hiker chick wrote:Two major things in the past year: 1) drove less by consolidating errands and riding a bike to work; 2) virtually stopped having meals delivered and eat out less.
Things I've been doing for many years:
3- pay off credit card every month
4- canceled telephone landline (have only a cell phone)
5- canceled newspaper (was getting most news free online anyway)
6- buy store brands (Harris-Teeter has excellent store brand items)
7- stock up on non-perishable and long shelf-life sale items
8- iced tea instead of soda pop at home
and last but not least:
9- vacation in teardrop trailer instead of hotels **
** another cost-saving aspect of camping is that when I'm camping I'm not shopping (except perhaps for some doo-dads from a campstore)Great thread!
Great ways to budget.
I also gave up a few ammenities, that weren't necessary in my life, to save some bucks.
We are very energy conservative. On the weekends if we have to run an errand or grocery shop, we usually use the old truck and leave our vehicles parked, saving wear/tear/gas. I can now go 2 weeks on a tank of gas since cutting out unnecessary errands.
We have the LG energy efficient washer and dryer that saves 65% in water usage. That was a great buy for us.