7 {Realistic} Habits Coming Back In Style // Basic Frugal Skills to fight Economic Depression
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- Inflations is at a 40 year high and I think we are ALL feeling it! Here are some of the things our big family of 10 is doing to fight shrinkflation, save money on groceries, energy and more!
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Here in France, starting this summer, stores will have to put posters on the shelves of products that are using shrinkflation. The goals are 1. to make sure the customer is aware of the decrease of product in the packaging 2. to encourage the supplier not to use this method by "shaming" those who do
That is honestly amazing. I wish our government cared about the people enough to advocate for us like that. Our food suppliers don't even need to tell us the food is GMO... The US needs to learn from better government practices.
Bonne idea
@@tbrough90. Yes, they raise the price and shrink it. At some point a bag of potatoe chips will only be enough for two, but the cost will be family size. This behavior is just driving people to eat better similar to families skipping the fast food and eating at home. These conveniences just aren’t worth it anymore.
I hope they start doing that in the US. I’m so stubborn I refuse to pay inflated prices for less product unless absolutely necessary. That’s why I’m growing a huge garden and going to preserve as much produce as possible. I all out quit buying certain things like paper towels and hair conditioner and drinks and snacks.
@@mamadoom9724 shrinking the amount of laundry soap was one that amazed me and really helped the pocketbook! These days I use a little vinegar and let the water do the work! I know that is a bit much for many people, but I had cut way back on detergent over the years before I started reacting to chemicals.
I live in an apartment but I have a small covered porch and I have gotten a raised garden and a ton of pots and have planted spinach ( because I love it and it’s SO expensive and seems to always be contaminated with E.Coli), sugar snap peas, tomatoes, lettuce, sugar baby watermelons, pumpkins, rosemary, thyme, sage and lavender. There’s barely any walking space but a bunch of them are staring to sprout and I’m SO EXCITED!
Same with my condo patio this year!
@@julieliner1498 That’s awesome!!! ❤️
What a great start, good luck, just be warned Gardening is addictive and you will find yourself looking for any space where you can tuck in 'just one more plant'. :D
Thanks for the video! My husband had to sell his hunting bow to pay for groceries this week. God is good though, we're healthy and have a roof over our heads and now food. God bless! ✝️
AMEN! We've been there, Jehovah Jireh 💗
I’m sorry your family had to resort to that, I pray that times turn around for you all soon! ❤️
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Trust and fear the Lord, He is faithful. My husband and I were just in a similar situation, we have three children. The Lord showed me that when He gives to us we can give to others. So the first check my husband got we donated some money out of thankfulness and gratitude that He provided for us (it was whatever we could within our means) to an organization that helps orphans and widows. If God forgives us we can forgive others if God provides for us we can provide for others. Praise Him and all glory to Him 🩵✨ I pray peace and joy be upon you and your household in the name of the messiah Yeshua. 🙏
We have had high highs and low lows. All that matters is the bond of the family and our trust in God. Love is the only treasure
We live in an apartment with a small patio. My husband has gotten a bunch of plastic buckets from work, and he's filled 1/3 of our cement slab with them, filled them with dirt, and he's growing beans, peas, cucumbers, strawberries, carrots, and even a watermelon plant. This has been such a wonderful activity for us to do with our 3- and 5-year old kids. My 5-year-old has always liked raw veggies from the garden, but mostly won't eat them from the store. There's just SOMETHING about knowing he's grown it himself, plus it probably tastes better, that he eats those raw beans like candy. We definitely don't grow enough to sustain ourselves for even a month, but it still is just so rewarding and so educational. It's also great practice for if you ever need to grow on a larger scale.
This video coincides with a lot we’re doing to fight inflation. Little things here and there. Today I bought laundry lines to utilize the extreme dry Southern Nevada heat during the summer instead of using our dryer; when I go to non-food stores, shop clearance first; at the food stores, shop the discount shelves & find out the days meat is reduced; growing our Inflation Garden; don’t go out to eat- Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!
We are living in tough times, but that doesn’t mean there’s no way to get through them.
I watch what we purchase, get meats in the reduced racks (Kroger stores) which is why hubby & I can still have steak once a month, double up coupons with sale items, buying seasonal foods & getting non food items at end of season, shopping at thrift stores/consignment shops/yard sales/estate sales for items needed at home or for clothes (between making my own clothes - sewing - I get about 80% of what i wear from the various stores listed). We're retired and on a fixed income - but finding a state to retire in that is better for our situations has help greatly. We have gone back to many old school methods - we dont stream tv as an example. We use an antenna and watch what is available over the air - no monthy fees & charges. We do have our cell phones but find the best deal for our plan. We keep our temperatures within reasonable levels (no higher than 66 in the winter & no lower than 73 in the summer. We have a well insulated home & we have plenty of clothes or blankets if we get cold. Hubby & I grew up in lower income households as kids, so we learned to be frugal & live within our means.
