What Are Ways You Can Save Money ?

[irishcowboy]

ensure that lights are off when not needed or in use.

ensure the stove/oven are off when finished

when baking (like in cookies) have enough to warrent the heating up of the oven.

cook a large meal a couple times a week and use the left overs for other meals (saves on food, able to buy in larger quantities, and saves on energy-able to use micro wave to heat up)

down sizing ( we moved from a 4 bed room 2 bath house to a one bedroom one bath ) cut gas and electric from average of about 400 a month to about 100 a month....

make lists, plan the trips to stores ( plan the meals and activities ) cut trips to store.

drive slower.... (our van, driven to School by Teresa every day was running over 100 a week in gas, dropping her speed from 65 to 55 brought the cost down to about 75 a week )

learn to do jobs around the house on your own......

buy off brands rather then name brands (care ful on the quality and contents )

buy quality over price.... walmart may be cheaper, but will the item really hold up to what you are needing (the shoes I buy there have only lasted about 3 months at a pop, where I bought some that were made in europe ( rather then asia ) that are made for the anglo foot, and they have lasted since 8 months already, and have a life time warrenty......

look around to see things and see what can be done to cut down the cost...

even drying cloths, hang them up and let them air dry, and if you like softer feel of a dryer, then put them in the dryer for only a few minutes instead of an hour.....

have a dehumidifier in the house to assist the Air conditioner... will take out the humidity and the A/C will not have to work so hard to do it.... also, by dropping the humidity in the house to 50% or lower can make it more comfortable at 80 in side then at 70 out..... (for some people this works great..)

be inventive...

mike

[MorningGlory]

ensure that lights are off when not needed or in use.

ensure the stove/oven are off when finished

when baking (like in cookies) have enough to warrent the heating up of the oven.

cook a large meal a couple times a week and use the left overs for other meals (saves on food, able to buy in larger quantities, and saves on energy-able to use micro wave to heat up)

down sizing ( we moved from a 4 bed room 2 bath house to a one bedroom one bath ) cut gas and electric from average of about 400 a month to about 100 a month....

make lists, plan the trips to stores ( plan the meals and activities ) cut trips to store.

drive slower.... (our van, driven to School by Teresa every day was running over 100 a week in gas, dropping her speed from 65 to 55 brought the cost down to about 75 a week )

learn to do jobs around the house on your own......

buy off brands rather then name brands (care ful on the quality and contents )

buy quality over price.... walmart may be cheaper, but will the item really hold up to what you are needing (the shoes I buy there have only lasted about 3 months at a pop, where I bought some that were made in europe ( rather then asia ) that are made for the anglo foot, and they have lasted since 8 months already, and have a life time warrenty......

look around to see things and see what can be done to cut down the cost...

even drying cloths, hang them up and let them air dry, and if you like softer feel of a dryer, then put them in the dryer for only a few minutes instead of an hour.....

have a dehumidifier in the house to assist the Air conditioner... will take out the humidity and the A/C will not have to work so hard to do it.... also, by dropping the humidity in the house to 50% or lower can make it more comfortable at 80 in side then at 70 out..... (for some people this works great..)

be inventive...

mike

Great tips! Living in Houston, the dehumidifier sounds like something I need to look into. They don't call us 'the sweatiest city' in the U.S. for nothing!

[Guest ~zoe-girl~]

ensure that lights are off when not needed or in use.

ensure the stove/oven are off when finished

when baking (like in cookies) have enough to warrent the heating up of the oven.

cook a large meal a couple times a week and use the left overs for other meals (saves on food, able to buy in larger quantities, and saves on energy-able to use micro wave to heat up)

down sizing ( we moved from a 4 bed room 2 bath house to a one bedroom one bath ) cut gas and electric from average of about 400 a month to about 100 a month....

make lists, plan the trips to stores ( plan the meals and activities ) cut trips to store.

