Money Saving Ideas

Use ground turkey instead of ground beef. Cost less. And it’s better for your health.

Make casserole dishes and freeze sections for later consumptions.

Buy a water filter pitcher instead of those expensive bottles of water.

Use small wash cloths, hand towels or cloth napkins.

Cook at home instead of eating out- left overs make great lunches.

Start a piggy bank.

Use bicorbonate of soda and some salt for brushing your teeth. Denise

Use bircobonate of soda as a deoderant.

grow your own vegetables, l.g

re heel shoes instead of buying new ones, l.g

Burn candles instead of having the lights on.

If you are having a drink of cold water put a slice of orange and lime in and it makes it a bit mor special.

the best way to save detergent in a washing machine is to use the little balls of liquid which does for the whole wash.

If you use a Hippo cistern toilet flush saver bag, You will save 1 litre of water for each flush that you make. So if you have a large family just imagine how many litres of water you will save each year. Good for the environment and good on the pocket. Or better still put a house brick in your cistern.

You can also fill up number of half litle soft drink bottles to add to your cistern – editor

Drill a hole in your fridge door, that way you can ensure the light goes off

Buy tesco value dishwasher tablets and snap them in half. Dishes still come out clean!!

This is one i hope can be useful to a few people.
Mobile Phone, Check your mobile phone bill and see how many of those inclusive minutes you actually use. If you are an occasional user a pay as you go phone could work out to be a cheaper option. A friend of mine was paying £25 per month but on closer inspection was only using £5 per month for texts and calls. Result is that he is better off by £240 each year.

Instead of just going food shopping and buying what you think you need. Why not sit down with a pen n paper and do a rota for your weekly meals and a few snacky stuff. Write a list of what you need and stick to it. Me and my wife do this and since starting we spend roughly 50% less than we used to its great if you’re trying to cut the waistline too with only buying what you need you resist the temptation to binge out and we dont have to throw out of date food away anymore.

If you spend $3 per day at the coffeeshop, over the course of a year that adds up to almost $1100! Why not roast your own coffee at home? The coffee is better and only a fraction of the cost of coffeeshop coffee.

Put a squirt of washingup liquid in the bath water you dont get a ring round the bath afterwards.

Brush your teeth with bicarbonate of soda and saltUsing a twig? The obvious downsides are the taste, which is presumably vile, and the lack of flouride and breath freshener.

Keep your freezer fully stocked to cut down on amount of electric it uses to keep it working well.As i use food out of my freezer i replace it with my empty tupperware boxes,until my next shop day when i fill up with food again.

If you want to lower your costs on cleaning products then try using some natural ingredients like vinegar and lemon. It cleans your work surfaces in no time leaving a sparkling finish.

Grow plant in doors. Not only it supplies oxygen, it help to regulate the air so that it smell fresher. Plant maintenance is much cheaper than using air purifying.

use the heater at night only. If you are at home during the day. use a throw rug or more clothes. Days are less colder than night.

When go shopping, buy in bulk. Do check out the expiry date. If an item can last for 3 years, buy bulk for 1 year stock. It is much cheaper.

Also, do not buy from convenient store. Always buy from hypermarket that tend to offer cheaper price because they too, buy in bulk. To maximize saving, buy only during sales & promotion, and make sure coupon, voucher or redeem rewards points with your purchase.

When you buy box’s of washing powder tablits use only one not the recomended 2 your box will last twice as long and the washing comes out just as clean

instead of turning the central heating on in the winter, why dont you just wear a pair of socks, keep a hot water bottle nearby and a warm snuggly top, that will save your winter bill which is about 4-5 month worth of central heating!!!

dont do anything

Walk everywhere, saves on bus fares and petrol

Join the library. It’s free and so is borrowing the books. There is a small fee for ordering one specially and also for CDs and DVDs.

Buy only one share in Companies in your locale. You will be invited to the Annual General Meeting. They can be interesting and you more often than not can have your say. There is usually free refreshments. Have fun.

Instead of expensive foreign holidays, buy a really good tent and accessories. Make sure you are going to be comfortable. You then only have to pay site fees. See your own country.

Always use 2nd Class Post.

you can make 60 litres of bio deisel per week without paying tax on it
your local chip shop should be quite happy for you to take waste oil

Awesome ideas already.
Here is my contribution:

Live Healthy while Saving Money
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Replace SODA and stuff like that with WATER..
It is healthy as you decrease sugar intake
and also you save money on those SODA bottles.

Do you know how much money you spend per month on sodas and specialty drinks?

Making an effort to drink fresh clean Tap healthy water during the day can really add up when you compare it’s cost.

Less sugar as well as more money saved!!!

Buy value or smartprice shower gel, You can buy these for about 8p. and refill your handwash dispenser with the gel.

Get a better paying job

Also, use baby wipes instead of those expensive dust collecters that you can buy from the supermarket on the floor sweeper tools. Two baby wipes cleans the floor just as well as those much dearer dust collecters and on marble floors they are really good and don’t cause any damage. Baby wipes are also excellent on leather sofas for cleaning.

when your finished with the glass coffee jars wash them out and take the labels off and they make really pretty money jars, easy to collect and good for recycling!

– If the exchange rate is in your favour buy your travel money ahead and don’t leave it until you are at the aiport as they offer terrible rates.
– Look to stay in self catering rather than a hotel, eat in rather than out and take picnics out for lunch so you don’t have to stop at restaurants.
– Buy a beach umbrella and dump it afterwards, cheaper than hiring an umbrella on the beach and always bring your own drinks.
– You can still have a great holiday but can save money by planning ahead. Also the cheaper high factor suntan lotions from the supermarket work just as well as the expensive brands. Trust me, I use them on my fair haired children and they haven’t burned in 30 degrees plus.

Buy QUALITY – pointless buying cheap – Remember: You get what you pay for!!!!!!!!!!

check out charity shops for toys for kids for xmas. you can also buy some of your clothes from there

don’t leave the lights on when sleeping.

There are a lot of suggestions on the green section of the Tesco website (Tesco Greener Living). Their “save money house” claims to be helpful in helpin saving up to £5000 per year, by being greener in the house and the garden.

Some of their tips (like solar panels) do require a setup cost, but most of them are pretty muchstraightforward!

keep soap in the airing cupboard it lasts longer when used! 🙂

Split bottle of softner into 2 bottles and fill with water 2 for the price of 1.Does the same job

Find out what day your supermarket normally reduces there products…meat veg etc Cook and freeze or just freeze

Make your own soap powder using Borax, A+H Wash Soda and a bar of soap works really well and cost around £6 for 300 loads.

If you have an open fire, wood burner or multi fuel stove burn dry Manure, it does not smell that much, (used it the last two winters) also some companies spend £100’s each year to get rid of waste wood/pallets ‘free fire wood’

make your daily expenditure report and observe it kneely to reduce bill.

Reduce the packaging in the freezer by putting food into freezer bags, your freezer will hold twice a much

Wash up when the sink is full, saves hot water & detergent

Simple living but high thinking – the best money saving technique:)

Have a good look through your book collection, DVDs and CDs because I managed to make some money towards a holiday by trading them in.