TH-cam taught me how to make Beginners clothing patterns and water bath can many foods. Skills that opened a whole new world for me.
I love this….”getting back to the basics doesn’t have to be all or nothing”! Great advice!
I hang jeans and good tops on my folding rack to dry. The tops aren't shrunk in the dryer, and the jeans save so much dryer time.
Shrinkflation stinks ! My kids are getting bigger and my groceries getting smaller ?!?! Noooooo!!!
What irritates me with shrinkflation is that my recipes don't work out anymore. Canned food is an example of this, I have recipes that require 450gram tins and all the tins are 410gram now, some are as low as 390gram. Now I have to adjust all the quantities of my other ingredients to match the shrinking tin, but the recipe becomes a serves 6 instead of a serves 8... but the shrink isn't so big as to require 2 tins. There are also products that have completely disappeared from the shelves in my country, like canned apricot halves. I have a Stew recipe and a cake recipe that is a family heirloom recipe, both require canned apricot halves. I substituted for canned peaches, but it is not the same 😢
YES! Exactly - especially when you don't notice until it's too late!
A stew with apricots?! That sounds delicious. Would love to get your recipe!
@amandacashin6264 I'm happy to share, it isn't a fancy recipe, but we love it. I adapted it for a slow cooker (this is the version i am sharing below), and I am sure it can be adapted again for an instant pot.
1kg stewing beef, trim fat, cube and brown
1 chopped onion
2 crushed garlic cloves
3 to 6 sliced carrots (qty depends on size)
4 potatoes, cut in half inch cubes
1/3 cup apricot jam
1 tablespoon curry powder (i use a mild curry)
1 cup beef stock
1 can apricot halves (450grams)
Salt and pepper to taste
Layer ingredients in a slow cooker in the following order: beef, onion, garlic, potatoes, carrots.
Mix jam, curry powder, salt and pepper into almost boiling beef stock.
Pour beef stock mixture into the slow cooker.
Cook for 6 hours in the slow cooker.
Stir in apricot halves with juice for the last 30 minutes of the cooking time.
Serve with rice.
Thank you so much! I can't wait to try it out. Sounds so good!
omg sounds amazing!
Good to put up shelves and put grocery canned goods...rice...beans...fruit cans...etc...on shelves...folks. start prepping...just store up 6 months food supplies in case of economic hardship in USA...THERE have been power outages in various places...
Good to organize clothing
God bless you all ❤
Yes, and water! We've had water supply advisories in Alberta because of the lack of snow and rain!
I love hanging laundry out in good weather. I think it makes my clothing last longer besides saving on energy bills. Thank you for the video, Angela.
Watching old shows (or shows about older times) have seen drying racks on pulleys that they drop down from the ceiling. This was not something freakish, it was standard practice. Down for use in drying. Then up to the ceiling when not in use
Spring and summer I put racks in my garage to dry clothing. ☔
@@troubleshooter166I want to hook this up this year! I hang dry everything and am not allowed to hang outside.
Also letting the sun dry your clothes 'solarizes' them. Eliminates germs that may have clung to your clothes through the wash.
I live in the city so I don't have space for livestock. I'm also not much of a green thumb. But I found a hack that works for me. I just wait until Walmart has the pre started fruits and vegetables, like tomato plants and the herbs, they even have fruit bushes and strawberry plants now. I take those plants and plant them in my yard. I care for them and tend to them just like as if I grew them myself from seeds. They always produce fruit. I've tried planting them from seeds myself but I just cannot figure it out. Spending a little bit more for the shortcut, once a year at the beginning of May works for us. It helps me to still develop those skills. I also plan to still try to start a few from seeds, but if they fail oh well
See if you have a cooperative extension in your area, they should be able to help you with all your garden endeavors.
Angela....you are one classy woman & certainly one of my people. You communicate these important thoughts so well. Our rising generations need to know these things. Thank you for putting it out into the world. ❤ Beautifuly done.
Stop buying coffee pods and use refillable coffee pods. The savings are dramatic
Or just buy coffee grounds and use a French press and kettle
@@MW-uk5ji I do that as well, but that's more of weekend thing for me
My sister and her husband roast their coffee beans on a large cast iron skillet on the gas bbq. Best coffee! She spoils me.
