Ways to SAVE MONEY
With fuel prices going through the roof, it's driving the cost of everything up. This forces most of us to start penny pinching. I would like members to post any money saving ideas, which maybe we could all benefit from. I know that this month coming up, I'm going to get my TV cable disconnnected, at an annual savings of over six hundred dollars. Below are a few of my ideas
Disconnect TV cable
Start a small garden
LED lighting for my entire house ( I stiil have to check into this)
Buying in bulk
Disconnect TV cable
Start a small garden
LED lighting for my entire house ( I stiil have to check into this)
Buying in bulk
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Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on -
Mr.Natural,
Yeah....I eat fish about twice a week! It's a great and less pricey!
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Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on
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Nedalie,
Usually just some mixed dried herbs, lemon and garlic! Whatever I fancy at that time! I sometimes broil it in organic butter but rarely!
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Permalink Reply by Tammy on -
Wow, where do you live that your grocery bill is lower after giving up red meat and eating fish most of the time? Here (michigan) fish is very expensive, quite a bit more than red meat.
Can I buy from you?? LOL
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Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on
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Tammy,
Red meat is most expensive from what I have seen. I have decided that I would rather spend most of my money on good quality fruits and veggies. I buy some chicken, tuna is cheap and buy salmon once a week!
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Permalink Reply by Tammy on
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Thats great, I wish the fish was a bit less than it is. I try to buy cod and salmon each week. The cod is less than the salmon, but when I buy enough for my family it costs me around 30 or 40 dollars just for the fish for one meal. I never pay nearly that much for red meat which I am buying less and less of these days.
My sons blood type diet really limits him on meat. He is type AB which has a problem with digestive enzymes, so meat says in the gut longer and raises the risk of stomach cancer. The only ones that are beneficial for him are lamb, turkey, and certain types of fish. Chicken and beef are no nos for him so those have to be very limited if at all.
Tuna is good too except for the mercury problem, so that has to be limited as well.
I would make fish every day if I could! Im going to start doing the green smoothie thing too, but Im waiting for a replacement seal for my blender. Im not even certain that my blender will do the job, but soon I'll be trying that.
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Permalink Reply by Tammy on
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I don't think air conditioning is very good for us either. We never had air at home while I was growing up, and most of my adult life has been the same. One year I had central air put in, and though it was comfy on hot days, my head was stuffy almost all of the time. I havent turned it on for the last 3 years. Just use several fans to circulate the air.
Two benefits to line drying clothes .. saving money, plus they smell soooooo good!
I also burn a lot of trash (paper, wood, dead grass, etc...) so that cuts down on number of trash bags I use each week. Plus I love the fire. Ok, maybe thats a small savings, but it counts in my family.
The hardest place for me to save is food because of the cost of organics, but we do ok.
I'm really having a hard time finding good organic personal care products though. I'm not willing to pay 20.00 ea. for an 8oz. bottle of shampoo and cond. For my family that would end up costing me 80.00 /mo just to have clean hair! No, no no..
Deoderant that works? I've had a hard time finding that too. My daughter has been telling me she wants to go back to the old toxic stuff!! ACK! I told her to hang in there and I'll keep looking till we find something that works.
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Permalink Reply by Tammy on
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Toms is the one I have right now and my daughter is complaining about it. Luck you, that you don't get stinky pits LOL
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Permalink Reply by Becky on -
I have a dryer, but have nearly always line dryed my clothes. I sometimes dry towels to save time, but all of my clothes are hung up on hangers and hung all over the basement, I have some racks to hang stuff on as well. It makes your clothes last a LOT longer, they don't fade or shrink or become mis-shapen. Once in awhile, I will fluff them for about 5-10 minutes in the dryer to take the wetness out then hang up. I have been doing this for about 15 years and can't imagine any other way. Of course you have to plan ahead, because it's usually 24 hours before stuff is dry enough to wear if you need something in particular!
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Permalink Reply by Becky on
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I use Tom's deoderant and toothpaste. I have had very good luck with Tom's, although you have to get used to "sweating" because it's not an anti-persperant. After years of blocking up your pores, you have to get used to a wetness feeling under your arms. After 2-3 summers I am accustomed to it now and it doesn't bother me.
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Permalink Reply by Tammy on
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I have used Toms toothpaste before and liked it, but I just bought spry and like it even more.
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