Fresh Bread Pro Tip

When you buy bread from the store you'll notice that the twisty tie or plastic clip has a distinct color. 

That specific color is not picked at random in order to seal your scrumptious bread in from the elements.
The color of the twisty tie or plastic clip on your loaf of bread can mean having a fresh loaf of bread or a week old loaf of bread.


Here's an easy way to get the fresh choice!


Bread is usually delivered to stores 5 days a week. And there are 5 different colors of twisty ties and plastic clips bread is sealed with.


They are:

Monday - Blue 

Tuesday - Green

Thursday - Red

Friday - White

Saturday - Yellow

Now it can be difficult to remember these colors, but a great trick is to at least remember that the colors go in alphabetical order.

Blue Green Red White Yellow

For example, it is Tuesday and you pick up a loaf of bread that has a White twisty tie on it. If you want a fresh loaf of bread, you should go find a loaf of bread that has a Blue or Green twisty tie or plastic clip on it. The one with a White tie is almost a week old!

LEARN YOUR ALPHABET AND COLORS SO YOU CAN HAVE FRESH BREAD.

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"I keep running out of printer ink! It's so expensive too!"

"I need to print some things but I'm running out of ink!"

Have you ever found yourself printing out an essay and all of a sudden your computer tells you that you're running low on ink?

Yeah, we've all been there and we all know how much printer ink costs. Sometimes it's even cheaper to just buy a brand new printer with the stock ink they come with, rather than buying new ink.

But in the meantime, you're low on cash and time. Here's some ways to stretch the ink you currently have.


Here's what you need:

• Ability to navigate through the options of your printer and word processing software (Microsoft Word)
• At least one arm, it doesn't have to be yours either.

Here's what you can do:

STRETCH THAT INK

• Before quickly printing out those documents, stop and look at the printing options that usually show up in a dialog box before you actually hit "Print."
• In these options, you can be able to use less ink and still have a finished and legible finished document.

Additional tips for Inkjet printers

If you're in the middle of a printing job and your printer announces, "LOW INK!" Don't fret. It's just a warning, and your ink cartridge isn't completely empty.

1. To buy yourself a couple more days of printing, remove the ink cartridge from the printer.
2. Firmly hold the cartridge in hand and shake it until you are satisfied that the contents are thoroughly shaken. 
3. Put the cartridge back

Additional tips for Laser printers

Just because your computer and/or printer tells you that the toner is low, the printer can still function fine for two to three weeks.

• Just keep in mind that you'll eventually have to replace the toner or purchase a new printer, but print your documents as usual
• Pay attention to the quality of the pages you print out, if they start to look choppy and degraded then it's time to finally replace the toner.
• So what if one print job is ruined, one page of ruined text is pennies compared to the dozens of dollars in cartridges thrown away that still have life in them

 

AND DON'T PRINT THINGS YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO PRINT.

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"Why is grocery shopping so expensive? How can I save money?!"

Grocery shopping doesn't have to be stressful and it doesn't have to be as expensive as it may seem sometimes.

The number one thing to keep in mind when going out for things is to:

Buy the things you need, before going after the things you want.The second thing you need to do is to PLAN.

Here's what you need to do:

Before you even leave your dorm/apartment/house for groceries, STOP.

• Take inventory of what is needed before considering what is wanted. Overstocking may result in wasted food and ultimately wasted money.
• In order to avoid impulse buying, eat before heading to the store therefore the brain can have more influence in judgment than a hungry stomach. 

Once you've made it to a store, LOOK around you for a moment.

• Many popular brand named items are advertised in the media as being the best tasting or best working, however the price isn’t always the best sounding. A name for a product is what it is, a name.
• Another cheaper product can be just as good as a brand name product, just compare and contrast its ingredients and active ingredients if it's a household product.
• An example can be of the brand name aspirin you need because you get headaches from staying up all night studying. A cheaper generic brand contains the same active ingredient as the brand name aspirin.

As you look closer at items and what they're made of, you will soon find that in order to save more money you can just simply COOK things for yourself rather than buying pre-made products.

• Regarding processed foods, buying raw foods and ingredients is not only significantly cheaper but healthier as well. Cook meals instead of relying on prepackaged processed meals.
• Do you really want to buy a $4 pack of 3 frozen pizzas? Or do you want to make them yourself by getting more for your money, quantity, and most of all quality?
• Processed foods offer the convenience of a quick and easy meal, however the price of relying on them eventually affects finances

If you want to save money AND eat healthy, farmers' markets are your best friend.

• Use local farmers’ markets as a venue for fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes. These markets are much cheaper and are tastier than the produce being sold in stores.

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"My room smells, my car smells, my roommate's shoes smells, EVERYTHING SMELLS!!"

Is everything around you starting to smell? Has your busy school and/or work schedule made it difficult to maintain a clean living environment? Maybe it's your roommate(s) that need to clean things up.

To effectively reduce the amount of bad odors around your dorm/apartment, the number 1 way is to clean up.

However once everything is put back in their rightful place, the smelly odor may still linger.


Here's what you need:

• Fabric Softener Sheets (dryer sheets, which you'll probably have a bunch of if you do laundry)

Here's how you can use them:

• Has your "new-car" smell turned into an "old-musty-car" smell? Tuck dryer sheets under car seats to counteract odors and even cigarette smells.
• Smelly drawers? There are scented drawer liners, but those are expensive. Simply tuck dryer sheets under existing drawer liners or tape them to the back of your drawers.
• You can use recently used dryer sheets in piles of laundry that have yet to be done, and also use them in trash baskets to counteract odors
• Smelly shoes and gym bag? Drop a dryer sheet into each of your shoes and leave them overnight to help get rid of odors. Shove some dryer sheets into your gym bag to control odor.
• Throw some sheets in your closet to keep your clothes smelling fresh.

Why does this work?
Fabric softener sheets just smell nice.

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