'm sure this will change when we get older and have kids but for now it seems like a waste of our money.
4. Use up your lotions and perfume
Who's with me when I say that I have TONS of lotion and perfume? Yet somehow anytime I'm in bath and body, Victoria's Secret, (or anywhere that sells smell goods) I feel like I just have to buy more because there is a new scent. Well about a year and a half ago I promised myself--along with a small nudge from my husband saying I couldn't get anymore-- I decided to use up what I have before I ever bought anymore. And guess what? I haven't even made a dent in what I have. And everytime I use up of bottle I'm so excited because I'm that much closer to getting new scents! I feel so accomplished. Chances are if you wait to use it up and keep buying new, the scent in the fragrance and lotion will go bad. Really, stop and think how many you have bought in the last year.. (Try this with hair product too!)
5. Not getting new unless you really need it (or want to spend your budget money on it)
It's so easy for me to be in the store and feel like I just have to have something. Most of the time I get home and realize I already have plenty. For example, I have been wanting new socks forever. Not that I really need new socks, I'm just tired of the ones I have. There are so many comfy/cute ones everywhere I go, I swear! But I really don't need new socks.. Mine work just fine. Honestly who sees your socks? I'm the same way with shoes too.. Or kitchen supplies.. This is a big one! Do you REALLY need that spatula? It's not like you don't already have 5 at home already.. You'll never use them all at the same time! Ask yourself this question--Will you regret it when you get home if you don't get it? Works every time, almost.
These are just a few things I've learned over the past two years of being married.
They may seem small, but it's small habits like this that add up!
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