So Fresh and So Clean

Back in the good ole days of high school and college I used to spend money like crazy. I would go to work, get paid, and go shopping. I had, well I still have, the sweetest parents in the world who took care of all my real needs, so I was left to get the frivolous wants. No lie, I spent $400 just in Guess while shopping by myself one time. Ri-dang-diculous. But ohhh how times have changed. I'm now the cheapest person I know. I clip coupons like crazy, buy store brand products, and sit around the house sweating like a pig because I don't want to turn the air conditioner down.

So the last time I was at the store and paid $20 for a box of laundry detergent that would only last me a little over a month, I decided I would start making my own. I knew I had seen several pins for this on Pinterest, so all I had to do was search for "homemade laundry detergent" and up popped 1,000+ pins.

I found one that I liked and seemed easy enough and got going. At the grocery store I found all if my ingredients:

1 4lb box Borax
1 4lb box OxiClean
1 4lb box Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (or two 2lb boxes like I did)
1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (55oz box)
3 bars Fels-Naptha Soap (or Zote)

First order of business; grating the soap. I should have bought a cheap grater instead if using my good one, but it didn't seem to hurt it.

 

Looks like grated cheddar.

Next, dump in all the other ingredients. This recipe makes about 5 gallons so I ended up putting it all in a trash bag. Then mix it all up! I had some help from the cutest munchkin ever. She loved how the bag mushed around!

And that's all there is to it!

I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a jar and some stickers, and dumped all my detergent in!

You don't think I could make it through a whole post without a picture of my munchkin do you?

 

Finished product!

Simple and cute! This batch should last me quite a while. Not to mention that it didn't even all fit in the jar. I still have a lot left in the bag!

God is so good for blessing us with a washing machine so I don't have to do all our laundry by hand!!!