Save Money - Stretch Your "Dryer Dollars"

Cost Coachette

Do you use those scented fabric softener sheets in your dryer? You're probably most familiar with the brand that is named after what a ball does .... (come on, it's not THAT difficult!)

Dryer Dollar Pointers

1) Buy your fabric sheets at one of those "dollar stores" not at the regular grocery store where the mark-up is substantially higher -- even with a coupon!

2) Choose the brand that has most number of sheets. They range roughly from 30 to 40. Buy the box with 40.

3) Tear them in half and use only one-half for every dryer load. There's virtually no difference in the static cling or softness of the laundry, and you have effectively turned the $1 (or less) box of 40 fabric softener sheets into 80. (2 x 40 = 80).

You think that's being too cheap? I don't know about you, but I'd rather have that extra $1 in MY pocket than someone else's. (Actually, it's more like $3 if you buy them at a regular store). Now go do your laundry -- if it's like mine, it's about to have puppies.