Reader Katie shared this idea on how to prevent extra loads of dishes to do! Which not only saves money but time too!
My money saving tip is to use a different colored plastic tumbler (cup) for each member of your family. We were finding that our dishwasher was filling up WAY too fast and it was mostly with cups because everyone would take a different cup each time they got a drink, mainly b/c they weren’t sure whose cup was whose. So we went to Target and found plastic tumblers on sale (the spring/summer is a great time to find them) and bought a different color for each family member. Now there is no confusion on who left their cup where. Along with this, we’ve implemented a strict 1 cup per day rule. This has saved us a ton of money because we don’t run the dishwasher nearly as much!
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I do this except all of the cups in our house are the same color, just different styles. It really does help to cut down on dishwasher use.
Great idea! When we were little my grandma labeled the bottoms of plastic cups with our initials using nail polish. Then, we had that one cup and were responsible for making sure it was clean when we wanted it. :) Worked great with 8 grandkids visiting!