It’s not exactly a revolutionary list but if like many you’re feeling the pinch after Christmas extravagance, you might want to check these and see where you can save.
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If You Want To Spend Less, Here Are 5 Things To Stop Buying — The Consumerist
It’s easy to list ways friends blow money, but tougher to turn a similar focus on yourself. If you step back and evaluate your spending with a fresh eye, you’ll probably find several areas in which yo…
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I already do these. I do buy my coffee online and grind my own beans. I get a superior cup each time and laugh when I pass Starbucks. I cook from scratch( easy to do 30 min or less for dinner) gave up cable do splurge on netflix( a $100 a month savings) I can make the buffalo poop( old nickel joke)
I draw the line at giving up my cable TV. I know its wrong but oh so easy. The bottled water always drove me crazy but I kept it in the house for the kids until I saw the ad that says we can circle the globe like 20 times from last years bottles. Then I bought a Brita pitcher.
Hrm, I still use laundry detergent and pay ATM fees. The former is no big deal– we do a load a week in this house. The latter is no big deal– I only hit the ATM once in a blue moon. Who uses cash?
I think it is funny that the advice for sports is to “go to your friend’s house” What if all your friends drop cable too?
Just don’t watch sports.
+Jodie Gardner For the home team football games, you can catch them on broadcast TV.
No, my point is that for this to work not everyone can follow it – or at least not everyone you know.
Not everyone needs to follow it. Only those who need to save money.
Well in am the 99% and I do not like to toss my cash around down a rat hole! especially for reruns of bad TV shows and worse.…
We tried to give up cable, but there are too many shows that we watch regularly, and yes, not all of them are available for streaming. We could run around the web tracking them all down, but we pay for the convenience. I’m intrigued by the idea of making my own detergent, though. We’ve been saving up for a washer/dryer so we don’t have to spend so much at the laundromat.
I’m not convinced you’ll save much money making your own detergent. I mix my own cleaner because that’s easy and cheap (alcohol, vinegar and water basically). Detergent probably costs more in time than it’s worth.
+Brittany Constable when I was teaching money management classes I never told my students to sacrifice but view each expenditure in perspective. If the cable is part of your entertainment then it is a good thing to keep. If you also go out to movies and restaurants then you can cut back there. We only eat out as a real treat and never because I am not in the mood to cook or just because we are out. That kind of stuff sucks a budget dry…fast.