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I shop at thrift stores like you do.  I generally wear only casual jeans and tops so why pay full price for those kinds of things?  
I shop at thrift stores too.  I just recently bought new shirts - at the store I work (employee discount), from the clearance racks.  I paid as little as $2.70 for some of the tops, $9 for a super elaborate top that was $30 originally.  I still went to the thrift store for new pants and despite how well padded my rear is I still found 3 pairs of jeans and one pair of dress slacks in excellent condition that fit.  Prior to that, the only new clothes I bought in the last several years was a blazer for a job interview.
 

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Some things aren't necessary worth the savings. I read an article about that once, that pointed some things out. Like saving boxes, etc. may not be cost-effective if you have limited storage space (basically, if your space is worth more than what you would spend on a new box). And making your own laundry detergent is time-consuming and it doesn't have the nice scents or whitening agents like modern detergents. Most people do maybe 1 load a day, and even if you use the most expensive detergent, it might cost you $10 a month. Not worth it for most people. Only if you do 4+ loads a day and stain removal/whitening/nice scents aren't a priority. Someone who has little free time may not benefit from clipping coupons. Etc. It was an interesting article, wish I had saved it or could find it again.
You have a good point about buying in bulk.  If you don't have room, you don't have room.  Plus sometimes even when I have the room, the size that has the biggest savings is huge enough to be expensive enough to go past my food budget.

I have also found that generics are a mixed bag.  I will buy things like cheese and milk and other fresh foods and non-food items (shampoo, OTC medicines) generic.  Other things I'm more picky about.  Things like canned soup just tastes different, things like pasta doesn't.  And some stores have better generics than others.

I did find the Sunday paper to be a waste.  However when I found Coupons.com, that's actually not a waste of time for people who are busy.  90% of the offers are pretty quick, once you get past a certain point on that page, it's rare to find something useful and you only print the ones you want *and* if you save as pdf, you can reuse them over and over without wasting time to go back to the page to mark it again.
 

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You have a good point about buying in bulk.  If you don't have room, you don't have room.  Plus sometimes even when I have the room, the size that has the biggest savings is huge enough to be expensive enough to go past my food budget.

I have also found that generics are a mixed bag.  I will buy things like cheese and milk and other fresh foods and non-food items (shampoo, OTC medicines) generic.  Other things I'm more picky about.  Things like canned soup just tastes different, things like pasta doesn't.  And some stores have better generics than others.

I did find the Sunday paper to be a waste.  However when I found Coupons.com, that's actually not a waste of time for people who are busy.  90% of the offers are pretty quick, once you get past a certain point on that page, it's rare to find something useful and you only print the ones you want *and* if you save as pdf, you can reuse them over and over without wasting time to go back to the page to mark it again.
I agree about the Sunday paper and it's gone up a LOT in price- at least it has since the last time I bought one. $3.00. Some weeks there are no coupons in the paper at all. I always check before I buy- when I do which is rare. 

Coupons.com is a good source. 
 

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1) I avoid disposable items as much as I can.

Every disposable item is a recurring expense and most of them have reusable counterparts. 

For example, I quit buying ziplock bags, aluminum foil, and plastic wrap. I don't buy feminine products, paper towels, kleenex, etc. 

The Diva Cup is a great alternative to spending money every month on feminine products. I've had mine for almost 9 years and it's going strong. 


Sandwich containers work fine, instead of ziplock bags and they're easy to wash and reuse.

 

Instead of plastic wrap, I try to buy bowls that have snap on lids. Much cheaper in the long run and less prone to spill in my van when taking stuff to potluck. 

2) We regularly look at our expenses and analyze areas to cut.

Recently, our car insurance company told us our renewal rate for car insurance. It was a whopping $1,220.00 for 6 months. (2 vehicles) We shopped around and found slightly better coverage for $930 for 6 months. We saved money by paying the premium in full for 6 months. 

We dropped broadform collision coverage awhile back and switched to regular collision. The broadform is basically a useless caveat saying that if you're not at fault you don't have to pay the deductible. In my state, if you're not at fault, you can usually recover the deductible from the other party anyway. If you're at fault, the coverage wouldn't help you.

We monitor our electric usage online. We've noticed that we can drastically cut our bill by line drying clothing. 

3) We set up a written budget every month.

Without a fixed target, it's too easy to misjudge whether we can afford something or not. Now there's no question. It's a much less stressful life, when I know that spending money on (fill in the blanks) won't cause me to be unable to pay my electric bill. 

4) I joined the TSC rewards program. They regularly send me coupons in the mail for pet supplies.

