anyone have any money saving advice?

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Registered: 03-25-2003
anyone have any money saving advice?
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Fri, 05-07-2004 - 12:44pm
I am currently working 3 different part time jobs as a teacher. Only one of them continues over the summer, and one of them ends entirely in June - so money is going to be much tighter than usual for a while (possibly permanently, I don't know!). I've eliminated the non-essentials, such as cable tv, and I'm paring down what expenses I can. Our biggie is always our mortgage payment, which is just covered by my husband's monthly pay, so I have to cover pretty much everything else, and I'm trying to still swing a few recreational activities for the kids this summer. Any other ideas, especially in terms of whittling down the grocery budget? There is a Costco an hour from here, and I'm wondering if the savings would pay for the membership fee and gas - I've never been a Costco member before. In our small town, "healthy" foods - like fresh produce and lean cuts of meat, are pretty expensive and not always the highest quality!

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Registered: 03-20-2004
Mon, 05-10-2004 - 4:50pm
Ours is Sams, not a Costco, though I've shopped at both including the Costco when I lived in Washington State. Good that your strawberries were great, but my point is that when shopping at a warehouse type store it's good to look closely at the produce; because they buy in bulk the storage enroute or at the store may/might impact quality. I can't tell you how **many** times the fruit or tomatoes or mushrooms have looked scrumptious.....and then I bring them and they're spoiled! Hate it when that happens. But now that we're getting into strawberry season, it's possible to get the great local stuff....and I can hardly wait for tomatoes that TASTE like tomatoes (for that I'll put out container garden).

Washington brands....at QFC we used to buy stockpot soup, made locally, and now I see it's available nationally (at Sams, of course). For lunch today (speaking of Seattle so much here) I had some Seattle smoked salmon!!!

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