Comments on: One Hundred Ways To Save Money Part IV

By: One Hundred Ways To Save Money Part VI « Notes From The Frugal Trenches – A Downshifting Journey

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:15:02 +0000

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By: anna

anna — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:00:35 +0000

A few more ideas:

- Save in items you use a lot by buying in bulk. In US, Costco rules for such things (12-packs of tuna, 8 can packs of tomatoes etc)

- Use your library

- Join bookcrossing (get rid of the books you don’t like any more and hunt for free ones in your city)

- Read “How I lived a Year for £ 1 a Day” – even if many ideas are UK-centric, some of them will work around the globe (I read a bookcrossing copy of that book..)

- Learn to cook

- Give up soda and processed foods

By: Attila

Attila — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:43:34 +0000

ooo thanks!

By: Frugal Trenches

Frugal Trenches — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:56:29 +0000

Will do Attila! I’m not sure what I used was a water bath, I’ll need to have a look!

By: One Hundred Ways To Save Money Part V « Notes From The Frugal Trenches – A Downshifting Journey

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:46:28 +0000

[...] One Hundred Ways To Save Money Part V For part one see here, part two see here, part three see here, part four see here! [...]

By: Looby

Looby — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:15:37 +0000

Stopping buying magazines was the first small step I made to start paying attention to my spending and save some money.
I also love breakfast for dinner, scrambled eggs or a boiled egg are the two most common ones at our place.
Number 35, shopping once a week really doesn’t work for me, I find that I spend much less if I shop every two or three days and just get enough till the next shop, possibly because we never both want to stick with the menu plan, and often food ends up going to waste; I think the important thing is figuring out what works best for each person.

By: GC

GC — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:08:11 +0000

34. is fabulous. I need to reintroduce that at home!

By: lovethosecupcakes

lovethosecupcakes — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:20:12 +0000

You’ve certainly highlighted ways we could save money here and I’m going to put some of your ideas into practice. But no. 36 has brought me out in a cold sweat!!!

By: Attila

Attila — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:13:38 +0000

I’m finding these posts very useful; I already do most of the things you suggest. Could you please do a post on canning using a water bath for us in the UK? I am wary of trying it in case I make a mistake in translation! I would like to be able to preserve my tomato crop, possibly with other vegetables, such as onions, courgettes, peppers and mushrooms as pasta sauce, or tomatoes alone to use instead of tinned tomatoes. I have a small freezer but it’s too small for this. Canning apple sauce would be good too. We don’t eat much jam, so I’m freezing pureed strawberries from the garden to use in smoothies but there’s no more room. Thanks.

By: Melaniesd

Melaniesd — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:12:23 +0000

I haven’t completely given up on subscriptions, because I do enjoy them a lot, but I only subscribe to magazines I know I will keep for reference. For example, Clean Eating Magazine. I subscribed to Chatelaine, but used my Airmiles to pay for it.
Mike Holmes recently came out with a magazine that I’m considering as well. He is a home reno guru and the magazine is very well put together and informative.
It is easy to get carried away with subscriptions though. I no longer get any parenting magazines and I won’t subscribe if it’s more than $25/year.

As for visiting a U-pick, even better is pick what grows locally if possible. Here in Nova Scotia we are blessed with an abundance of local wild blackberries and cranberries. I will pick gallons of them this August through October and freeze them for baking. I enjoy giving cranberries to older ladies I know who have difficulty picking but enjoy baking. PLUS I find it amazingly relaxing and enjoyable – free entertainment.
Last year we did pick a flat of strawberries at a U-pick, but I think I’ve missed the out this year.

A no spend month – that would be a challenge! I do fairly well on no spend days… Maybe I could try a no-spend week!