I tend to buy cat food and litter in large quantities when I have coupons or sale. I use TSC almost exclusively for cat food, because I have 3 cats now and it keeps the cost down. 

5) We pay about $28.50 per month for 2 smartphones with unlimited text and minutes and 2.5 gb of data. (No overages though, when we use up our data, speed just slows down)

We do that by avoiding contracts and using a month to month company. (Cricket Wireless) We own both smartphones outright. We take advantage of multi line discounts and exclusively pay our bill with Cricket refill cards purchased with my Target debit card (REDcard) for extra discounts. If we can find discounted refill cards at Target, our monthly bill can get as low as $25.65.

We once had Verizon and will never have them again. My husband spent too much time on the phone dealing with overcharging and incorrect bills. 

6) We unplugged a deep freezer that wasn't getting used much. That saved about $10 per month. 

7) Before buying things, I see what I have on hand. Oftentimes, I already have something that will work.

8) We went with a sensible propane company. They buy large amounts in the off season and store it off site. We paid only $1.40 per gallon for a recent fill up.

9) I also like to buy items that are marked down at Kroger. They have some great deals.

10) I use Ibotta to get cash back on groceries

11) I shop at Aldi a lot. 

12) I use Mperks digital coupons a lot. Before making a bigger purchase, I like to hunt and see if they have a coupon for it. I recently found a $15 off coupon to get my husband New Balance running shoes. 
 

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I use tin foil and plastic wrap all the time. I use tin foil in my cooking..it makes it easier to clean up after baking in the oven and zip lock baggies are great for freezing left overs. I use them for food waste-we only have pick up once a week so we have a zip lock bag in the freezer to hold chicken/meat bones without stinking up the trash. I put snacks in ziplocks because it saves on water. I am conservative with water usage because we pay for city water.

so sometimes that $3 for a box of bags is cheaper than $100 in water costs over 3 months. We buy the no name brand plastic ziplocks and lasts about 3 months. we use paper plates to save on water/soap usage.

I disagree with hand made laundry soap. Some people have real allergies to the icky chemicals they add in smelly laundry soap. Plus it's overpriced. you are paying for the name brand and fancy packaging. I find that home made stuff has less added unknown chemicals. Shampoos are notorious for added chemicals we don't need=sulfur and other stuff just not good for the ground water but that's a personal choice.

I cook a large meal once/twice a week and nibble off that. I found that just because the box is larger=doesn't mean it's cheaper. Canned manwiche is notorious for this. it's actually cheaper to buy the $.99 cans vs the big cans for $1.99. Same with premixed rice mixes or other nonperishables. also don't buy snack sized stuff=you can buy a big bag and prebag it into ziplocks. then you save on throwing away materials.

I don't do coupons-we don't use most of the stuff that the average family uses. I used to do coupons but we never ate up the food as fast as we should have before it was time to send it on it's way.

If it's one person eating out is actually cheaper. Due to tiem to prep and cost of food-I did an experiment and bought large servings of subs/pizza or pasta dishes and it was saving me money because I didn't have to shop, stack and cook said food BUT if you have a family then no it's definitely cheaper to home cook foods. It depends on how much a person eats. I found buying precut salad lettuce is cheaper in the long run because it eliminates waste and I could never eat a whole head of lettuce fast enough before it browned.

I have to check out those sites mentioned earlier. I heard ebates is another good one but since I mostly buy second hand I don't think I will save much money from ebates. I try to buy larger sized stuff if it's cheaper per unit. other times I try to bring food from home for lunches instead of eating snacks out of the snack machine. wish it wasn't such a never ending battle with food costs. I definitely noticed the price of food has gone up considerably in the past 3 years.
 

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I disagree with hand made laundry soap. Some people have real allergies to the icky chemicals they add in smelly laundry soap.
Yeah, I think that was addressed in the article. If you have sensitivities, it can definitely be worth it. But purely as a money-saving technique, it doesn't save that much.

Hey, people are mentioning things I hadn't considered! Maybe I do more than I think, lol.

Unfortunately, conserving water doesn't save much money for me :/. Since I have rural water, it costs $35 just to have water piped out, and $5 per thousand gallons used. So even if I stop showering :tongue2:, the most I'll save is $5 and that seems to be not worth much inconvenience.

I buy propane in bulk (at bulk prices) at the beginning of the year and pay on it monthly. You have to have good credit to do this though, if you don't the propane company only takes full payment at time of fill-up, and you pay whatever the market price is that day.

I wish I could get a cheaper cell phone plan but Verizon is literally the only cell phone campany with coverage out here. The competitors are not exactly racing each other to serve 50 or fewer people on every tower ;). But maybe in a few years.

