Do you want to almost eliminate errands from your life? Do you want to
be able to accurately budget your financial needs? Do you want to save
thousands this year? It’s easy. No seriously, it is. Much easier than losing 10
pounds, so make this your new years resolutionJ
You
can order from Walmart.com and pay the same
(or better) price online as your do in your local store. I went through my
entire list to ensure the prices were the same. Most home essentials ship for
free as long as you spend more than $45. I order once every three months and
replenish my supply closets.
You
save time, reduce your errands, save your back from lugging 35 pound boxes of
cat litter and money from buying the things you use the most at the cheapest
prices (which can save you hundreds of dollars per year easily). You also save
frustration of running out of something that you need and having to alter your
schedule to pick it up.
Once
you know how much you use of something in a year, it’s easy to calculate the
costs of running the household for the entire year. Once that’s done, you can
budget the correct amount accordingly and plan ahead.
When
I first started calculating how much we used in year, I had charts and paper
and routinely checked things off. Silly me J You won’t
waste your time like I did. Just use a sharpie (we keep one in my craft room
and one attached to the fridge so they are easy to find) to date the item when
you first start using it. When it’s done and you open up a new one- document
the dates anywhere you would like (for me it’s the notes app in my iPhone).
When you sit down to do your budgeting, add up the days it took for you to use
that item up. Divide that number into 365 days.
For
example:
It
takes me 7 days to use up 1 pack of 90 count baby wipes.
365
(Days in a year) / 7 (Days it takes me to use up a 90 count pack of baby
wipes)= 52.14 (How many packs of 90 count baby wipes I’ll need in a year)
The
90 count wipe pack was bought at Costco, but I want to purchase them off of
Walmart.com to save myself errands. On Walmart.com, Parent’s Choice baby wipes
are sold in boxes of 700 for $11.97 so I need to calculate the unit cost per
wipe.
11.97
(cost of package) / 700 (wipes per package) = .017 per wipe.
I
need 52.14 packages of 90 wipes. That’s a total of 4,692 wipes in a year.
(Let’s not even discuss how many diaper changes that is!)
To
calculate how many boxes of 700 wipes I need to buy from Walmart- I divide the
number of wipes needed in a year by 700.
4,692
(wipes needed in a year) / 700 (wipes per package) = 6.7 packages of baby
wipes. Since I can’t purchase .7 of a package, I round that up to 7 packages in
a year.
To
calculate the total cost of my wipes- I multiple the number of packages by the
cost of the package.
7
(packages needed in a year) x 11.97 (cost per package) = $83.79 per year needed
for baby wipes.
Once
you get used to this, it takes about 2 minutes to calculate the yearly cost.
What
have I saved in that 2 minutes?
If
I just picked up baby wipes when I did my grocery shopping, and still bought
the store brand to “save money”, I would spend $2.29 for 64 wipes. The total
cost per year would be $167.89. In two minutes, I saved $84. You can multiply
this savings by doing it with everything you purchase routinely. Your items are
shipped directly to your house, with no cost for the shipping. You can really
nail down your budget and keep it on track with no unexpected costs.
Read
more about how to create your own home stock room here.
I would say that the one problem with your logic regarding the baby wipes consumtion is that that baby's poo changes a lot, and they change the type and frequency of it, so what was true at 3 months won't necessarily be the same at 9!
ReplyDeleteNot to mention when you get to the stage of using them for sticky hands and faces!
But a good idea, nevertheles!
We switched to cloth diapers and wipes.$300 for everything ar needed until potty training. It is awesome not having to buy diapers! (And we got super cute fluff at that!)
ReplyDeleteWe switched to cloth wipes and diapers. It cost us $300 for everything we need until lofty training. Its awesome not to have to pay for diapers anylonger!!! (And they are super cute!)
ReplyDeleteWe switched to cloth diapers and wipes.$300 for everything ar needed until potty training. It is awesome not having to buy diapers! (And we got super cute fluff at that!)
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