How many gallons of milk is that?

Well as I've typed to the whole wide world, I am cutting corners everywhere in order to be a stay at home mom, and wife. I use to buy what I wanted with out ever really worrying about it, after all it's only money. Then when you don't have money you realize there is more to life than money. For instance I put my son on the bus every morning with an I love you and I'll see you this afternoon. I think it makes him feel better knowing I'm here waiting on him. As you all know the average price of a gallon of whole milk is around $4.38 give or take a little. We go through on average around a gallon every two days and that's if no one is having chocolate milk and afternoon snacks of cereal. I was going out to the store with my sis yesterday and was talking about my husbands way of spending money and my way of spending money. We look at things totally different. I told her if he wants to buy pizza for instance I measure the price in milk. Say a twenty dollar pizza will buy 5 gallons of milk I know it'll be a little more than that I'm just giving a rough estimate here. If I see something I like or maybe a new outfit for one of the kids I stop and weigh it out. #1 how many gallons of milk will that buy? and #2 do we really need it? Almost 100% of the time I put it back because milk is always more important than looking cute. So if you are like me and trying to cut back I suggest comparing your purchases to something you buy weekly. I know that when I compare my purchases to milk it puts a whole new light on need and want, it makes it easier for me to say no I am not buying that I'll save my money for milk. Hope you can make since out of this and I pray it helps at least one person save some money.