Frontier Co-op

Back in October a few friends & I set up a wholesale account through Frontier Co-op. Since then we have ordered stuff almost every month and are making great savings in the process. Not only do we get bulk deals, but they offer many organic products as well.

Click here for the link for creating a wholesale customer account. There is a $10 Membership fee (I think its yearly, but it might be a one time fee... I was not the one who set up our wholesale account).

Once you create your wholesale account you are ready to go! I suggest ordering a free catalog with your first purchase so you can look through all the products available when internet isn't always up (we live in the country and don't have internet at home so the catalog is really nice for us!).

Some products that I am loving that we have already purchased and used are listed below:

• GladRags Pantyliners
• Plum Organics, Spinach & Apple Puffs
• Burt's Bees Honey Throat Drops
• (Organic & Bulk) Whole Flax Seeds
• Hyland's Baby Teething Tablets
• TwinLab Brewer's Yeast
• Rainbow Light Prenatal Vitamins

Of course I am also loving all their Aura Cacia essential oils. We have purchased/used:

• Cinnamon Leaf
• Citronella Java
• Clove Bud
• Fennel Seed
• Grapefruit
• Lavandin
• Lavender
• Lemon
• Orange (sweet)
• Oregano (organic)
• Pine
• Sage
• Tangerine
• Tea Tree

There are many other oils available, but those are the ones we have purchased so far to use.

I am always excited about their monthly sales as well. You can almost always find something you want to grab at a dollar or two cheaper than you would get it at regular price. If you use herbs and spices, buying in bulk here is also great! We love to save money by buying organic herbs in bulk. Its more costly up front, but if you have freezer space for the extra it is totally worth it! Especially for things you use quite often.

Stockpiling Clothes for Littles

Clothes Little C is growing into are stored in boxes in the bottom of his closet.

I don't know about you, but I think little ones grow way too fast!

I have been picking up clothes for Little C every chance I get. I hit up a lot of garage sales over the summer and often am able to stuff Wal-Mart sacks full of clothes for $5 or less! I am always excited when I find these good deals and they have nice clothes to pick from.

I wash clothes I bring home, even if I buy them new at a store because I'm paranoid... but that's okay! I also like to know that when I get them out they are ready to go.

Once the clothes are washed I usually dump them in a pile on Little C's floor.

 

While folding, I sort into different piles for each size.

 

In some of the bigger sizes I only have a few things each so I put them in Wal-Mart sacks to keep them sorted before storing in a larger box.

 

Here is an example of a box with more than one size in it. I use regular masking tape and write all the sizes and then line them up like this. Once a size has enough for its own box I move it out of a mixed box. This usually happens when we get close the next size he will be in.

After Little C outgrows clothes I move them out of his closet and dresser and sort through them again. This time I take out anything I don't want to keep and the rest goes in a box and is stored in the basement. I have donated and sold Little C's old clothes to help pay for items we may not have been able to find in thriftier ways (B/S/T pages, thrift stores, yardsales, etc).

I love having bigger clothes on hand because it really helps save money and it's not stressful when I suddenly realize his shirts are really too small and we need bigger clothes!