I was reading the Womens Day magazine (the one with the IC article in it). One of the articles was about doing little things to save money. One of the suggestions was to save all your $5 bills and stash them. I liked that idea. I went thru my wallet and found three of them. I found an old make up bag and put the fives in it and then put it in my dresser. I am hoping to use that money for my trip to Nashville this summer.
Also, here in central IL, the main power company has be de-regulated. That means that power bills are doubling and trippling, and they are still expected to go up and up and up.
I thought this might be a great way to start a thread to show how we all do little things in our lives to save money.
For example:
We just finished switching all of the lightbulbs in the house to energy efficient bulbs.
We turn off the computer when we arent using it.
Our heat is turned down two degrees when we are asleep or not at home. Sometimes more if we are going to be gone all day. (yesterday we turned it down 3 degrees)
We shop the sale ads in the newspaper and plan our meals to whats on sale.
I have set up with my bank for an automatic amount of money to go to savings from checking every month. That little bit has made a big difference!
These are just some of the little things we do around here. What kinds of things do you do?
Also, here in central IL, the main power company has be de-regulated. That means that power bills are doubling and trippling, and they are still expected to go up and up and up.
I thought this might be a great way to start a thread to show how we all do little things in our lives to save money.
For example:
We just finished switching all of the lightbulbs in the house to energy efficient bulbs.
We turn off the computer when we arent using it.
Our heat is turned down two degrees when we are asleep or not at home. Sometimes more if we are going to be gone all day. (yesterday we turned it down 3 degrees)
We shop the sale ads in the newspaper and plan our meals to whats on sale.
I have set up with my bank for an automatic amount of money to go to savings from checking every month. That little bit has made a big difference!
These are just some of the little things we do around here. What kinds of things do you do?
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