Britesea
Sustainability Master
Welcome Chelsea! What branch of service is your DH in? I was Navy (looong time ago). Hooray for cloth diapers! I did that, and I also remember what wonderful dish towels they were when the kids didn't need them anymore.
Cooking from scratch takes more time, but it's amazing how much money you can save. Same with canning etc. I just finished canning up 3 loads of carrots (9 pints dilled, 9 pints glazed, and 9 pints regular)... considering that I haven't seen canned carrots for less than 70 cents a can (and the dilled ones are outrageously high), and I paid $7.68 for 25 lbs of carrots for this- I figure I saved a minimum of $6 even with the can lids counted in.
Anyway, looking forward to hearing more of your story!
Cooking from scratch takes more time, but it's amazing how much money you can save. Same with canning etc. I just finished canning up 3 loads of carrots (9 pints dilled, 9 pints glazed, and 9 pints regular)... considering that I haven't seen canned carrots for less than 70 cents a can (and the dilled ones are outrageously high), and I paid $7.68 for 25 lbs of carrots for this- I figure I saved a minimum of $6 even with the can lids counted in.
Anyway, looking forward to hearing more of your story!