I buy generics, no problem there. With some products I actually prefer the store brand to the name brands, but some generics are icky. You just have to try them.

I shop at Aldi sometimes too, I love that place. But the city is quite a distance away and I tend to go after work, so I don't always have time to go to every store.

Sometimes I make a big batch of food and eat leftovers all week. Some people say they don't eat leftovers. . .that seems weird to me. Some foods taste better the second day!
 

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Sometimes I make a big batch of food and eat leftovers all week. Some people say they don't eat leftovers. . .that seems weird to me. Some foods taste better the second day!
My husband won't touch leftovers.  His mother had the most amazing talent to cook exactly what would be eaten, regardless of daily variations in appetites, so he never had leftovers at home.

I think leftovers are great, mostly.  Some things to me taste nasty the second day.  Pizza, believe it or not, is one of them, as the crust tastes weird and squishy to me the next day, regardless of whether I heat it or eat it cold.

When we cook, I try to keep the leftovers to a minimum, pretty much what I or my daughter will eat the next day.  My eating habits are irregular now, so I can't count on being hungry at the right time to polish off a bunch of leftovers.  I think I actually save money by not doing leftovers as there are no science experiments in the fridge and my cost of ingredients per meal have gone down.
 
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The hand made laundry soap worked well. I just like the smell of the liquid Fab. There were no sensitivity problems with the ingredients. I do try to recycle things that can be used over. I always pass on my magazines to somebody else rather than trashing them. I buy a lot of used paperback books at the thrift stores to read and then I pass them on. I don't throw anything in the trash that can be used again. If I don't want it, I take it to the Salvation Army Thrift or another one that is close by.
 
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My water cost is $0. (except for costs to heat it) So money saving stuff that requires water works well for me. We live in a rural area and are on a well. We rent our home. So no water bill and I don't have to fix the well if it breaks down.

I realize that some money saving ideas may not work as well for those who have to pay for water.
 

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I have a well but there is a hog confinement less than a mile away so it's probably contaminated with hog runoff, and in general people here don't drink from their wells due to farm chemical runoff :/. Too bad! It would be nice not to pay a water bill!
 

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I have a well but there is a hog confinement less than a mile away so it's probably contaminated with hog runoff, and in general people here don't drink from their wells due to farm chemical runoff :/. Too bad! It would be nice not to pay a water bill!
Check how deep the aquifer is that you are tapped into and have a test done on the water.  If you have a deep well, there's a lot less chance of it being affected by runoff.

Wells can vary a lot by little changes in placement.  I grew up with a well and the house about 30 feet away had a well.  They tapped into 50 foot aquifer but we had to dig down 200 feet simply because of the way the aquifers ran.
 

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Yeah, I think that was addressed in the article. If you have sensitivities, it can definitely be worth it. But purely as a money-saving technique, it doesn't save that much.

Hey, people are mentioning things I hadn't considered! Maybe I do more than I think, lol.

Unfortunately, conserving water doesn't save much money for me :/. Since I have rural water, it costs $35 just to have water piped out, and $5 per thousand gallons used. So even if I stop showering
, the most I'll save is $5 and that seems to be not worth much inconvenience.

I buy propane in bulk (at bulk prices) at the beginning of the year and pay on it monthly. You have to have good credit to do this though, if you don't the propane company only takes full payment at time of fill-up, and you pay whatever the market price is that day.

I wish I could get a cheaper cell phone plan but Verizon is literally the only cell phone campany with coverage out here. The competitors are not exactly racing each other to serve 50 or fewer people on every tower
. But maybe in a few years.

I buy generics, no problem there. With some products I actually prefer the store brand to the name brands, but some generics are icky. You just have to try them.

I shop at Aldi sometimes too, I love that place. But the city is quite a distance away and I tend to go after work, so I don't always have time to go to every store.

Sometimes I make a big batch of food and eat leftovers all week. Some people say they don't eat leftovers. . .that seems weird to me. Some foods taste better the second day!
I don't like leftovers. Sometimes if there is extra of something I put it in the fridge but 9 times out of 10 it will end up getting tossed. 
 

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I really do not care for leftovers. I can eat one day of leftovers, and then I get tired of it.. If I have more than that, I either freeze it or skip a day in between.. 

wish I liked leftovers... would save a lot of money..
 

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I shop at Costco for paper goods.  Storage is tight but with 5 people and 3 bathrooms it is worth it.  I also buy eggs there, 24 for the price of 12 at the grocery store.  And yes we do go through them quickly.