drive slower.... (our van, driven to School by Teresa every day was running over 100 a week in gas, dropping her speed from 65 to 55 brought the cost down to about 75 a week )

learn to do jobs around the house on your own......

buy off brands rather then name brands (care ful on the quality and contents )

buy quality over price.... walmart may be cheaper, but will the item really hold up to what you are needing (the shoes I buy there have only lasted about 3 months at a pop, where I bought some that were made in europe ( rather then asia ) that are made for the anglo foot, and they have lasted since 8 months already, and have a life time warrenty......

look around to see things and see what can be done to cut down the cost...

even drying cloths, hang them up and let them air dry, and if you like softer feel of a dryer, then put them in the dryer for only a few minutes instead of an hour.....

have a dehumidifier in the house to assist the Air conditioner... will take out the humidity and the A/C will not have to work so hard to do it.... also, by dropping the humidity in the house to 50% or lower can make it more comfortable at 80 in side then at 70 out..... (for some people this works great..)

be inventive...

mike

Great tips! Living in Houston, the dehumidifier sounds like something I need to look into. They don't call us 'the sweatiest city' in the U.S. for nothing!

Love the tips folks!

[Guest man]

Living in Houston, the dehumidifier sounds like something I need to look into. They don't call us 'the sweatiest city' in the U.S. for nothing!

That just sounds so gross.................ick.

[MorningGlory]

Living in Houston, the dehumidifier sounds like something I need to look into. They don't call us 'the sweatiest city' in the U.S. for nothing!

That just sounds so gross.................ick.

Well, I have to admit it...it is! Thank God for the invention of running water, showers and A/C.

[Guest ~zoe-girl~]

I started to unplug things when leaving the house and when they are not in use and it helps the electric bill a lot.

[Believer1997]

I started to unplug things when leaving the house and when they are not in use and it helps the electric bill a lot.

Yeah, I started doing this until the other night when my husband worked very late and came home and tried to get to the dining room and I'd unplugged lights and he was fishing around in the dark... he told me that he will work an extra hour or two so that I can keep the lamps plugged in.... (he was not this calm when he said it because he had stepped on the cat and was bleeding from the wound). We rarely, if ever, have a disagreement and I had to admit that I felt like I was going an itsy bitsy overboard on the saving of electricity.... I had also changed the shower faucets to the water-saving kind... he has expressed to me - very kindly, that if he wanted to take a shower under a vegetable mister he'd go to the grocery store... We do not drive expensive vehicles, take luxury vacations or buy anything we do not absolutely have to have - we are very conservative in spending and thrifty people... that said, I think he's right - if he wants lights and a drenching shower... he's entitled...

[jsca777]

To save money on gas, I only use the car when needed. I walk or jog as long as it is not too far. I tried car pooling to work, but too often, people are not reliable. I also use fuel line cleaners which help save on gas.

I only turn on lights when needed, dry clothers outside if the weather permits. Also, I put insulation in my home. Although it cost me money to put tear out the outer walls, replace with drywall and have insulation in the walls, it will save big on heating and cooling costs.

[Guest LadyC]

so, how much money per month does it actually save to unplug things? and if a lamp is plugged in but turned off, is it really using electricity? i wonder, if i were to turn the pc off at night instead of just letting it go on standby, how much would it save? if we're talking a combined total of a buck a month, i think i'll keep the convenience.

my brother is very frugal. he actually turns the breaker to his kitchen off every night so that even the clocks on the stove and microwave don't work. i just can't believe that really saves a whole lot.

[MorningGlory]

so, how much money per month does it actually save to unplug things? and if a lamp is plugged in but turned off, is it really using electricity? i wonder, if i were to turn the pc off at night instead of just letting it go on standby, how much would it save? if we're talking a combined total of a buck a month, i think i'll keep the convenience.

my brother is very frugal. he actually turns the breaker to his kitchen off every night so that even the clocks on the stove and microwave don't work. i just can't believe that really saves a whole lot.

Are you serious? Doesn't he have to set them again every morning?