Frugal Tips: Everyday Cost Cutting Ideas
Do you want to save money? There are lots of ways to cut costs, to make your money go further. I will present a few ideas here, most of which I have tried myself, and some of which I still practice.
Why buy storage containers? Those fake butter containers work just as well! Buy a container of the fake butter, use it and wash the bowl. There’s your first container! Keep buying the fake butter, washing those containers, and before long, you’ve got yourself a collection!
Want to save on buying drinking glasses? There are two ways to save on these. You can buy the cheap plastic ones. Or if you buy items in a glass jar, jelly for example, save the jar! Wash it, and there’s a drinking glass. Buy a few of the same items up, and you’ve got a set! Much less than buying drinking glasses, and they work just as well.
How many times have you went to wash your hands or bathe, only to find pieces of small or broken soap? That can drive you nuts! Simple solution! Take one of those fake butter bowls you’ve saved, and each time the soap gets that small, put it in the bowl. After a while, the soap pieces add up. You can get the bowl of soap pieces, add a small amount of water to it, and shape it into a new bar!
Are you tired of constantly buying emery boards to do your nails? Those things never last long. Make your own super duper boards for a fraction of the cost! Buy a package of sand paper. Go to a paint store and ask for some paint stirrers. You can usually get these free in most paint departments. Take a sharp kitchen knife if you have no saw, and cut the paint stirrers into small pieces. Then cut the sand paper into small pieces and glue the sand paper onto the paint stirrer pieces that you just cut up. There you are! A TON of emery boards! You have saved a lot of money, and made yourself something at the same time!
Another excellent way to save money is the brand of food you buy. A few years ago, while working for a company, I made a shocking discovery! I learned that most name brand companies put out the exact same item in a store brand and also off brand names! We all know that most store brand and off brand items sell for less. So I decided to start buying and trying the no name items rather than name brand stuff. I found that most, but not all, of the food items were the same thing I’d been buying under a well known name. I started saving TONS off of my grocery bill just by buying the store brand or off brand rather than a name brand! Add sales and coupons and there is no end to the amount you can save. It can actually trim HUNDRED�S off of your food bill every month!
Do you throw out your old junk mail? STOP! Look on the back of that mail. Is there anything on it? If not, cut it up into small pieces to write notes on! Why buy paper to scribble on and such, just to throw away? Use that junk mail and save money!
Do you need to decorate your walls with something? Take a look at your calendar, the months that have passed. Are there pictures on your calendar? Cut or tear those old months off, take the picture and find where you want it. Get some tape and place it nicely on your wall. Once the entire twelve months are up, you’ve got yourself a nicely decorated wall. And the best part is that you can get calendars free!
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