Day Fifteen of Our Quest

"Flu Season" is officially here in the Mills house!

One by one they are all coming down with the flu. I am busy with laundry and taking care of sick children, too busy to allow myself to give in to my fever and illness. Eventually I will get to the point of having to rest to get myself well. But for now, we are going through lots of 7-up and chicken noodle soup!

As I scour the house with bleach and Oust, I thought about something that we do to save lots of money. We recently made our semi-annual trip to Sam's Club. About every six months we make a trip to Sam's Club and stock up on the things that we purchase there because they are so much cheaper. You really have to watch because many things are not cheaper there! An example of the things that we buy there is french fries, we buy 30 lb. for around $17. You can get the regular sliced or crinkle cut and my kids like the crinkle cut. This works out to less than 57 cents per pound! That is as cheap as buying the potatoes and cutting the fries myself. The same goes for tator-tots and hash browns. This trip we renewed our membership, we will go back in six months then again just before our membership expires. We let our membership expire and wait at least six months before we return and renew our membership. This way we are getting 18 months out of that 12 month membership, that's a 50% savings! The most important thing is that we never go there hungry or take the kids!