We are so not savings people. We have none. It doesn't even bother me. Maybe it should? I don't know. My ideas about money are about as out there as my thoughts on anything else, so no savings here!
But there are ways to save what you have. Spend less.
Here's what we do now. What else can we do? I'd love more ideas.
-I don't grocery shop until the cupboards and fridge are BARE. I hate throwing out food that got old sitting around waiting to be used, so I stopped doing that, and decided to use everything we have. I don't grocery shop nearly as often, and found that I can go for a full extra week using what's already sitting here.
- I use Aldi or Walmart for as much of our stuff as possible. Feed 6 people constantly- that shit's expensive and shopping at Cub is completely uncalled for when the same stuff or close to is SOOO much less expensive. I can pay $2.50 for milk at Cub (Cub brand) or I can go to Walmart and pay $2.00. It adds up! There's a $1 difference in egg prices too. But coupons are sometimes worth it and I'm not good at couponing yet.
-VEGGIES! They are actually fairly inexpensive, and good for us. We're loading up on those!
- buh bye cable. It hurts, but just like A promised, it hurts less and less all the time. Cullen and I played Canasta together last night. We do that usually anyway, but we do more stuff together without the garbage TV on.
-we try with electricity to keep lights off etc. We do pretty good here, I feel. Our bill is fairly low.
- I rarely shop for me.
What I can do BETTER:
USE COUPONS.
RECYCLE better- sell books/trade books/clothes etc online for the kids, for me, whatever.
Sell some of the stuff that is just sitting around, not getting used. Keep only what's really important.
Any other ideas?
My sister got really big into going to garage sales and the kids (she has five) would find new toys there (for about $.25) but they would still have something new which would make them happy.
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