Puberty fairy

Or sams club

I'm aware of the obvious sanitary concerns, but if opened yet unused, couldn't they be stored in a dry, covered box, or in plastic ziplock bags, under the sink or wherever? Certainly it's not required for those products to be wrapped up in order to use them. :/

I'd say yes normally that would work but she's made wings with them so they're probably all stuck together and thus unusable. The tampons... I don't know.

waste of expensive menstrual supplies was also what i came here to bemoan.

Speaking of which, how much do you girlies budget for menstrual products each month? Is it like contact solution - $10 every couple months?

I just make it part of my grocery budget and add an extra $20 whenever I need more. It might be every other month.

i do not budget because i am shit at budget, but i would say it costs more than that, and thats from someone who has it mild cuz of birth control.

Well mine is pretty erratic due to my kidneys not working so it varies wildly how often and how heavy.

erratic means you gotta factor in cost of underwear.

Not really. I've gotten pretty in tune with my body and can tell when it's coming really accurately. It's just not a regular schedule.

mine does whatever it wants when im not using birth control, and i dont feel it coming :( its great you know tho

I didn't when I was younger but maybe I'm just more used to my body's signals now that I'm older. It's only been after my last pregnancy that I've been able to predict them

im just gunna cross my fingers that birth controls stays 100% covered so that outside of periods of time where i'm trying to have kids it stays like clockwork.

Here in Canada they just abolished taxes on pads, tampons, and menstrual cups! Mine is only 4 days since I'm on the pill but I usually spend about $10 every month on tampons

Four days would be so nice. Mine lasts 6-7 days. I'm glad they took away the taxes on them. That's awesome!

Mine used to last 8 days with a flow so heavy I went through a jumbo pad every hour. Birth control is amazing

Oh man. I can't use it because of medical reasons but it was nice.

Well this has certainly been educational. :) :p

You think that now but just wait til you experience it in person. 8-P

a couple of states don't tax them, it seem absurd that they do, necessities are normally tax free, and you need to have SOMEthing for your period, its not like you can just choose not to have it.

Well... You kind of can, but it only lasts about 9 months and then you bleed for a month to make up for it. XD

lol but even then some people have to try for a long time first and you keep having your period till you succeed... plus sans birth control, even more blood.

but thank you for the visual about the extra month of blood that doesn't make me hesitate at all about deciding its time lol

Yeah that's why I said "kind of." It's different for everybody how quickly it happens. The bleeding after differs too.