For years, I had a membership to BJ's wholesale club. It cost $40 a year, and I always felt like I was getting my money's worth because I could find good deals on bulk packages of everyday household items and food. Pros and Cons of Buying in Bulk As a new mom, the pros of buying in bulk at BJ's Wholesale Club seemed to outweigh the cons. When my first daughter was born, I got hooked on Pamper's brand diapers, and I found that buying them at BJ's saved us money (because I could stack a club coupon with a manufacturer's coupon on top of already decent prices). BJ's also Keep Reading
Archives for April 2012
11 Ways to Save Money on Christmas Presents
When my first child was born, I was still trying to figure out how we would be able to live on one income. Even though we had been fairly successful at doing so in the year-and-a-half long trial run leading up to her birth (we started pretending like we didn't have my income well before we needed to), I went a little nuts with saving strategies after our daughter arrived. Only then did it seem real that I wouldn’t be bringing in any money going forward, and I was so afraid we wouldn’t be able to do it. Our 1-Present Christmas – The Year We Only Spent $10 on Christmas One thing I did was Keep Reading
Do 2-Year-Olds Need Birthday Parties?
Should parents throw birthday parties for two year olds? Recently, on a local mom blog, a reader asked the question, "What is a good place for a two-year-old's birthday party?" I have been thinking about this, myself, recently because I have a 22-month-old who needs a celebration of some kind in two month's time. Throwing Birthday Parties for Two-Year-Olds For my oldest, who is now four years old, we had a "real" birthday party for her in our home. We mainly invited family and friends. The majority of attendees were adults because most of our friends didn't have children Keep Reading
