I am amazed by the amount of people who do not recycle their bottles and cans, many states will pay you for these.. don’t they know that they are just throwing away cash??
Put a box in your garage and start putting them all in there. Make sure you let your friends and family know you are doing this- many of them will save them for you if they just know you are taking them down to you local recycling facility to cash them in.
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Today’s frugal tip is to start shopping at the thrift store.
I love thrift stores- you can pick us so many bargains. I recently picked up a pretty much new food processor for $10 and a salad spinner for $2- New these things would have been at least $40 and I picked them up for $12.
Keep a list with you of the items you might like to have, but you don’t need right away, that way you can refer to it when you go. And if there is a thrift store near your local Target or Walmart try to swing in there first to see if any stuff you need right now might be there. It might be there for a lot less!!
On my list right now is a yogurt maker- what’s on yours?
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Today’s frugal tip is to start packing your own lunch.
The savings on this one is pretty obvious- you can probably pack your own lunch for under $1- and unless you are going light on the $.99 menu at McDonald’s you are most definitely going to pay more than $1 for lunch.
If you were spending even 4 dollars a day to buy lunch that is going to cost almost $100 a month ($1200 a year)- while packing a lunch may only cost $22-25 a month- BIG savings!!
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So the frugal tip for today is to start collecting your spare change.
We have a little jelly jar in our bedroom closet where we put a lot of change and it is funny to me how it adds up to so much. Ever time we cash it in it could be a really nice outing for the family or maybe it buys something we are really needing at that time.
It’s a great, really easy way to save- now go check under the couch cushion!!
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