If your New Year’s resolution is to Save Your Money, here’s a plan!
Do the math…if you cut your spending by just $11 a day, you’ll save just over $4000 a year! How’s that for a New Year’s resolution!
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Let the Budget Diet girl help you count the ways you can cut your spending and save your money! You can save money everyday by eliminating small expenses that really add up! It’s all part of frugal living!
- Kick the Starbucks habit…SAVE $3 per day, $1095 per year!
- Don’t do the drive-thru for breakfast…SAVE $5 per day, $1865 per year!
- Brown bag it to work…SAVE $6 per day, $2190 per year!
- Use a grocery savings system…SAVE $50 per week, $2600 per year!
- Eliminate packaged, prepared food from your grocery list…SAVE $20 per week, $1040 per year!
- Eat in, not out for dinner. SAVE $40 per week by cutting just 1 dinner out, $2080 per year!
- Buy discounted gift cards to save at stores you normally shop weekly like Target. $100 gift cards for as low as $70 to purchase brand name products at your favorite stores! PlasticJungle -Buy, sell & trade gift cards
- Slow down! Driving 65 mph uses 15% more gas than 55 mph…that’s like paying 40ยข more per gallon! Suppose you use a tank of gas each week on highway driving, you’ll SAVE $8 per week, $416 per year.
- Avoid excessive car idling! Turn off your engine while your waiting in that carpool line and you’ll save nearly 20%! Better yet…if you’re close enough to school, walk or ride bikes!
- STOP making impulse purchases! SAVE A LOT!
- Take advantage of FREEBIES by checking The Budget Diet’s freebies page everyday!
Some of these money saving tips don’t save big bucks, but The Budget Diet girl’s motto is EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDS UP! If you can incorporate just a few of these tips into your life, you’ll soon find yourself saving $4000 a year! VACATION ANYONE????
I’ve just touched on money saving tips that most of us can take advantage of every week, but if you’re looking for money saving tips in every area of your life, and you’d like to save more than $4000 a year…just click on any of the topics on the left side of this page!
Good luck with your resolution, and remember The Budget Diet girl is here to help you with all your money saving challenges!
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Great ideas! Love it!
Simple and great ideas! I am going to go swing through the Plastic Jungle after writing this! I never explored that sit before – thanks for the tip!!
Hopefully, you’ll get in the frugal habit of browsing the Plastic Jungle each week! I have a stack of discounted gift cards that I use for stores I frequent like Target! When it’s time for my teenage daughter to go shopping, we always find discounted gift cards for American Eagle, Hollister, Aeropostale & Abercrombie…a teen shoppers delight!
It’s amazing how the little things add up over the course of a year. Great tips!
Great ideas! #8 is the one I need to work on the most, especially with gas prices as high as they are!
Awesome list of ideas– I really have to work on #10— I’m good at everything else but that! I see that saving money is your true talent and what an amazing talent to have
I never really thought of saving money as a talent until I joined this group!
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