Purchase Children's Toothpaste Instead of Travel-Sized Tubes to
Save Money  Travel-sized anything costs more than it does if you
buy it in a standard size, but frugal living blog Wise Bread
figured out that you can avoid some of that cost inflation with
toothpaste. Instead of buying a travel-sized tube, buy a kid-
sized one instead:  As luck would have it, the aisle where the
travel-sized supplies are located is the same as the main
toothpaste aisle. Since I had started with my cart at the other
end, I had already noticed the children's sized toothpaste
options - and their price of 97 cents - near the full-sized
adult selection. So when I got to the travel amenities bins and
saw the same price for a smaller, roughly one-ounce tube, I
immediately backed up to check the amount of product in the
children's tubes. I knew it was a cheaper solution, but would it
meet the TSA carry-on standards for liquid toiletries? Indeed it
did. Just less than three ounces, which was basically triple the
amount of the smaller tube