Do you know some good things to do to save money?

@codris (781)
Italy
October 13, 2009 9:24am CST
Hi, i'm not so rich so i try to save money when it's possible, like to do qick showers to save fuel used by the boiler and water. Or to use my stove, expecially in winter, to cook and to maintain warm the house. I also have a big vegetagle garden where i grow a lot of things like mais, pumpkins, tomatoes. Some of theese vegetables can be stored under vinegar or oil or in other ways. what about you? do you know other triks to save money and to become independent? Are you able to conserve some vegetables or mushrooms?
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@nagikka (407)
• Italy
18 Oct 09
I'm not good at saving money. However, sometimes I do put some money in an envelope hidden in my closet and tell myself to not spend it because it might be useful in the future and you might never now. Right now I put aside 100€ because I don't wanna be broke and not being able to buy X-mas presents for my family :)
• India
14 Oct 09
its a good topic that how do we can save our money. to save money without hamper your normal life its very hard but not difficulty. save money seems to save money and its help you to be rich more. i can give you one excellent idea on it. thats, you may like clean save and regular. but what if you stop or control going to a barber saloon shop and get saving at your own wash or bath room ?
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 Oct 09
I see what's on sale then plan my meals around that. I don't buy anything not on sale! I don't buy clothing, shoes or other things, I make do with what I already have. I unplug every single appliance and lamp that I'm not using and that saves me $40 a month! I hope you get some good suggestions, we all need to save money these days.
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
14 Oct 09
Growing veges is one way and another is buying from wholesalers. In the wholesale market you can save a lot on price and the quantity you end up buying can last a long time which also means you save on expenditure. Also, stay away from the higher priced areas in your town. Just the area itself sends up the price. Try the lower class areas to do shopping.
• United Kingdom
14 Oct 09
I think that the most important thing in relation to this is to carry out a regular budget. I do this on a two weekly basis so I know where I stand to the penny! Once you have carried out your budget you know what you have left over and you can hopefully put something away for a rainy day and so forth. It sounds like you are doing quite a bit though in terms of saving energy around the home. I too take showers as opposed to baths and I don't use my heating at all! My flat is very warm and in the winter months it's not so bad either although I do put the heater on for a little bit. I like the idea of growing my own vegetables although I don't have the means to do this. I suppose I could buy one long plant pot and stick it on the window sill and grow a couple of potatoes perhaps! Andrew
@joezon50 (378)
• Hong Kong
14 Oct 09
codris my friend,i have lots of idea of saving some money, we start to coins to notes.If posible i eat noodles with vegie than to spend my penny.I got my piggy bank because im fond of keeping these small coin in it.have a nice day to you.
@rtslvtwy (1088)
• Malaysia
13 Oct 09
I would say that the first and very important thing to save money is to set aside the amount of money you intend to save at the beginning of the month and allocate what is enough for the whole month's expenses and spending. Then cut down on extravagant dinning out at restaurants, cut down on coffee outlets like Starbucks, cut down on using credit cards, cut down on compulsive shopping.
• United States
13 Oct 09
This is a method that my boyfriend started to start saving money. He went out and brought one of those bank jars where the top tells you how much money you have when you put change in. So he started to do that at the beginning of the summer. By July he had about $90 worth of change saved. He said it was just cool that the jar could tell him how much he had saved and that made him want to get more money. This encouraged me to just get a regular piggy bank. I haven't saved up as much as him, but now I always pick up change on the street, and put it in my piggy bank. So getting a piggy bank actually is a good way to start saving money.
@mohan89 (240)
• India
13 Oct 09
Hi codris. I don't conserve vegetables or mushrooms. I save money by using in limited way. I don't waste money for boozing on week days. I share my apartment with my frnd so that i could cut off my renting charges . etc etc. I make a small budget every time