When money is tight, we’ve discovered that it PAYS to be creative (literally). There are thousands of ways to find more money. We have a few basic ways of stretching our tight budget:
1. We are big fans of ‘free money’. We jump on 30-day free trial offers. We read e-mails, take surveys, join savings programs, actually mail in those mail-in-rebates–all in the name of saving a few bucks. In time, those few bucks begin to add up and we can see the difference in our budget. In fact, here are some of our favorite ‘free money’ programs and the areas of our budget they help to fund:
- MyPoints: Home furnishing fund
- The Cha-Ching! Christmas Club: Christmas fund
- Upromise: College fund
- Saving on a Shoestring: Vacation fund
2. We are always looking for ways to save more money. The List of things that we were not willing to do in order to save money continually gets shorter. We’ve discovered that sometimes a very simple change can save a large amount of money.
3. We are learning to plan for the future. This is a constant learning process–part of the journey that we plan to share with you! Planning for the future might mean creating a grocery list in advance, or it may mean thinking of out-of-the-box ways to save money for our children’s college fund.
Hi Wes and Kaley,
This is a great site, thanks so much for the information.
I have been trying to do something similar myself, to try and save money, or at best spend less money, during these tough economic times. I have a family myself so know how expensive things can be day-to-day.
I have also put together a site called http://www.moneysavingknowhow.com which might interest you or your readers as it gathers together a bunch of videos about spending less money.
Please take a look when you a moment.
Thanks again!
Dom
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I dont usally shop at cvs, but since my mom has mediacade n medicare, If you got SilverSCript, they sent my my a cvs silver script card to save on cvs brand medinace only, its well worth it. I am not sure how to get in touch with them, I would say contact Silver Scrpit to see they can send you the card, but i think you got to be a certain age to get it just not sure
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Hi I read your blog daily and I love all the savings and awesome deals. I am writing to you because I was wondering if you endorse any home party consultanting opportunities. I have been researching but I am not sure which one would be a good one to start. I just got an email from a company called at home america. Just trying to get some advice.
Thanks
Lynn
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kaleyehret Reply:
August 17th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Hi, Lynn! Unfortunately I don’t have much knowledge of Home Party Consulting opportunities. Sorry I can’t be more of a help!
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On Thanksgiving day I went online to Kohl’s.com. I bought alot of my christmas gifts and saved a ton of money. I added up what the original cost of the stuff I bought and it would have been around $800.00. With the sales, coupon’s from couponcabin.com and the coupon on Kohl’s web site, I only paid $300.00 for everything. I LOVE TO SAVE.
Just wanted to share with you. Love your emails.
Thanks
Sheryl
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