I first noticed the craziness of hiding cost increases when I saw I was now getting only 5 bagels in my pre-packaged bag versus the usual 6 as there had been. I no longer buy bagels and switched to English muffins instead.
Me, too!
I started making English muffins and bagels, but it's a time consuming process and I went back to buying them - I feel like I should go back to making them though!
They are easy to make so if you get a craving look on YT for a tutorial.
We have been cleaning out spaces in our home to put food. Under beds. My linen closet. Storage in our couch or ottoman. Our master closet. We have a utility closet as well. But we had to think out side of the box to find spaces. We don’t have many places to store food in our kitchen, so we made spaces throughout our home. Each place has its own category to help organize it. It has helped and saved us many times.
I make use of door hanging storage on nearly every door and had a friend that kept spice packets and drink mixes inside their hollow doors. Preppers in a tiny home... odd couple but creative!
I stopped trying new things. I know what cleaning supplies I like, what name brands we prefer vs store brand, more fresh items, etc. I only clip coupons for stuff I know we use now so I’m not tempted just because something is “on sale.”
Great tip! I've been testing some homemade cleaning supplies as well! $5 for a bottle of multipurpose spray is crazy town!🤪
I have switched to microfibers instead of Swiffer cleaners and furniture polish just much more economical and environmentally friendly. To clean my floors I use a quarter cup of vinegar a quarter cup of rubbing alcohol and warm water and a microfiber and to disinfect I will use half a bottle of rubbing alcohol half a bottle of water and you have no need for any of the Clorox or Lysol wipes you can use a microfiber and it's even good on granite if you're cooking and splash some thing that needs to be disinfected when we had covid I made sure to use half rubbing alcohol half water and it's actually faster than Clorox wipes it kills within seconds like hand sanitizer while the Clorox wipes take about 4 to 10 minutes and must stay wet the whole time
I'm looking a substitute for anti bacterial wipes for a long time.Thank you so much for your advice.@melnissen7188
The humidity inside your home can also create mildew issues in furniture and walls so it’s best to not let it be and to cut it with the AC
My husband and I are retired and live in a fixed income as many in our country. We already had to start shopping at a lower budget grocery store as we have a set budget for groceries no wiggle room. We have had to be so creative when food shopping it is no longer a joy to take my grocery list prepared for my meal plans for the week. Because of this we have cut down to eating 2 meals a day and cutting out fresh vegetables, fruit and the amount of meat we can consume. My husband is 77 and I’m 73 it’s so sad we no longer are able,to have the adult children come for,dinners and my grandchildren ( 8 and 6) don’t have the goodies grandmas house used to have. It’s just beyond sad. However we are blessed we have food to eat, we started after the pandemic and stocked up on non perishable canned foods but keep them for emergencies. ❤️🙏🏻
I sure hope your kids are inviting you over instead and providing you some groceries.
Highly recommend old school straight razors. My husband and i both use them and only buy the razor blades in a box of 100 for under $10. I change the blade maybe every other week so they last forever. We have saved so much switching over to these.
I went to the safety razors and even started my kids on them when they started shaving. It has saved sooo much money over the years. I changed for less waste purposes, but I find many of the "zero waste" options reduce ongoing expenses. Of course that leaves less to cut out now when inflation is an issue, but I've saved a ton and we live pretty comfortably with the reusable options.
If you buy any kind of kibble dog food, buy it at a feed store, Atwoods or Tractor Supply. The brand I bought for years from Walmart has decreased by 5 pounds, then another 5 pounds but cost $30 !!! More per bag than it did 3 years ago. It has about doubled in price and has 10 pounds less product! I think this is another reason our local shelters are at capacity. Some of our local food banks are also giving pet food now so hopefully owners don't give their pet away because they can't afford to feed them. ❤
We buy ours from a local small business and then fill in with bags from tractor supply. I hate that people would have to give up loved pets because of pet food costs :(
You can make homemade pet food. Pets always ate scraps and leftovers from what people ate. Pet food is a fairly recent thing. Just make sure you know which foods are not safe for pets.
@@princessdumbarton9877yes, kibble is the worst you can give your pet. American pet foods are horrendous. 😢
If you do a little research, you may be able to find wholesale barrels of dogfood in your area. My dad buys a blue 50 gallon drum of kibble that is formulated for dogs, but is not bagged. It is $90 USD. The barrel is refilled as needed. You'd need help to unload! Very heavy, but lasts a long time for very little money compared to box stores.
