Take a minute and envision what your daily morning routine looks like. There are things you use every single day to make sure your routine goes smoothly. Now imagine the entire day and everything you and your family use daily. The cost of all essentials in your home over a year can come to an astonishing number. So, we’ve come up with some great ways to save on household items that make cents!

Toilet Paper

The average family can go through approximately 200 to 400 toilet paper rolls annually. Now, if you pay attention to toilet paper rolls, you’ll know there are so many different ply thicknesses, roll thicknesses, and so on. When it comes to tracking your family’s toilet paper consumption and the cost associated with it, the metric you should be focusing on is the price per sheet. Premium brands can cost upwards of $0.0045 per sheet, and sometimes you can find it as low as $0.0026 per sheet. Who knows, if you find the best deal in the world, you may even be able to find it lower. Focus on this area could save you and your family $200.00 yearly!

Dish Detergent

If you are anything like the rest of the world, you probably run your dishwasher or wash some dishes daily. Regarding a dishwasher, the tablets can range anywhere from $0.15 to $0.25 cents. If used every single day, it can add up considerably over the year. If you catch a great sale, you may see these as low as just $0.12 cents. This would give a potential savings of up to around $50.00 a year.

Toothpaste

One of the most difficult parts of starting a “savings regimen” for a product like toothpaste is the amount used per individual per instance, which can vary. So, if you use the recommended amount, known as a “pea-sized” amount, you would use up to (approx.) 16 tubes of toothpaste per year. This cost can easily add up when you’re talking about anywhere from $2-$4 per tube. The savings however are a bit more challenging and generally bring in less that $30/year. That’s not to say you should not try to clean up the usage and efficiency of your toothpaste game. All savings add up in the end.

Shampoo / Conditioner

Once again, this can be a challenging metric because the amount used each time can vary by person and day used. So, if only the recommended amount of shampoo and conditioner are used, your family would use about 20-40 bottles per year. The price can range quite a bit as well. Sometimes, you can find coupled deals close to $7 or so, but when on sale, one bottle can be as little as $2.50. You could save between $50 and $100 if you play your cards right.

Paper Towels

If your house is anything like mine, you can easily blow through the average two rolls per week. Heck, you may be finding yourself nearing 3. On average, paper towels are roughly $0.04, or 4 cents per square foot, or $1.30-$1.50 per roll. With proper research and effort, this figure has sometimes gotten as low as $0.02 – $0.025 per square foot. It isn’t a ton of money, but managing your paper towel purchasing and use can save you upwards of $50 a year.

Laundry Detergent

It may (or may not) blow your mind to find out that, on average, the typical household can do up to 400 loads of laundry per year. 400!! That is incredible. Now, imagine how the cost per load can add up or result in savings. Each load costs around $0.20 cents, but if you are lucky enough to find an amazing sale on laundry detergent, you may find it as low as $0.05 cents per load. Some people will even say that when playing the “coupon game,” they see numbers as low as $0.03 cents. All your efforts could see you and your family saving $75.00 annually!

We know that sometimes a $50 per year savings doesn’t seem like a lot, so why waste the brain power… right? Wrong! Even something that seems small, like $50 per year, when added to the other cost-saving strategies in your home, can greatly impact your year’s rewards. Play your cards right, and you could save yourself and your family upwards of $500.00 a month, which can be used for memories or needs!

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