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So here I am a wife of a poor college student. I have been applying for jobs and haven't gotten any call backs. I went as far as applying to Wal-mart in the hopes that something will come along. I have a degree and love kids. I am hoping the Lord has a plan for me. Any way in the mean time I have to come up with ways to save money. So what have I done...

We went to Desert Industries or DI and bought an $8 bread maker. My dad sent me his recipe and now we get to enjoy homemade bread that saves us a lot on money.

We went to Sam's Club and bought meat and cheese in bulk. I have separated them out and froze them to save on shopping more often.

I made my own laundry detergent. Which turned out awesome! My husband is 6'5'' and a little over 200lbs and I am 5'8'' and not the smallest woman in town so our laundry baskets fill up fairly quickly. On average I do about 3-5 loads of laundry a week. I doesn't help that we have a small washer. Anyhow the batch I made should last us from 9-12mo worth of laundry! I'll take that.

I coupon but find that when I coupon I am just buying it because I have a coupon. I am well stocked on toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, deodorant, pads, and tampons. So those are all good. I try to be very good about how I spend our little bit of money. But I will get better at is as I grow.

Oh and we got a whirley pop... It is amazing. I highly suggest if you are a popcorn lover like I am. It takes a half cup of popping corn and 3Tbls of oil; I use extra virgin olive oil because that's what we have. I add a little salt and it is perfect. I love it and seeing as I eat popcorn almost of a daily basis we save a lot. However I still have a large box of microwave popcorn my parents got me so I have to alternate between the two. Either way it is all good.

Well that is all for now... I will post the recipe for the laundry detergent shortly. But as the bread recipe goes it stays in the family...

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The wife of a poor college student.