How much do you save and how do you do it?

This is one of my favorite discussions in Mylot, saving and frugal living. I love the way moms, housewives, share ideas to save money. Ideas Unbelievably pour out and goes on and on. I require myself to set aside a certain amount every week from the Weekly budget that my husband gives me. After I put it aside, I budget the remaining money. I think it is wiser to take the savings out first from the budget. Now, I also avoid going out too much with the kids on the weekend especially to shopping centers. I make it a point that our weekend activities would be in the park, public play areas, beach or even just at home where I dont need to spend. I also love putting in a jar coins or change. This really helps. It may seem not so helpful but we have saved some money in the bank from all those coins. And who doesn't know about using discount coupons and taking advantage of discounted prices in the supermarket? All moms are expert on this. Buying in bulk during the sale season or days will surely save heaps of money.

We save money by doing a lot of small things. My son is still in diapers and we cloth diaper. I get my haircut at a cheaper salon than I used to pre-kids. We are careful with our food budget and try to use everything up. I am trying to sew my son some clothes (although we don't need more clothes for him yet, but we will next year). We avoid buying toys. Gifts are handmade or come off of amazon with gift cards. (We get the gift cards from things like swagbucks). We're not veyr consistent yet, but we're getting better every month.

our chief source of entertainment comes from the library. it is free, has great books, movies, music, video games, well the list goes on. i never buy a book, ever and the last time we went to see a movie (hubby and i have two daughters) was for free (we traded in our various points for movie tickets and snacks) and that was several years ago. the library has fairly current movies. i am in line waiting for War Horse and for The Help. i also shop at thrift stores quite a bit and buy a lot from there. jeans are the best to buy there because they take a long time to wear out.

I started trying to save money a long time ago, and I think that I am getting very good at it now. I used to buy expensive things at the supermarkets, but now I am choosing to buy the cheaper brands instead. I save around $30 from doing this, and then I place the money that I have saved into a savings account to help me to save up for an apartment that I am hoping to be able to purchase before the end of this year. I also started making sure that I didn't leave the plugs on around the house, or the lights, and I have found that I have been able to save a fair amount of money on my bills at the end of the month by doing this as often as I possibly can.

I get books, cds and dvds from the library instead of buying them. I save a huge amount of money that way because I read a lot and I love music and movies. Sometimes I also buy books or old magazines in the second hand shops. The used books cost about a dollar, so it is much cheaper than buying new books. I often buy my clothes in the second hand shops. There are a lot of cheap clothes in those shops, and sometimes I find some nice clothes there. I don't buy underwear or used shoes, but I have bought other things like sweaters and skirts. I have also bought furniture in the second hand shops. I buy huge bags of food for my rabbits instead of the small and expensive bags, and get hay from a farmer instead buying it in the shops.

i save on groceries by using coupons on top of the sales and in the spring and summer grow my own veggies and fruit i try to find ways all the time to save money but it seems when i am saving the bills go up so i just cant win

As i did not have any job, i did not have stable income. By now, i save my pocket money, my scholarship and the pay got from my part-time job. The money can support me a whole year. As the inflation is great these years here, I do not think save the money is a good way for me. I decide to use it for travelling or some language courses, to improve my own value and prepare for the future job.

That is great that you are able to save so much money. I am currently not working and neither is Randy. Randy is trying to collect disability because of his foot condition and with all of his doctor's appointments and fighting with Social Security I have not been able to work. I do save our change and my earnings that I make online. I put our change into our savings account and my earnings online stay in my paypal account (I am not sure if there is a time limit before I have to pull it out). I try to use coupons as much as possible and am going to see if I can grow a few vegetables out here (I am new to Las Vegas, so I am not sure what will grow here). I will be selling a couple of items through Craig's List and hope to make some money so Randy and I can go see George Jones in concert.