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Whenever we go out to eat, order take out or get orders to go ... I welcome all of the free condiments such as sauce packs, paper napkins, paper plates, kids menus with crayons and plastic cutlery .... Whatever we do not use at the time of the meal gets
saved and is used later for future uses :
Sauce Packs : ketchup, mustard and mayonaisse packs that we collect from restaurant take out orders get used when we run out of these items ... and other sauces like soy and sweet/sour can be used to marinate and flavor various meats that you cook for dinner.
Paper Napkins : These can always be used for every day use or save a bunch that match to use at your next baby's party
Paper Plates : Most restaurants do not give these out, but if they do, save them for your future gatherings ... again can be used for your next baby''s party
Kids Menus/Crayons : These can be saved for rainey days with the kids ... My boy is not quite ready for coloring/activity pages ..... but I am saving all those sticker pages, coloring pages, crayons and such for later fun ....
Plastic Cutlery : These are used for when we leave the house ... because if they get lost or need to be tossed out after use, then no great loss ... also, again, if enough are collected they can be used for future parties ....
Free condiments, cutlery and children's activity pages are geat things to stock up on when ordering out .... If your order is stuffed with goodies, then save those goodies for future use ...
So, order out and stock up ! Accept the complimentary condiments ...
Had to clarify what I meant after reading some comments .... Keep in mind, I do not mean to snatch handfuls and handfuls of freebies and be a pig about it ... but a lot of places we go to automatically put things in with the order when they package it up ... so I save what we don't use for later .... Also, if I get three packs of something and only use two, I save the extra one ... etc. well, you get the idea .... And when we dine in a restaurant and ask for a kids menu to order off of it is usually a coloring page which my boy is too young to use yet, but I am saving those in a folder for later ... I agree to not be a pig about it ... But also I hate to waste anything either that can be used later ... Thanks everyone for your comments .... I really enjoy how we all help each other out by giving our own perspectives about things .... Love the Minti ! 
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