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10 Tips to Help You Save More Money10 Tips to Help You Save More Money
1. Deliberately reduce your grocery bill by ten dollars. Write a
check for it and mail it in to your savings account.
2. Designate one day each week as a *spend-no-money* day. Can you carry
iced tea from home with you? Tuck away three dollars for every pitcher
of tea you make at home!
3. Bring lunch to work one day this week. Simply cook a bit extra for
dinner the night before to take with you.
4. Buy quality greeting cards in bulk. At fifty cents or less per card,
you save each time you use one. (Plus, it can help keep you out of the
stores!) If you can't find anything local in bulk that you like, check
out Current, Inc., currentcatalog.com (phone: 877-665-4458) They are
good quality with lots of variety.
5. Challenge yourself to eating out only if you can spend less than five
dollars (choose what your limit will be.)
And how about these...
6. Ask for cash back when using coupons -- and tuck away your savings.
7. Replace a dry-cleanable item you wear regularly with an item that
requires no special care. (This includes leathers, too.) Ask your family
and friends to avoid gifting you with dry-cleanable items.
8. Downsize by slowly eliminating items you've kept in storage units
that cost you money. Aim for eliminating the unit altogether within a
month or two.
9. Replace a name-brand item with a generic, including medication, if
possible.
10. Look up one phone number or web address to cancel a magazine,
newspaper, book club if you have no time to keep up with the reading.
Don't forget about auto shipments, like vitamins, which you may no
longer want.
Regardless of which day you choose -- or which tips you use -- be sure
to actually tuck away all money you save. That way, the money sponge in
your checkbook won't absorb it.
Now, how much can you accomplish by choosing just *one* day on which to
focus? Have some fun with this!
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Author and ezine editor Darlene Arechederra inspires busy
women to put the fun back into saving their money. Her
complimentary newsletter serves up heaps of motivation with a
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