Want to save money for tuition? One way to do so is to be like your grandmother and be your own general store and service center.

Make your Own Mixes

For example,  you can make your own bleach based cleaning spray with bleach, water and laundry detergent. We did it this morning and instructions are available online. You can do it too. Just be sure to use a laundry detergent for the soap portion of it so you don’t create a toxic cloud.

The mix is 1 to 10 of bleach to water. Here is the mix we prepared this morning:

  • 3 ounces of bleach
  • 1 teaspoon of power laundry detergent
  • Top of the 32 ounce spray clean bottle we already had
Bleach bottles

Bleach Bottles by Wolfmann – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

This is 2 cents a bottle as opposed to $4.99 a bottle in the store.

I saved almost $5 bucks?

Or did I? Let’s check the math.

 

 

 

 

Amount Saved = $5

Put That Creation To Use!

I immediately put this spray to use in a clean wipe of and disinfection of the bathroom surfaces. The total process took less than 20 minutes.

Less is More

And acting as your own general store is a real quality of life booster. All we need is bleach, laundry detergent and water and one spray bottle. There is no reason to visit a big box store to stock up on sprays and fill our stuff our closet with various cleaning solutions. Time saved. Plus our frugal house is also less cluttered which lowers the stress levels.

Indeed, if you have those basic ingredients on hand it’s faster and cheaper to do it yourself than calling a cleaning services and then having to do your own this-place-is-a-mess pre-cleaning before paying for $40 professional cleaning service.

Amount Saved =$45

This in turn means I won’t suck down an entire $5 pint of ice cream in a stress induced fit. Instead I will get some gentle exercise and sense of control by being able to do this myself.

Amount Saved = $50

That combination of gentle exercise, avoiding the stress (and ice cream) and having a sense of control will delay a cardiovascular event by a few years, at least, the way I see it. And that is another $20,000 not spent on rehabilitation.

Amount Saved =$20,050

The Benefits Combine and Compound

Ok that health scare bit was a bit tongue and cheek. The point here is that doing stuff your self has benefits beyond the few dollars saved for tuition expenses. Being frugal won’t delay health issues. Or will it?

What isn’t intuitive at first and what I want you to learn is how the benefits compound beyond a few extra bucks.

Some basic home chemistry very well might increase your physical, mental and financial well-being. At the very least it will save you $5 bucks and result in clean bathrooms.

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