Well, first I must admit that I failed.  On Wednesday night I was attending aMom mixer with the homeschool groupbut had some kinks in the plan (husband home sick from work, and uh, failure to plan.  My constant companion is good old Failure to Plan.) So I spent $5.40 at Boston Market to grab a quick bite to eat before my meeting.

Sigh.

On the other hand, I returned some items to Target so money wise, I have more in my pocketbook!  I had bought a couple of things for the home and a big box of diapers, but upon further reflection, decided that what we had was good enough.

We cloth diaper Baby A, more or less.  I was using disposables for when we were out and about.  Too many times I had left a plastic bag of wet clothies in the van.  Ten people arriving home after an adventure is quite a production and I rarely remember to bring everything in right away.  Soiled diaper + Texas sun + a few days = totally worth buying disposables.

And then I found that using a disposable at night helped Baby A sleep longer (and I’m all about the baby sleeping through the night.)  And then, because I’m lazy, disposables crept up into everyday use.

After committing to two weeks of no spending, I discovered that we had about 10 disposable diapers left.  So I’m hoarding them for overnight use and we’re back in clothies.  But disposable wipies?  Totally worth it, IMO.

Do you change your routine in order to avoid a trip to the store?

As moms, we do some strange things, including fishing days old diapers out of plastic sacs and washing them (twice for good measure!)

What crazy, weird, gross, or just mundane thing did you do this week?  Share your glamorous life with us!  Just link to this post on your blog, then leave your URL in the comments!  Let’s share our burdens and commiserate!

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