Looking For Ways To Save
Since I really started thinking about where my money was going and what I was spending it on, I have been thinking about ways I can save more by spending less.
It’s a good habit to get into and it maybe time for you to have a serious think about where your money goes and what you spend it on. And this doesn’t need to apply just to big purchases either. The little amounts that you spend quickly add up.
There are two major changes I have made that have saved me quite a bit of money.
The first was not buying lunch every day. This is a relatively easy step anyone can make and will save you a lot of money every month. To illustrate this let’s look at some numbers. On the rare occasion I do buy my lunch I would spend on average about $8.00. If I did this every day of the week that’s $40 per week (5 x $8= $40) or $160 per month!
Just think about what else you could be doing with that money! Like saving it, or paying some more off your credit card, or even paying the gas or electricity bill on time.
The best way to stop buying lunch every day is to brown bag it. And a good source for lunches are left-overs. Cooking for one leaves me with plenty of left-overs from dinner the night before, and I regularly take this to work for lunch the next day. Or I make sure I leave enough time in the morning to throw together a cold meat and salad sandwich. It’s surprisingly easy!
The second way that I have saved a bit of money is through renting DVDs only once a week.
I learned that my local movie rental store has all its movies to rent for only $1 each on Tuesdays. I am a huge movie fan and I regularly rent and buy DVDs (my one real purchasing weakness). But I have reduced my renting to only Tuesday nights and this has saved me quite a bit of money. Normally they charge $6.00 for an overnight hire on a new release, but by renting it on Tuesday I save myself $5.00.
I am not entirely sure how they stay in business by doing this, but that’s not my concern (unless they go out of business, but I will cross that bridge if and when I come to it).
Over a month that’s a $20.00 saving. Not huge but enough to warrant the effort.
And it’s kind of cool to have a dedicated “movie night” that I look forward to each week. And if the movie I hire turns out to be a lemon I don’t care that much as I only paid $1.00. :)
What do you do to save money?
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