Sometimes saving cash takes major willpower and crafty solutions. Other times, the savings are sitting there right in front of us…
Skip restaurant extras: If you eat out often, skip one or more of the following; beverages (except water), appetizers, desserts. All of these are usually ramped up price wise. While your meal may be a decent deal, it’s the extras that add up.
Buy off label everything, whenever possible: Easy to do. Sometimes people just need a nudge.
Reclaim your rebates: I’m really bad about this. If I do get a rebate I tend to forget about it OR I forget to check up on it. Case in point, I was supposed to get a cell phone rebate like a year ago. Do I know where it is? NO. That’s just lazy.
Plan your grocery shopping trips with weekly specials: You can save a lot, by taking an extra 30 mins to check those weekly fliers.
Stop and think: Before you buy just about anything, you really do need to stop and ponder the purchase. This might seem like a big and hard, not easy step, but in reality, if you do it enough, it becomes second nature, and takes no time at all.
What are some other easy things you do to save money?
If we have room enough left over, we tend to look forward to dessert, but always order just one. As long as we get a bite, the three of us are happy. Now if my daughter was little, this might not work, but she is watching calories as well, so the one dessert works for us.
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