Look at your beautiful curls! So pretty!
Just FYI the coffee beans SMOKE right before they're done. Like fill the house with smoke lol. Ask me how I know😂
I’ve been roasting green coffee beans for 6+ yrs. I too started out using the popcorn cooker! I switched to a large cast iron and use the side burner on the bbq. Don’t do the beans inside! There is smoke and at a certain point a bad smell. It’ll smell like grass, then burning grass then the beautiful aroma of coffee! It’s heavenly. Watch cause it’ll seem like it’s taking forever then it’ll roast quickly. Know ahead of time at what point you want to stop the roasting. I prefer dark roast but not burnt. Takes seconds to burn. I use a fan and pour from pan to bowl then bowl to bowl letting the fan blow off the chaff and cool the beans. They taste best after 3 days. I store in canning jars. Sooo good! ☕️
Thanks for the heads up on not roasting inside! How do you use your bbq for roasting? What temp?
Thank you! This sounds like something I would really like to try. Any tips on sourcing the green coffee beans?
Excellent video. Comments are even better. Ty ppl who shared tips
Unfortunately the imperfect foods companies weren't cheaper than what i can find here at Aldi or Walmart. Glad it is in your area!
I agree it wasn’t cheaper for me and in some cases cost more.
Same here, and so much of the food came in rotting that it wasn't a good option.
Hi Angela, I live in the south also and yes storage is a huge problem in the south because of humidity. I do grow a patio garden. It is so easy now a days using verticall planters (we like green stalk). We found in the summer our patio got full sun all day long and no one wanted to sit on the patio as it was just to hot so we decided to turn it into our garden. Being almost 78 vertical gardening i so much easier on knees and no weed pulling. We also find the instant pot really easy and quick for all those dried beans. You can make a batch and put in the freezer. We also use a dehydrator for many of our garden veggies and herbs if we get to many before we can consume them all. I enjoyed your video and subscribed to see more of what you have to offer. The more food you can make at home the healthier it is for your family. Eating whole foods and moving away from all the unhealthy processed foods which will save you a bundle of money.
We batch our errands on payday... everything in one day every 2 weeks. I don't run the drier from May to September. We added porch roofing and awnings to cover our east and west facing windows. I bake in bulk to reduce gas use.
Excellent video Angela!! So grateful for your message...i get so caught up in trying to do and make everything on my own and i get very overwhelmed as soon as "life" takes a little twist or a like turn! Very encouraging when word and i appreciate you🙏🙂
We love salads...so I thought even just a SALAD garden. Saw lettuce planted in a bag of potting soil sitting on a TV tray.... I think it had 6-8 holes in the flat side of the bag....That would work on a little apartment patio.
Great idea!
I'm in Australia and yes! the price of EVERYTHING has risen! This is how I found you. I am recovering from hip replacement surgery, our farm is running at a loss, my husband works off farm also, I have two unemployed adult children living at home and not contributing financially and a young school aged child (she goes to a school) who is seeing this all happen. I was searching for ways to make money online and then clicked on this video too. I want to learn to make chocolate - I have some ingredients but need to learn to make the cacao paste! It's definitely a good time to be resourceful and to teach others how to do things.
Children that have helped in the garden tend to be more open to trying fruits and veggies that they were a part of planting and growing. Teaches a nurturing behavior as well. One of my daughters at a young age was always joined at my hip in the garden. It may seem like hard work to some but it was therapy for us and food on the table. Great point that you don't have to do all of it because as a single working mom I know first hand that we all have individual situations. Find what works for you
All great information. Thank you. We love putting up tomatoes and salsa and have done it for years. It is so satisfying to see the jars all lined up on the shelf when you are done. One year we even used the peels to make tomato powder that you can use for flavoring. I do not recommend that, it is a LOT of work for a very little bit of powder, but it lasted for quite a while.
ABSOLUTELY love this video!!!! You are always someone to watch especially with money
Meal plan around what you have at home and use the weekly ads.
Good morning Angela, I'm so happy you're back with a new video packed with great ideas 👍
Have a lovely and blessed week ❤🙏
Thank you! You too!
I love your tan blouse!
The other thing about buying bulk is the size of your family! Because there's just me my husband and my 22 year old son who wants to move out soon I can stock up on non-perishables but seriously anything Costco size that can go bad I'm not buying it anymore. It's more cost-effective for me to buy only what we're going to eat that week and throw nothing away😅
Have a group of friends that you can split it with. Is an option. Get the benefit of the cost of buying in bulk and not the con of not being able to use it and losing the savings.
