Kate Gosselin knows lots about stretching a dollar—she has to with eight kids to feed and clothe. Now she's sharing some of her more recent tips with her fans on her CouponCabin.com blog.
According to a report from Babble, Kate claims that these cuts in expenses are easy ones, and don't really make her feel like the family is missing out on anything.
Kate swears by buying store-brand grocery items, saying they taste exactly like their more expensive name brand counterparts. She makes her coffee at home, which seriously limits exposure to Starbucks. She and the kids don't go to movie theaters, but wait for films to come out on DVDs instead.
Making lunches for the eight Gosselin children saves the former Kate Plus Eight and Jon & Kate Plus 8 reality star big bucks, but those bucks can add up even if you only have one child. She also is an avid recylcer and believes in reusing items both she and the kids already have.
Can you put some of Kate Gosselin's money-savings tips to good use? It would seem anyone trying to save a little money could save even more by enlisting these helpful hints.
You can check out the rest of Kate's hints for saving money by visiting her CouponCabin blog.
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Meanwhile, Kate is still having her hair done at a top NYC salon and enjoying dinner at the Fig&Olive afterward. She might have cut back on Starbucks, but she has grifted a virtual lifetime supple of coffee creamer for herself (and since her "recipe" for coffee is mostly creamer, that's a big perk for Diva Kate).
As far as lunches go, school lunches should be the kids decision - school lunch or bag lunch. They've earned the right to make that decision.
You need reminding that it is the kids who earned the money in that family and paid a heavy price for it - so much so that we won't know for a long time how high a price.
The Gosselin children should not be missing out on ANYTHING.
Her meal tickets aren't even allowed to snuggle up on comfy furniture and under blankets on cold nights.
But they can sit on a thin sheet on a hard wood floor so it catches the random ice cream drip.
How anyone thinks that this is okay is beyond me.
Ahhhh, but we have fun here and it saves us the trouble of searching for articles. It's a recapper's world these days, and we're just commentors. It's the easiest way to get our snark on. (Also, my opinion is that Kate's writing speaks for itself; no one needs to make it 'laughable'.)
Gather is a community. If you dislike the recaps or the comments in one forum or by one writer, move on to another. I'm sure there are plenty of warm fuzzies if that is for what you're looking. If someone chooses to put her/himself in the limelight (be it Kate or sparkly vampire lovers or the Honey Boo Boos of the world), tough skin is a must.
I think we all feel for the kids because they didn't choose to be part of any of this. I know they are the reason I keep reading--and I can't wait for their tell-all book(s). We(dare I presume to speak for others?) don't think highly of their mother because she comes across as a self-promoter first and foremost.
Thank, P.J. :)