How do you save money!

[Orema]

Originally Posted by Gayandgray

Wow making home made laundry soap would be a great idea! I'm my local Walmart, a big container of Tide is almost $20!!!! And Gain is only a few bucks cheaper

I'm tellin' ya. Send me a PM if you want the recipe and I'll be happy to share it. It doesn't seem difficult and it's not nearly as complicated as making bar soap.

Jesse is the one who guided me on how to do it. I'll probably make my first batch in the next week or two.

[Gayandgray]

Oh cool! Let me know how it turns out!!!! I just may have to try it out.

[Jacie]

In my youth, I drank, smoked, did any drug offered me, and ran up credit cards in effort to drink, smoke, and do any drug offered me. Basically, I was always broke because I was an idiot. Not the best of money-saving strategies!

Now that I am a responsible sort, and make a pretty decent living, I do not deny myself the things I want. Of course, the essence of those things has drastically changed.

I suppose I save money by no longer drinking (well, now in moderation), smoking, and doing drugs. I also save money by not having a partner to lavish with tokens and gifts of admiration!

Being single is a pretty effective money-saving plan!

[homoe]

For sure being single saves a person some bucks

[Gayandgray]

I'm thinking about getting a small chest freezer to fill with meat when it goes on sale. I saw a small one at Lowes for under $200. But I don't know if it would fit in my small house? It would help save money though, when the sales are real good.

[grenade]

I'm an impulse shopper and I truly get a high from it. I guess I can say that I save money in other areas.

I quit getting my nails done and pedi's at the salon after I had a fungus dream and did some research. I went monthly at a minimum of 75 bucks.

Eating vegan saves quite a bit of money. Less options to eat out.

I don't smoke at all or drink very rarely. $1213563213466 savings.

Yeah...that's all I got.

[boioboi]

I rarely go out to eat, canceled our internet at home, volunteer at a local store to get 35% off our food, use eBates (it's an awesome site -- get money back for your purchases online -- see referal link below), and shop the sales. Oh, and buy clothes second hand.

http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrer...%3D&eeid=28585

[Gayandgray]

Ok, so I'm seriously giving some thought to saving money so I can afford to cut back my hours at my fulltime job. Basically, work 4 days a week instead of 5. I'm going to get that chest freezer here soon, since I found a great new butcher shop that is very reasonably priced. That way I can stock up on meat much cheaper than grocery store meat, and better quality. I will still buy whole chickens at Redner's when they go on sale. We don't really go out to eat a whole lot, and I'm not into shopping for clothes and stuff like that. Comcast is expensive but there really aren't too many cheaper alternatives around here. If I could find a Summer job cleaning rental condos at the beach this Summer, I would use the extra cash to pay down my pet credit card. We had to run it up pretty high due to all four dogs having different ailments, surgeries, etc.

[Glenn]

How I cut back? I shop online for my fur-kids food at Chewy.com. Free delivery over 50.00 and the same price as the store. I buy for the month. It also saves on wear and tear on the car, since the pet food store with all the deals is far away. Always buy in bulk. Sometimes Sal army or Goodwill has good stuff you may need. I go to the Dollar Store for cheap soaps and other cleaning stuff. I SAVE ALMOST 100.00 PAYING CAR INSURANCE EVERY 6 MONTHS INSTEAD OF EVERY MONTH. I insulate every window and door top to bottom when it gets cold. Even the light switches! Food bill is only forty per week because I am single, but two can eat for almost the same amount. I get oatmeal and eggs in bulk for breakfast. Butter is almost never on sale though, as well as the real good breads. I don't buy loaves for over 1.50. Lunch is soup or sandwich. Progresso soup is ok when cans are on sale for 1.00. Buy them in bulk at that price! Grilled cheese sandwiches are a great money saver, also when fruits or veggies are on sale. I never buy when they are not. Also, I took the bus, until my butch bud sold me a great old Toyota cheap. I cut out internet and tv entirely. I do watch old movies on vcr. I buy them at the thrift store for 25 cents. I have free radio, and a Bearcat scanner. I visit this planet from my local library every week. I don't pay rent, because my job is to manage a B&B property. I really lucked out. I do pay for heat and phone. I am currently trying to cut the heat bill by trying to rig up a rocket stove via a pipe out a window There's a lot more I do to save money, but I can't think of them all right now.

[Glenn]

Originally Posted by Gayandgray

Ok, so I'm seriously giving some thought to saving money so I can afford to cut back my hours at my fulltime job. Basically, work 4 days a week instead of 5. I'm going to get that chest freezer here soon, since I found a great new butcher shop that is very reasonably priced. That way I can stock up on meat much cheaper than grocery store meat, and better quality. I will still buy whole chickens at Redner's when they go on sale. We don't really go out to eat a whole lot, and I'm not into shopping for clothes and stuff like that. Comcast is expensive but there really aren't too many cheaper alternatives around here. If I could find a Summer job cleaning rental condos at the beach this Summer, I would use the extra cash to pay down my pet credit card. We had to run it up pretty high due to all four dogs having different ailments, surgeries, etc.

Soo soory to hear about your poor furkids GG. There's no getting around the vet rip-off furkid's bills. I thought so much about that, and how unfair it is. I would go in debt also with cards for them. I would buy anything if they really needed care.

[Ascot]

I will readily admit that I am fairly lousy when it comes to saving money on my own. I've tried different things over the years without much success, so I finally bit the bullet and opened a Roth into which I funnel $500 a month. As things stand now, the maximum contribution allowed annually is $5000, so for two months I don't do that and put that money into what I have labeled my fun fund. I have taken to viewing my Roth as a lock box to which I don't have a key.