I agree about growing food. It’s so satisfying and fun! My garden is expanding every year. We have a tomato, bell pepper, and herbs bed and then I have a strawberry bed. I have Fredonia grapes and a honey crisp apple tree.
Thanks for sharing this❤
My pleasure 😊
thank you angie
The electricity in my area is purchased through PG&E and sold by my city. The peak hours for gas through PG&E is 4pm-9pm, Monday through Friday. I just found out the peak hours for my electricity is 8am-8pm, Monday-Friday. So now I’ve started doing my laundry on weekends or late at night which at times is a pain. Peak hours 5 days a week for 12 hours a day??? 😡😡😡😡
oh my goodness, that's wild! Guess we have to skip sleep to do laundry now 😳
PG&E is the worst. We are saving for a whole house battery and more solar panels so we can make and keep our own energy as much as possible because we’d rather limit our dealings with PG&E.
What! Omg now I’ll have to double check our bill and see what our peak times are. I hate PG&E.
@@annar8232 You would need to go online to whoever supplies your gas and electricity. You should know from your electric and gas bill. Usually both are PG&E but not always. I’m in Central California. When you’re online it should tell you what your electric and gas rates are for peak and non peak hours. At least in my area peak hours for PG&E is only 5 hours while my electricity is 12 hours. Ridiculous!!!
Definitely knew your from CA! PG&E is the biggest ripoff out there. As a former Californian, we left that hell hole of a state and found a better for us location (after 12 yrs of RV traveling as full timers)
There is name brand, there is store brand, and then there is generic store brand... I buy generic store brand when the product is the same. You can take a beat and read the ingredients, and see that the lowest two priced items are almost always the same. That's helped me feed my family of 6.
I live in an old farmhouse too. Getting some dehumidifiers have helped so much with humidity at a fraction of the cost to run good investment it’s better for us and the house to be able to control the moisture
I love Imperfect Foods. A great way to try new foods as well!
Along with size changes, keep an eye out for changes within the actual product. One of the few convenience foods I get regularly buy is chicken nuggets, and my kids actually liked the cheap-o ones better than take-out. However, the nuggets I usually buy have changed their ingredients drastically so that the flavor, texture, and even the shape of them is different even though the packaging is exactly the same. Nobody likes them. I’m either going to have to buy more expensive ones or try making my own again. 😭
I've run into this with pet food. I have a cat who is allergic to the chicken by product meal stuff they put in, so we had been doing fish and beef flavors. Over the last 2 years I've had to change brands completely for the beef and the fish flavors without chicken by product is half what it was, and I've had to quit giving him the kibble at all. Which surprised me because the cats were on a mix of 2 of the higher quality tiered foods to eliminate gluten and junk anyway and this last time I bought he started puking everything up again.
Thanks for making this video! ❤
You're so welcome!
Another good tip is to leave it until evening to do food shops. Often by that stage items expiring in a few days have been added to the reduced shelf. You can freeze and spend far less on items like meat
We've been roasting coffee for several years now. We started with something similar to the popcorn one but I highly recommend a Fresh Roast.
Bought store brand ground coffee .. peeled back the protective aluminum liner and...it was only 3/4 can full. Used to be to the top!
I have made our own laundry soap for years - the only issue I have with it is the Borax in the recipe sometimes balls up in clumps that don't dissolve in the wash. To remedy this I put the soap in my hands first, then "sift" it between my palms when adding It to the clothes to break up the clumps. I wash everything in cold water, so I just run my hands under the fill water to rinse off the powdery residue. I'm interested in learning how to make soap sustainably without needing so many exotic inputs from the store or internet. I recently switched my cats' litter from the clumping clay to the wood pellet livestock bedding - that saved a LOT of money!
We live in the humid mid-west. We can run our mini-splits on fan and dehumidifier, with no extra cooling. This is much less expensive and we are comfortable at higher indoor temps, so long as the humidity is low.