I also buy the Manager Specials meat for meals and when I need to make bone broth.  I make a batch of Chili or Chicken Hash for a weeks worth of lunches and freeze half. 

I buy wrapping paper and Christmas cards at after Christmas sales.  My cards for next year cost me  sixty cents. I have found a few gifts already.

I stock up on cat food and litter when it's on sale.

I don't use coupons because we don't use the items the coupons are for.
 

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excellent thread!!!


my most recent money saving tactic was buying 4 lb bags of white granulated sugar ($1.29 per bag) and 5 lb bags of all purpose flour (89 cents per bag) while on sale in november and december -- enough to hopefully get me through until november/december 2017's sales.

also, i'll be making homemade sports drink powder starting very soon. i found a recipe online, very simple to make and costs so much less than buying it premade.
 

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1. I shop as much as I can at Dollar Tree, though you have to be careful and know what you're buying. For example, the cake mixes are often a smaller size than the normal ones, and they are not a bargain. You can get the normal ones on sale for .99 at the grocery store. However, I like their version of BB Cream foundation. They only have one shade, and it's "Light", which is my color. I can't wear any other brand of make-up! Go figure--I've had custom-made Clinique for $62 a bottle, and I had an allergic reaction within 2 hours, and had to return it. I also use their acne wash, which is a rip-off of Nutrogena!

2. I have a Sam's Club and a B.J.s membership. Again, you have to watch your pricing. The unit pricing is often the same or more expensive than buying the same product in a normal size. I think their women's clothing is a good deal, though, and have several items that I really like. The frozen foods seem to be a decent bargain.

3. We have a small chest freezer in the garage.  This holds the warehouse club bargains and my batches of cooked meals.

4. I cook in my Crock-Pot, and freeze the portions.  I often have 2 or 3 going at once on a Sunday, with different meals in them.

5.  I save on the heating bills by turning the thermostat down to 60F most of the time, and turning on the 2 electric fireplaces--one is in the dining room, which faces into the living room, and one is in the living room.  No point in heating the entire house up when there's usually only 1 person and 10 cats, several of whom like to snuggle with me on the sofa, which keeps us all warm. I also sometimes use a kerosene heater, which has a lovely warmth, and the cats LOVE it.  We have an electric blanket on our bed, and now, the kitties have one on the guest room bed for very cold nights. I also sit on the sofa with throw blankets.

6. I usually take my lunch to work. I discovered that I like my own cooking better!

7. I plan meals around what's on sale that week.  Especially with meat.

8. I buy most of my clothing at Wal-Mart.  Many of my longest-wearing handbags and wallets were cheap ones from there.  The clothing seems to last well.

9. I buy mostly online, such as eBay, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.  With free shipping in many cases, what's not to love?  I buy my heavier non-perishable groceries at Wal-Mart online. If you spend $50, you get free shipping. The UPS guy is very well-equipped to handle heavy orders, from what I've seen. ;-)

10.Shop around; you may be surprised.  Look at places that you think would be more expensive, especially for large purchases. You may be pleasantly surprised. For example, when my friend got married 3 years ago, I suggested taking a look at the local country club. Who would think they'd be cheaper than some other venues, which weren't half as nice? Everything went beautifully, BTW!

11. Save money for your future, even if it's only a very small amount each paycheck. 

12. Don't go crazy with big purchases, such as weddings.  A wedding can be done nicely without going into massive debt. Check out the online resources available for money-saving ideas: Pinterest, blogs. etc. Be prepared to D.I.Y. at least some of it. Use those 40% coupons for A.C. Moore and Michaels. (I did. People at work still save them for me, even though I was married 13 years ago!)

13. During the year, when I stumble across something someone would like for Christmas on sale, I buy it and stash it away.  Do this for birthdays, too.

14. I only buy holiday items in the after-holiday clearance sales.   Just make sure you can find it later!

15. Grow your own vegetables and fruit. Don't go crazy here; it's no bargain if you grow too much, and it rots on the vine. You also don't need expensive tools. Even if it cost the same as the store, the quality can't be beat. And you get some exercise and fresh air, and some insurance in case of job loss, etc. Start out small. If you need to do this for survival, you'll be able to ramp up your operation later, now that you've prepared your soil, and learned how to grow things. Also, save your seeds from your crops for next year. Use scraps for compost.

16. Have a pantry for a rainy day: the store-bought version of #15. My pantry, stocked with a few months-worth of food (all bought on sale), helped when DH got laid off for a short time. We ate well.
 
