Laundry

I am on a mission to save money (heck, who isn't?).  I tried the whole coupon-ing thing, and while I admire those who can do it, I don't have the time to follow through with it.  I have tried waiting for sales at the grocery store, or Wal-Mart.  I have tried buying in bulk at the Super Wal-Mart or the Super Ingles in Clayton.  And while those things do help, I am still not seeing the savings I want.


A few weeks ago, while I was trolling on Pinterest (which I do almost every free second of every day), I found this idea of making your own laundry detergent.  This is something I have heard of before, thanks to the Duggar Family (yes, I watch their show), but I never thought about doing it myself.  So I did some research online about homemade laundry detergent, and found that it is compatible with front loading washers.  After all my research, most of the detergent recipes were similar, so I decided to stick with the Duggar's recipe.  I figured, if they can wash 21 people's laundry with it, and keep their clothes clean, I can do it for my family!


Part of my reasoning for doing this is I want to save money on things I don't like to spend money on.  I mean, a thing of Tide High Efficiency Detergent is $20.  I go through one of those about every month  (sometimes more often, depending).  So, I'm spending over $240 a year on name-brand detergent.  Silly!


I went and purchased all the things necessary to make it.  In total, it cost me a little over $8 to buy all the ingredients.  EIGHT DOLLARS!  And this recipe will do 680 loads of laundry.  If I do one load a day, this detergent will last me almost TWO YEARS!


I haven't tried it yet, so I will keep you updated on it.  I should run out of my last bottle of Tide in about two days.  We'll see how it goes!


Now, if only I could find an easier way to actually FOLD my laundry!


The Duggar family recipe is here http://www.duggarfamily.com/content/duggar_recipes/30455/Homemade%20Liquid%20Laundry%20Soap-%20Front%20or%20top%20load%20machine-%20best%20value.