Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to take stock before you read stock before
Speaker 1: you go shopping. Be sure you know what you already
Speaker 1: have so you don't wind up with stuff that you
Speaker 1: don't truly need. So perhaps you have already heard the
Speaker 1: advice to check your fridge and check your pantry before
Speaker 1: you go grocery shopping, and to check your closet before
Speaker 1: you buy something new for an event. But just because
Speaker 1: you have heard that advice, does that mean you always
Speaker 1: follow it. I know that I might have good intentions,
Speaker 1: but then someone goes to the store without looking, and
Speaker 1: next thing we know, we have six boxes of cheerios
Speaker 1: and none of my almond milk. I recently bought several
Speaker 1: potential new shirts for a TV appearance because I assumed
Speaker 1: that none of my existing stuff was going to work.
Speaker 1: But then I realized I had a blue shirt that
Speaker 1: would work just fine. Not only can checking ahead of
Speaker 1: time save you money, it can also spark ideas. Maybe,
Speaker 1: thanks to a pantry scan, you find that tamarin paste
Speaker 1: you bought months ago and decide that this is the
Speaker 1: week for stir fry. You may discover a skirt that
Speaker 1: you've somewhat forgot you owned, but that looks mysteriously like
Speaker 1: what people are wearing fashionably right now. Stuff does come
Speaker 1: around again, and honestly, using what you have is just greener.
Speaker 1: One of my kids went off to an academic camp
Speaker 1: for a few weeks this summer and they gave us
Speaker 1: a list of school supplies to My first thought was
Speaker 1: to go to Target to get these things, but then
Speaker 1: I realized that I was having this conversation with my
Speaker 1: kid while he was sitting at a desk with an
Speaker 1: unused three ring binder sitting right on top of it.
Speaker 1: We hunted around and were able to pull together almost
Speaker 1: everything he needed by checking what was unused from the
Speaker 1: school supplies we bought last year. It was good to
Speaker 1: take stock before we restocked. By taking stock, you might
Speaker 1: even get a head start on your holiday shopping. If
Speaker 1: you have a gift closet or bin, or if you
Speaker 1: have hiding places for storing gifts that you have gotten
Speaker 1: through the year, see what you already have before you
Speaker 1: make a shopping list. I'll note that taking stock can
Speaker 1: also mean taking stock of what other people own. If
Speaker 1: you are throwing a party in your dining room table
Speaker 1: is the same size as your parents' dining room table.
Speaker 1: Maybe they have a nice tablecloth that you can use.
Speaker 1: No need to go shopping. You can avoid acquiring things
Speaker 1: you don't need if you discipline yourself to see what
Speaker 1: you have or perhaps what you can borrow before buying
Speaker 1: anything new. No need to spend money or bring in clutter.
Speaker 1: You just have to be a little more organized in
Speaker 1: the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's
Speaker 1: to making the most of our time.
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