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I am keeping up with all the suggestions you folks have written here. I am learning new ways to save. :nod:
 

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We eat leftovers. I know a lot of people don't. I often make large bathes of soup, etc for the freezer for days I don't' want to cook. I used to really overbuy at the supermarket, but now I go every few days just for the few things I need.

I will buy store brands on a lot of things.

 
 
1) I avoid disposable items as much as I can.

3) We set up a written budget every month.
We don't use disposables if we can help it. Even when we have large family dinners, I don't use disposables. We have cloth napkins and I just toss them into the washer. We do have paper towels (hey, we have five cats; you betcha we have paper towels!), but other than using them for the cats, that's pretty much it. When I cook, I fling a bar towel over my shoulder and wipe my hands and any spills up with the bar towel. It gets tossed in the laundry. I'm doing laundry anyway and a few bar towels here and there aren't going to kill my load.

Every year in December, Rick sits down with the budget and figures out where he wants to go from there. We adjust according to our needs. The grocery bill is pretty much the same, except for pet stuff, which steadily increases in price.

We only give the animals bottled water; our well water simply isn't that great and if it helps with potential kidney issues, so much the better. 
 
5.  I save on the heating bills by turning the thermostat down to 60F most of the time, and turning on the 2 electric fireplaces--one is in the dining room, which faces into the living room, and one is in the living room.  No point in heating the entire house up when there's usually only 1 person and 10 cats, several of whom like to snuggle with me on the sofa, which keeps us all warm. I also sometimes use a kerosene heater, which has a lovely warmth, and the cats LOVE it.  We have an electric blanket on our bed, and now, the kitties have one on the guest room bed for very cold nights. I also sit on the sofa with throw blankets.

6. I usually take my lunch to work. I discovered that I like my own cooking better!

7. I plan meals around what's on sale that week.  Especially with meat.

11. Save money for your future, even if it's only a very small amount each paycheck. 

15. Grow your own vegetables and fruit. Don't go crazy here; it's no bargain if you grow too much, and it rots on the vine. You also don't need expensive tools. Even if it cost the same as the store, the quality can't be beat. And you get some exercise and fresh air, and some insurance in case of job loss, etc. Start out small. If you need to do this for survival, you'll be able to ramp up your operation later, now that you've prepared your soil, and learned how to grow things. Also, save your seeds from your crops for next year. Use scraps for compost.

16. Have a pantry for a rainy day: the store-bought version of #15. My pantry, stocked with a few months-worth of food (all bought on sale), helped when DH got laid off for a short time. We ate well.
We keep the thermostats down to a low roar as much as we can. We have electric heat, which is not a good, bone-warming heat. I do use the electric blanket constantly and I don't feel guilty about it. As long as I'm at home, the blanket is on. And the cats know it.

Rick and I have been brown-bagging it forever.

I've been saving 17% of my paycheck toward my retirement fund ever since I started working here. They match up to 7%. I keep my contribution at 17% (the highest I'm allowed through work) and I figure that it will help. Everything helps. We also have 401Ks and other things toward retirement. They're important. No, it's not perfect, but it's what I can do.

Last year was the first in a while that we did not have a garden. And in hindsight, it was a good idea. We wouldn't have had enough rain to see a garden through the entire summer and it would have gotten ugly.

We compost everything we possibly can. I do use k-cups in my Keurig; you will pry my Keurig out of my cold, dead hands. I take each and every k-cup apart, put the grounds in my compost bowl in the fridge, and single-stream recycle the k-cup itself. (Single-streaming recycling is amazing; you can recycle so much more stuff! Between single-stream recycling and composting, we can keep our trash pick-up down to a dull roar, even with the used cat litter.)

Because of our pantry and our freezers, we will never starve. Caution: If you keep freezers, likely at some point, you should have a generator to keep said freezers running!! I know of a family on another forum who had a stocked freezer. They lost everything when their power went out during a tornado and it took well over a week to get their power restored. She was heart-broken.
 

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My kids are all potty trained now, but when it was applicable, I used cloth diapers. I did some disposable, mostly cloth with my first two kids. My 3rd child exclusively used cloth diapers from birth until potty training at age 2 and many of her diapers were hand me downs from her siblings, so start up costs were low. We saved a lot of money by never buying disposables that time around. 

When I was done with the diapers I donated them to good causes like a charity that helps African children and a mom who had recently lost her job and didn't have the funds to buy her own stash of cloth diapers.
 
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I read an article once about cheap people. One lady said that she reused sanitary napkins and dental floss. Reusing dental floss is not so bad but I don't know how someone could reuse sanitary napkins. That is really cheap.

Anybody watch the show "Extreme Couponing" Those people need to get a life.
 
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