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atlgirl


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Roll my own change rather than using coinstar.

Mikacat, I do this too - we save change and I roll it as the jar gets full, then keep it until holiday season. Usually it gets us $150 or so by December to deposit into our account. It makes a small, but helpful dent in our holiday spending.



-- Edited by atlgirl at 09:09, 2006-01-17

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I am always looking for beauty and health and home samples online and I do get alot. I also use coupons for free stuff I find on line oh and rebates that I find on line

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I'm new at this "saving money" stuff.  I've pretty much always been a spender other than my brief infatuation with triple coupons at the grocery store.  But I've gotten in trouble lately w/ hubby for spending too much, so now I'm going cold turkey.  Here's some stuff I'm doing/plan to do:



  • cut coupons (even though there are no double or triple stores here )

  • Gathering stuff we don't use anymore (clothes, electronics, etc) and ebaying it instead of giving it to charity.  That probably sucks, but right now I need that money!

  • Packing my kids' lunches when we go on car trips instead of eating out or drive-thru.

  • Packing hubby's lunch instead of him eating in the office cafe

  • Buy all my kids' clothes a year in advance when they're on super clearance.  They all have their entire summer wardrobes complete and most of their fall/winter.  And I never pay more than $5 for any piece I buy!

  • I only shop sales for myself, but I probably negate the benefit by buying a ton

  • keep the heater on 65 at night upstairs and 58 downstairs

  • I do my own mani/pedis unless I have a special occasion (which is maybe once a year)

  • I don't buy the expensive make-up in department stores

  • We bought memberships to the New England Aquarium and the Boston Children's museum so that we can go there frequently instead of shelling out $15-20 per person each time we go.  It pays for itself after the second visit.  Free entertainment!


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atlgirl wrote:

Roll my own change rather than using coinstar. Mikacat, I do this too - we save change and I roll it as the jar gets full, then keep it until holiday season. Usually it gets us $150 or so by December to deposit into our account. It makes a small, but helpful dent in our holiday spending. -- Edited by atlgirl at 09:09, 2006-01-17
Do you girls have Commerce Bank in your area?  The coin machine in there doesn't charge you anything, even if you are not a member of the bank.  Then, you can save time and money!  Last time I went, I even got a free C-shaped piggy bank to save more change in. 

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Renee


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I wish I were more frugal, but those are the things I do:



  • only buy clothes/shoes in second-hand stores, Ross or Loehmann's

  • buy unperishables at Costco, such as bottled water, trash cans, ziplocs, etc

  • no cable

  • no cell-phone

  • never eat takeout for dinner (though we do buy lunches - one day that will change!)

  • take most books and DVDs out of the library (this is much needed, since each of us has more than a thousand books and there's no place for them anymore)

  • save all change

  • reuse things that can be reused, such as bags, storage containers, etc.

 



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