The three most requested items on my "Can you find a deal on....?" list are the ones we use and need all the time, tissues, toilet paper, and paper towels, AKA The Golden Trifecta of Household Needs, and the two go-to places for deals on these items seem to be Amazon and Jet.com. This week's deals all come from the Amazon Subscribe & Save program.
My savings criteria:
- 50 cents or less per roll of toilet paper
- 95 cents or less per box of tissues
- 80 cents or less per roll of paper towels
Of course, these are not hard and fast rules. Deals are going to vary by size of individual item (i.e. 500 sheet roll vs 125 sheet roll), brand loyalty (i.e. I find Viva is the best brand of paper towel and I'm willing to pay slightly more per sheet) and quality within brand (extra-soft, recycled, clean-ripple, extra-strong, suffused with lotion, etc.). I'll do my best to balance price with quality in Golden Trifecta deals.
Here are this top-of-the-week's deals:
I was skeptical about buying these because they were so much cheaper than other brands. I've never used other brands, but I am happy to say our family loves these. I have a 5 year old, 2 year old and 1 year old boys and they have already taken a lot of abuse and held up great. The magnets are strong enough to build things quite tall. You can carry some sturdier creations around without them breaking, but a lot of them will break if you try to carry them. That's not an issue for us though as we don't usually feel the need to move them around. My 5 year old has really shown creativity with these and he has played with them almost daily since he got them for Christmas nearly a month ago. Lately he loves to make creative boxes and containers and put toys or "presents" in them for us. I've also noticed everyone who sees my Son play with them wants to try them. My husband and I actually enjoy playing these with our kids so much that we ordered a second set today.