It is like the frog in the warm water pot of water. You slowly raise the heat and the fog doesn't notice until it dies.
agreed- but I gotta say, it's getting hot in here 🥵
Yep 😑
English lady here. It seems so funny to me that Americans are switching to clothes lines to dry washing outside when a lot of your country has a lot of sun and you use a dryer. A dryer is so expensive to run. In England we can have 4 seasons in one day, but a tiny glimpse of Sun and that washed is on the line, then everyone is tokd keep an eye on the weather. My washing has been put out and got in 3 times in one day. A lot of us don't have dryers. I gave up my dryer which i only used for sheets and towels in winter. I did buy a heated airer which is much cheaper to run. I put it on for 3 hours then turn it off for a few hours then turn it back on. Drys well. If its chilly in the evening and you leave the cover off while its drying it help to take the chill off as well. Make meal plans using similar ingredients through the week that way you don't waste food. Variety in food costs more. Our biggest problem in England is our houses are a lot smaller so not much storage space. Our washing machine is in the kitchen as most homes don't have utility rooms. Cosco isn't cheap in England. I try to shop offers and reduced items. Enjoyed yor video. Thank you.
Hey there! Just wanted to add that I think a lot of my fellow Americans probably relocated in the last few years (a lot of people out here have) to areas laundry lines are useful in. My family of 5 just went from an area that was kind of good to line dry in-- so long as the rich folks dodn't complain about seeing laundry lines, which they often would-- to an area much like England with little sun and a lot of rain a solid chunk of the year. We've got a HUGE country and people out here are even now sometimes just finding out the climates are vastly different from state to state!
North Yorkshire here. I swear by my molly maid, which is a pulley system rack that goes up to the utility room ceiling. Anything we don't need to dry urgently goes on the rack instead of using the dryer.
It will be another month before I can reliably dry laundry outside, but I can't wait.
It’s the opposite of shopping local 😅 but we have recently saved a lot by subscribing to frequent purchases on Amazon. I thought we were being as frugal as possible before when we bought off brand over the counter meds from Walmart, but the Amazon brand is so much cheaper and worked just as well.
I found subscribe and save kept me out of the store which reduced the impulse purchases and seeing things they want me to think I need.
Old Roy dog food went from a 50 lb bag to 45 lb bag AND the price went up!! Boo.
Yikes! They aren't even trying to hide it!
Y'all should look into building a straw bale storage barn...and then include cooling pipes to take advantage of the even soil temps year round
I am going to food pantry giveaways sometimes I have to wait for three or more hours but I am also doing pickeling, canning, meal planning and keeping a tab on what we have to be good stewards of what we've been blessed with.
I would LOVE a video on coffee bean roasting?! 🤎
Coming from a large family myself, something ive had to regretfully take a hard look at is how much i am spending on gifts. Between family, friends and my sons class's burthday parties, as well as christmas, weddings and other celebrations, i realised i was spending a small fortune. After new years i made a list with some rules of who and what occasions i will now buy for and a strict budget for how much i will spend. I reuse guft bags, have cut back on over generous spending, and got into habit of picking up small things through the year i can put away as a "bank" of modestly priced gifts rhat i can draw on when a birthday etc comes up. At christmas its tempting to do all spending in one go and wait for winter to buy the gifts in fear i will miss a more current new product that might come out the person will want. But ive realised thats not sustainable for me
One thing I do is, I will bring a few of my kids to CVS and we just look for clearance items. Sometimes I find things that are 80 to 90% off-things like bags of popcorn or scotch tape. These things cost so much at Walmart, so I end up saving a lot of money on my groceries later because I don’t have to restock those expensive items.
please do a video of how the coffee bean roasting goes! That sounds fascinating! Especially because yeah, we spend a ton of money on coffee haha
Hi Angela. I wish we could access Azure here in Pennsylvania. I can't wait for the weather to hang my clothing outside. I have racks indoor to hand unmentionable year round, saves on the wear and tear on elastic.
Cake mixes. I recently made a birthday cake for my husband. The finished cake was so small! I checked, and yes, the cake mixes are 4 Oz. Less. 😢
Oh man - I haven't noticed that one yet. I'll be on the lookout since I make cakes often!
Yes! When I made cupcakes recently, I only got 20 instead of the usual 24 😑
I just ordered a clothesline the other day! One of those spinning ones and I’m so excited. I live in Idaho, but we should still be able to use it 8-9 months a year. We chose to do this over getting a newer dryer. It will be interesting to see how it impacts our electric bill.
Years ago I used to bake bread everyday, when I switched to baking sourdough (12 years ago) I calculated that it was saving me $80 a year by not needing to buy active dry yeast. I imagine that the savings is even more now. Also, I buy bulk flour now, saves us a ton. Takes about a month to go through 25 lbs of flour, some times less time.
Can I ask how you're storing your bulk flour? I have the space but I just don't know if I should use metal or plastic containers... or even invest in an antique pantry with a bin system built in? Any suggestions?
