What Are Ways You Can Save Money ?

[Guest HIS girl]

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I used to do this many years ago when I was married.

We made a menu for each day of the week. You wouldn't believe the money you save on food by doing this. Instead of buying what you might need, you buy only what you will need. It takes planning and practice, but it does work.

This absolutely works - not only does it save money on groceries but it cuts petrol cost as you are driving to the shops less.

Writing a shopping list also cuts cost (if you stick to it) 'cos you won't end up buying unnecessary items and whatever you do, DON'T go shopping when you are hungry....

[Guest HIS girl]

1. Use the clothesline instead of the dryer. Airers are excellent too.

2. Handwash dishes instead of using the dishwasher.

3. Wear less makeup, therefore buying less products. (makeup is waaay over priced).

4. Take "left overs" from home to work instead of buying lunch.

5. Buy a travel coffee mug - fill it from home instead of buying the coffee on the way to work.

6. Freeze as much food as possible - bread, milk etc.

7. Rotate food in the fridge/freezer often and get as much "mileage" out of your food and left overs. Outdated food in the bin is money out the window.

[Guest lovinghim4ever]

By the way, cutting off your internet is ok as long as your friend doesn't mind you using their computer. They might get tired of that arrangement after awhile.

How true, and if everyone saved money by cutting off their internet service there would be no computer to borrow.

When I am at home my a/c usually stays on 74 or 76; during the day when I am at work I turn it up to 78 or 80.

[MorningGlory]

Keeping a clean filter in your AC at home and a clean air filter in your car will save a bunch on electricity and gas.

[Guest ~zoe-girl~]

i shop goodwill and thrift stores to get some of what we need and it has really helped alot!

I also started watching my driving and where i go and that has saved me a lot in gas money!

Get your groceries from ALDI's. You can buy things like dried beans, pasta, meats etc in bulk and then split it up for storage. Aldi's also has generic toiletries and diapers and such.

My life is so much better with ALDIS here in our area, it saves me so much money.

Also, I borrow a computer becuz mine died and my friend and I have made arrangements that work, just FYI!

[MorningGlory]

By the way, cutting off your internet is ok as long as your friend doesn't mind you using their computer. They might get tired of that arrangement after awhile.

How true, and if everyone saved money by cutting off their internet service there would be no computer to borrow.

When I am at home my a/c usually stays on 74 or 76; during the day when I am at work I turn it up to 78 or 80.

I'm gone all day so my A/C stays at 80, down to 74 between 5:30 and 11:00 P.M. and then back up to 80 when I go to bed. My highest bill this summer (over a hundred degrees for 10 weeks straight!) has been $88.00, in a house that is totally electric. I also use ceiling fans. Managing utility use really works!

[sheya joie]

I've been hanging out my laundry instead of running the dryer since last spring - with my big family, that really makes a huge difference.

And this week, I bought a box fan and put it in one of the windows to pull air through the whole house. It's been two days now, and seems to be doing pretty good. (Running the AC at night for sleeping.)

[alljoy123]

I pay $15 a month for an online game...

I never go out to dinner anymore.

I never go to movies anymore.

I save money on food, cuz I don't eat anymore.

I save money on gas, cuz I never leave my computer room.

I don't need a cell phone, cuz i shared this money saving advice with my friends so we just talk in-game now.

Theres more, but I gotta join a battle right now....

You and my son. When he is really involved he can't even answer a call from his mama. Gonna steal the power cord to his computer one of these days, just to get a bit of a conversation with him.

We just moved back to the states from the Caribbean. That saved me a WAD of money on groceries right there. And I just discovered Aldi's! It is so cheap... specially to someone used to paying $6.50 US for milk and $2.75 for a loaf of bread.

I am trying to get into using coupons. I have friends who save a lot of money that way. In Cayman we kept our AC at 80 in the day time and 76 at night. Where we stay now our power is free, so hubby has turned our apartment into a fridge capable of hanging raw meat. I may use all my savings from groceries on buying sweaters to wear at home.

[Guest LadyC]

if there is a "99-Cents Only" store near you (nv, ca, az, and tx i think), shop there for produce.

shop at any dollar store for items such as light bulbs, extension cords, shower curtains, kitchen utensils, and many other household items.

if you live in an area where there are mexican markets (grocery stores), shop them for the BEST prices on meat (familiar and unfamiliar) and produce. mexican markets also typically sell cuts of meat that just aren't sold in national chains like albertsons and kroger, so on your first visit, take notes of some of the cuts and google ways to cook them.

last week i went shopping at a local mexican market. i spent a total of $42.31, and left there with 10 lbs of ground beef, 10 lbs of chicken leg quarters, several pounds of chicken thighs, 2 lbs of some of the best bacon i've ever tasted, a big packages of marinated pork chops, a big package of round steak that turned into awesome fajitas, and i forget what else but i counted up nearly 32 lbs of meat that day... i also got a whole bunch of onions, potatoes, tomatoes and red seedless grapes, and 2 boxes of frozen (aunt jemima) waffles. i felt like i'd just robbed the grocery store!

[BibleSEO]

No. 1. Cook at home!