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Household Supplies:

This section includes all household items that are needed on daily basis. Target is the best place to buy these household supplies. they usually have $10 GC with $40 household purchase or something similar. These promotions pop up every week, but in different categories. So, if you can wait a couple of months for household supply, you can always get them at a nice discount (and lot cheaper than at walmart, which never have discount on any of these items).

Toilet papers:

Buy from target or Lowes. You can get 1000 sheet roll for a couple of dollars, which will probably last you a year, if you use bidets (see below). There's really no need for toilet paper when you have a bidet, but they do help for extra cleanliness.

Bidets:

In lieu of toilet papers, you can install bidets, which clean your butt hole much more economically and leaves you in a much more hyegenic state. There are tons of bidets available starting from $20 and going all the way up to $1000's of dollars. However, the cheapest ones do the job just fine.

I had purchased over 5 bidets so far, and all of them worked flawless;y for over 5 years. 2 of them died after 6 years of continuous use (one of them started getting no pressure due to torn plastic pipe, while the other started leaking). It's best to throw them away instead of trying to fix it. All of these bidets fit over all the toilet seats that you have installed in toilets. They take less than 10 minutes to install, and you do not need any tools except for maybe a screwdriver to unscrew plastic screws. You can find a lot of youtube videos on how to install your exact model. They are very very easy to install, so don't let anyone talk you out of it.

Few things to keep in mind when purchasing these bidets:

  • There are both single and double nozzle versions available. double nozzle ones are supposed to clean you better. I've never tried double nozzle ones, as they are little expensive. single zozzle ones do the job just fine.
  • There are self cleaning ones now. Not sure if there's any advantage, but nicer to have it.
  • These bidets are very simple design. So, if if something is not working right, you can usually troubleshoot it pretty quick.
  • Always look for leaks. You need to tighten everything with hand, so don't use plier or other tools. There shouldn't be any leak. Make sure the valve that you get with the bidet is put in the connection, else water will start leaking. This rubber may also break over time causing leaks, though I haven't seen one fail so far.

These are the few that I've purchased, and would recommend.

  • Brondell Bidet: Bought this from amazon for $40+tax (for a single nozzle version). I've been using it for a year with no issues so far. It's very thin, and self cleaning. It's on the expensive side, so won't really recommend it price wise. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075MMHQX7

 

  • Luxe Bidet MB110: Bought this in 2012 from amazon for $32. Worked for 8 years before leaking. When I bought it, it didn't spray water at all. I emailed "Vie de Luxe", the official seller for Bidel Luxe on Amazon. Their customer service was extremely friendly and they shipped me a new one entirely free. Later I found out that the hole was not big enough, and that was the reason for water not getting sprayed. On making the hole bigger by pushing in a screw driver, I was able to get it to work.  So, I ended up with 2 for the price of one. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KKRCFA

 

  • Joy Bidet C1: Bought this from amazon for $24. This also bought from same seller "Vie de Luxe". This also worked flawlessly. Just recently it started leaking after being in service for 8 years. Looks like this brand is discontinued and this seller just sells Luxe Bidets now.

 

  • Dalmo Bidet: Bought this for around $20 on sale, even though the list price is $32. It has self cleaning fetature, and has dual nozzle for feminine/posterior wash. Don't really know what that means. This works great too. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VGCT4XH

 

 

Paper towels:

This is one of the other time that is totally unneeded, but is sold in huge quantities all over the country. They are made from cutting trees, cost so much to ransport, take up so much shelve space in stores, and are used on a regular basis. If everyone just kept a handkerchief or a peice of cloth with them and wash it regularly, 99% of this wastage could be eliminated, Anyway, married people with kids can't imagine a life if they didn't buy this wastage. I personally don't use these paper towels, but do buy them. Paper towels shouldn't cost more than 0.5 cents per sheet. Ones with 1 ply (real thin ones) go for 0.25 cents/sheet. Good thick ones cost 0.5 cents/sheet. Look for ones that have "choose a size" or smaller cut sheets, as larger sheets just get wasted.Most of the times you just need a paper sheet to clean something, smallest size paper works just as fine as a large sheet.

Best place to buy these are  from Walgreens and Home Depot. They go on sale on Walgreens quite often. Combined with their cash rewards and coupons, you can get 86sheet paper towel for $0.40 (implying 0.5 cents per sheet). I have also seen these on clearance pretty often at Home depot, where they go for 50% off. There it goes for $3 for a pack of 6, costing about the same as walgreens one, but little better quality.

Paper towels usually go on sale on amazon too. This is a link that's expired, but the same deal keeps on coming every few months like a clockwork. There list price is $80 which is nonsense. Here 250 sheets cost a dollar when on sale, implying 0.4 cents per sheet. Papers are of better quality though.

Amazon deal on scotts paper sheet:

https://slickdeals.net/f/15548869-16-pack-of-250-count-scott-essential-multifold-paper-towels-14-45-w-subscribe-save

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0040ZOD04

 

Soap:

Shampoo/conditioner:

 

Cloth Washing detergent:

Dish washing detergent

dish cleaning detergent