What have you done today to save money?

[Acre of Blessings]

Thought this would give us all some ideas on how to save a few dollars, and in this economy, everyone could use the help.

So post what you have done to save money.


I'll Start.......


This morning I sent grocery shopping, I always shop on Mondays, but today just so happen to be the first of the month

so I had to leave early.

I pulled into Food Lion 's parking lot with a prayer of saving lots of money and getting some great deals. Well, I got just that.....answered prayers & great deals!!!!

Just on the meat I added up the regular price and it came to $228.94

but with the sale/markdown stickers and with the extra markdowns (befriend the meat market manager) the total just for the meat came to $97.65

That's a savings of $131.29

ETA: the savings from the rest of the groceries (using the MVP Card) was $68.43, so that brings my total savings to $197. 72

I thought I got such a good deal that I treated my kids to Root Beer Floats.

 

[debilorrah]

I brought my lunch today!! That is not a usual thing for me.

 

[purelypoultry]

We tear Dryer sheets in half because you only need half of a dryer sheet.

I garden and try to get as much of our food from that as possible. We buy almost all of our food in bulk.

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

I too went grocery shopping today. I got a spiral cut frozen ham that the store had leftover from easter for $6.00 off! It's no where near the sell date and it was originally a $14 ham for $8.00!
I bought baby back ribs for $2.00 off (sell or freeze by today)...

I got great fruit snacks for the entire month for all three kids for $10...

I bought 60 yogurts for $12...

Good deals!

 

[halo]

I swapped my neighbor 2 dozen eggs for a big bag of gorgeous peppers.

 

[PineBurrowPeeps]

Quote:
Does this work? I seriously toss 2-3 dryer sheets in each load, 4 for my sheets and blankets because they HAVE to smell realllllly good.

 

[Homesteading_Bound]

I processed two of my Cornish X this morning...

I hung my laundry out on the line....

I boiled several of my duck eggs and fed it to my chickens to supplement there protein for today...

 

[hikerchick]

I worked from home today -saved gas

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

I slept at a holiday inn last night

 

[17roses]

IMO Best money saver is dont spend unless you have to. If you dont need it keep walking.

My husband and I spend less than $10 on our dates. Redbox, popcorn and some chocolate makes for a nice time. We schedule our dates around our son's school schedule so we can have the house to ourselves without a babysitter. I have not seen a movie in the theatre for years, I wait for it to come out on video. For family events we go on trips to scenic areas or parks with a packed lunch. We have a yearly membership at a local animal park so we can go as often as we want. I buy groceries in bulk and drive 45 minutes away once a month to visit a grocery outlet. I dont buy namebrands. I dont buy lots of cereal or other expensive food items that can be easily substituted with cheaper foods.

Most importantly, we dont have a car payment (we buy our cars outright), we have a low morgage (we shopped for a house till we found one that we could afford easily and fit our needs), we have no credit cards so no credit card debt, and we keep at least $1000 extra in a seperate account for emergencies. You might think we make alot of money but you would be wrong. We make less than $40,000 a year and since I have become a stay at home mom we will make even less.

My best advise is the first advise.