@@jeas4980 I just use food grade plastic 5 gallon buckets with gamma lids. Got them off Amazon, but I noticed Winco has them in the store (if you live near a Winco). My inner crunchy woman would love to only use glass and stainless steel containers but that’s just not feasible for me at this time so I do what I can and don’t worry about what I can’t do. And the toxins our bodies produce by worrying about things is worse than plastic, lol. We also store rice (takes about a year for us to use 25 lbs), and oatmeal (lasts about 3-4 months for 25 lbs).
what kind of flour? I’ve been looking to buy bulk plain unbleached
@@jeas4980 I just use 5 gallon food grade plastic buckets. My inner crunchy self would love to only use glass and stainless steel containers but that’s just not where I am in life at the moment, so I’m not worrying about it, lol. I ordered mine from Amazon (make sure you get the ones with the Gamma lids, they just screw off and on and make it super convenient. :) If you live near a Winco, they might also carry the buckets and Gamma lids.
@@hannahlowery1022 I prefer regular unbleached flour, but I can only get that from Winco and we don’t always go there, so sometimes I have to grab the bag of flour from Walmart or Costco and that’s all the regular bleached kind. At any of these three places it’s about $10-$12 for a 25 lb bag of flour.
My good friend just got a flour mill and she gave me some and it’s sooo much better than store bought flour that’s who knows how old. I want one someday, but it’s not going to happen anytime soon, maybe next year. :)
We need a dehumidifier running to stop our house going mouldy (on a mission to install kitchen and bathroom extraction fans) so I hang my laundry to dry above it and don’t use the dryer. Starting to do that and just being more conscious of electric usage has save me £50 a month on my bill
Have you considered getting solar? I’m in Brisbane Australia, very similar climate, very hot and humid… typically run air con on high using solar during the daylight hours then by shutting up the house can get through most of the summer evenings without needing to run air con consistently throughout (most of) the summer nights, depending on insulation. Will also only run laundry and dishwasher during the day, which effectively has them running on free solar energy.
I used to be able to make a Venus razor head last a good while before i “had” to get a new one…now, the quality of the razor head itself has gone WAY down 😳 I mean it was so noticeable! Quality of certain products has drastically changed 😔 Thank you for all these tips and tricks Angela!!! *Still loving those curls girl 😉
it's such a bummer to see prices rise and quality fall so much - i really don't know how young couples can afford to live. :( and thank you! I'm trying to give my hair a break from all the heat styling :)
Harry’s has been a good choice for us! And we are a hairy family… 😂
@@carolinerosekraft2575 Thanks for the tip!! I’ll definitely check them out once I finish off the new pack I just bought 🙃
@@angela.braniff summer time is when I tend to let mine go more natural anyway 🙂 It’s just the frizz that needs to be tamed for me 😅
Highly recommend checking out safety razors! They are 20 or so dollars, but 100 blades are between 15 and 20. Don't put as much pressure as you do with the disposables, but I even started my young teenagers on them and they weren't knicking themselves constantly like I did at their age.
My family roast their coffee always and is so delicious and the smell is amazing.
We have been roasting coffee at home for years. It’s amazing! Sweet Maria’s is the wholesaler we use. African coffee beans tend to be acidic and fruity, while South American coffee tends to be chocolate or caramel flavored. Enjoy!
Online Fight food waste - stores are great. I don't know how it works in the US, but in Finland, this works well. The products are often not even expired. Most items are there for different reasons like the brand changing the labels, seasonal items, or leftovers from a product that a store doesn't restock. they often have makeup, hair items, toys and some have clothing. Some have their own brand made from leftover tomatoes, potatoes, or other greens that can't be sold because they don't look pleasing. I have never had a problem with it. it is great for stocking up. I save about 30% on my food costs monthly by using them. Not only online, most stores have regular clear-out days where you can find products with up to 60% discount.
I just started making my own bread: No Knead Peasant Bread - 4 ingredients, 2 hour rest, put in a baking pan, 30 minutes rest, bake for 45 mins. It's so easy and fantastic!
do you have a link for the recipe? Thanks!!
@@AshleyDubyaaa The Hillbilly Kitchen, Peasant Bread. TH-cam
@@AshleyDubyaaa I make it almost every day. No egg or oil. I've added a half cup sugar, cinnamon and raisins for a delicious breakfast loaf.
You can find community garden plots too!
Yes, great tip!
Not here..they are reserved for years into the future
I recently perfected my waffle recipe using healthier ingredients, so they have a nice amount of fiber and protein and my kids love them. I feel so excited about it. It takes time and if you do a little at a time you'll end up with some amazing results!
