well, I did yell at my kids but at no point did I stick a penis in them and scar them for life. JUST SAYING.

I think we maybe save 5-20 dollars a week depending on the season.

"You've got mail." Ooooh I felt so cool.

this can be done, with careful planning, shopping, and being ok with whatever brand is the best deal.

we have saved a lot just using her recipe for homemade laundry soap. It takes five minutes and is so much cheaper and gentler.

if you go past a u pick farm, sometimes you can make a killing on fruit they had to pick but people don't want to buy because they want to pick it themselves. We got so many organic, heirloom tomatoes and peaches that way. There is a blog I really like called The Prudent Homemaker. It's a bit religious but her…

sometimes we feel like it's the best thing we can do for our family( no pesticides, our kids are super healthy with amazing skin etc, we shop at Whole Foods and Trader Joes partly because they are decent to employees, there is a lot of cancer in my family) sometimes when everyone else can afford to go on family…

us too. See my other reply.

I calculated rage we spend just over 8 grand a year to feed my family of five. We make 60 grand a year. We do buy almost all organic but I save in other ways by baking our bread and rolls and cookies and granola. We also have a small kitchen garden where we grow the things that cost us the most, berries, tomatoes,…

this is why our grocery bill is so high. We are cheap everywhere else so we can buy the highest quality food we can find.

I feel weird. We spend a bit over 8,000 per year on food. (This includes cleaning supplies) We are maybe 70%organic and have a garden, but we do forego other things like cable to help pay for it. I cannot be the only person spending this much on a family of five.

I always ALWAYS sent home leftovers with the kitchen staff. I could not face throwing out all that good stuff.

that is great! I had to make 800 freaking biscotti for a food show once and they needed maybe 50. We were drowning in them. I would have loved to just donate them. We are gearing up for our second big food pantry donation of the summer. Last year our towns pantry actually ran out of food.

We always call them Sunday Christians, because they DGAF the rest of the week. That was what led me to Lutheranism, a complete disgust with what was preached at me vs. what I saw practiced. It was a much better fit for me because I wanted a religion I could look my child in the eye and say " yes, this is what we…

when I was a poor college student, that damn bus drove past every dealership in town. It was depressing/jealousy inducing/motivating ETC. Ugh. The bus was ok, the STATION. Oh god.

me too. I'm ashamed to be happy because of the people hurt, but get those sanctimonious turds. Get em!

these people are crazy. I told one I would die if I became pregnant with a fourth baby and they said I was lazy and should abstain. For the next 15 years I suppose. They cannot be reasoned with because zealots don't care about collateral damage.

I don't think that's callous.

I guess I do tend to whine when someone treats me chattel. We all have our crosses to bear. I need to work on finding better ways to call you a douche and you need to work on not being a douchey sexist boil.

I'm sorry, I swear we're not all giant patronizing shitbags. Just some of us.