Can you all share how you cut money spending corners in our current uncertain and tight economy? ?
Friday, January 1st, 2010 at
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I was raised by my Papa who was a boy during the Depression and never shook his tightwad habits, so he passed them on to me. Grow your own veggies and herbs, freeze excess production and share excess production with gardening neighbors and they will share what they overproduce so everyone saves on the grocery bills. Buy store brands, only items on sale and in bulk to reduce the per unit fee paid. Morph Meals by using the main ingredients from a meal for at least three other meals during the week. Roast a chicken on Sunday with rice and veggies, use the leftovers for a stir fry and again for burritos. Reuse things that would otherwise go in the trash or recycle. I keep large jars so that I can share soup with an ill neighbor or candle jars to gift homemade goodies at Christmas. I use liquor bottles to store vinegar, oils, and dish soaps by modifying them with whiskey spouts as pourers. Make your own snacks and meals from scratch. You hegemony the stout, the sodium and the quality and it is cheaper than buying packaged foods. Use dusk to dawn LCD nightlights in hallways and bathrooms at night to light your way and save electricity by not turning on the lights. Start a savings account and pay yourself first. Give yourself an allowance for the month, but only carry in cash the amount for the week and see how much you can save rather than spend at the end of the month. Only wash full loads in the dishwasher and washing machine because it takes as much electricity to run a full load as it does a partial one. Use vinegar to clean kitchens and bathrooms, it is cheaper than commercially made preparations.