Would you mind sharing the recipe? My kids love pancakes and waffles but they don’t stay full long having regular ones.
Would love the recipe as well!
As an African in agriculture am happy you are ordering Congolese COFFEE! Next try Kenyan, hope you will love it! Also you are willing to reduce food waste. A lot of water in agriculture goes to produce food that is wasted.
A bottle of Heinz 57 steak sauce was almost $7 yesterday! 😮 I was shocked.
WHAAAT?!?!?
@@angela.braniff I know! 🤯
(I commented a few days ago, but somehow it disappeared.) Just wanted to say, I have been roasting (green) coffee beans at home for several months now, and its great. I highly recommend it. You can get the roast just the way you like it, and you can try beans from all around the world. ☕
My first comment on this and I may have more. Yes everything is shrinkflation. But what I disagree with is that it shrinkflation and the price is stay in the same. Because here where I'm at they're double dipping. They're not only shrinking the product but they're increasing the prices too. Unless you get it on sale.
They raised prices, then shrinking of the item and raising the price more!
Highly recommend a safety razor! 100 blades was maybe 15 or 20 dollars depending on brand.
Sugar waxing is practically free (especially compared to the ridiculous prices for razor refills). There are YT videos on how to make and apply the "wax".
I've recently discovered that my favorite dishsoap, Gain Hula Berry scented, is now a very watered-down version of its former self. They changed the bottle from the regular version that sits with the opening at the top, to the new bottle that you're supposed to set with the opening down on a surface. I've also found that the single-serving Stouffer's meals are now smaller as well.
I actually switched to using Kirk's castile bars with a dish brush for washing. I find it easier to use with the way I wash, and it suds more than a lot of soaps. I can buy what is probably a years supply of bars for 41 dollars or Amazon, or I think I paid 36 on sale through Azure when I was shopping there.
Store bulk rice in half gallon ball jars, you need to add oxygen absorbers.
I need your sweater!!! Where did it come from??? Please share!!
In the past few years, several companies have actually changed the recipe of food I loved. I would rather they had upped the price! Butterfingers come to mind.
Check and see if you have a local grocery outlet. They have saved us so much money on pantry staples, snacks, etc.
I will look into that! Thanks :)
Laundry detergent? Does Thrive’s Rosie really save you $? I like it but i must be using too much.
Allergies are linked to low stomach acid. There’s diff ways to raise it. An easy one is ACV everyday
Learn how to use a straight razor/shavette. 100 blades for roughly $10.
There’s a learning curve and it takes more time, but it saves money in the long run.
You’ll save even more if you use a cutthroat razor. Make sure you know how to properly sharpen it though.
We must all stand up to corporate greed. Profits and profit margins are at all time highs, yet they continue to gouge us.
I found that the store brand of diet soda taste the exact same as the name brand. I also turn off the lights when I'm not in a room
Can you please do a video on how to do your adorable 1940's hairstyles? ❤
I'm not a soda person but my husband is and the 2 lite is currently $3.49+ 5 cents deposit & almost 10% tax. New size just came out for sunkist orange soda, 1.25 ltr size for 1.99....I kid you not, smh. I can't get the 2 liter size. They're pushing this size, grrr.
I feel like part of the video cut out between you talking about Costco and whatever the drop thing is that you’re talking about. I had to go to the description box to get the name of the company because I thought you were talking about Costco.. lol
Misfits Market consistently sent me damaged and spoiling produce- I’m assuming because of the distance from the source to me. However I love the idea behind it, I hope things change.
I had to stop misfits for the same reason…also was delivered in early morning and my front has the sun on it all day…I live in sw VA and it gets hot.
would you ever do another book review video? i've been watching since you adopted rosie and I miss those videos!
perhaps! what I read is kind of obscure and non-fiction, people seem to be more into fiction books so I feel like no one wants to hear about my crazy books, lol!
I read both and love reviews!
@@angela.braniff I totally understand if you feel like maybe the video wouldn’t perform well but I personally read mainly nonfiction (and trashy romance lol) and would love some weird recs! I just read a new one called bad therapy that I definitely recommend!
My vacuum shrunk. I bought the same vacuum I buy every year and apt it was half the size m. Even the cord is shorter
Yes!!! I have a cordless vac that I got from Amazon about a year ago. I wanted to gift one to my mom so I went and purchased another one- and it is SIGNIFICANTLY smaller. It made me laugh, honestly.