We run our household on a tight budget. With the way the prices of things go, one has to oversee the expenses to get every worth of the money being used for buying the things needed.

When buying food, we tend to buy in bulk. We get the biggest cereal box, the biggest oatmeal pack, a big can of milk, cookies or biscuits in packs.

In buying the toiletries, we get a big container of shampoo, a big soap, a pack with several tissue paper rolls in it and even the biggest toothpaste tube. I transfer shampoo contents in a used bottle so we can have two bottles of shampoo in both the bathrooms.

We also do the same for school and office supplies because as a homeschooling mom, we need supplies handy for some of the things we do at home. A ream of white paper, a pack of lined pad papers, a box of pencils, a big box of staple wires, a box of fasteners, a pack of clear tape, a big container of glue and a pack of erasers are what we normally purchase. The glue is also transferred in a smaller container so everyone has his/her glue to use.

Sure, buying in bulk is more expensive, especially when one is, like us, as I have already written, running on a tight budget. But in the end, it saves time and money when a piece of fastener is ready to be used when the need arises and there is no need to run to the nearby bookstore to get one.

As it is bound to happen, one will not have just the fastener needed in the purchased items but other products not intended to be bought.

I know, I have done that already. You know what I mean, going to the supermarket just to buy a bottle of fish sauce only to go home with three grocery bags of mostly chips and sweetened drinks

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