This is something else I'd thought of too. We have so many tins and stuff in the pantry, I've made my meal plans with this in mind - and that should save a few nights meals in our grocery shopping too for a month or so!
Awesome people, keep them coming!
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Turn off appliances at the wall. Turn off TV when not in the room, I don't have it on for background noise.
Have shorter showers (4 minutes).
Do my clothes washing in cold water. I do a hot wash with some towels once a week just to flush hot water through the machine.
Reduce my car trips. If I need to go to the shop to get more milk or to the library or playgroup, I will walk.
Make phone calls on my mobile because they are all covered under my cap plan.
Do my grocery shopping online because I can see the totals and I can take things off if I need to. It also prevents me from impulse buying and from buying junk food.
Meal plan, eat less red meat and use common ingredients in the weeks meals.
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Op shop is my biggest money saver.
Clothes, toys, furniture. I love op shopping
Something I do, that really adds up is put all spare change in a jar & all extra $$ in the bank into savings. You know how there'll be $36 or something? Well I'll put the $6 out of each account onto savings every week/pay. It adds up to $20 - $30 a week sometimes
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I am a fan of op shops too, but it is something you need to set aside time to do..sometimes some items are becoming more expensive at the oppy. But at Xmas I found a large framed map of "the British Isles", for $10, and I gave that to my parents for Xmas. Also the Salvos have regular discounts, like half price on their clothing, but items tagged with a certain colour price tag.
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Take a bottle of water with you always, fill it up with tap water whenever you need to. Save $3+ everytime you don't buy a drink when you are out.
(If you are a snacker) Take snacks with you from home so you don't have the urge to buy overpriced ones
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I have a stash of plastic bottles, filled with water, in my freezer, so I can use them at home, or take them with me. It gets so hot here!
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I only ever used to drink bottled water (I dont like the taste of tap water), and it was costing me a fortune. For xmas last year my mum and dad bought me a Brita water filter but its one that sits on your bench and refrigerates the water and everything (they cost about $180 I think). I have saved so much money by not nuying bottled water!!!
We have down lights in our house so I am very consious of turning them off when we arent in the room.
DH works away so I try and allocate one Sunday a week where I do a massive cook up and make about 10 different dishes. I then seperate them into tupperware containers and load them into the freezer. This saves me from impulse buying on fast food when i've had a bad day at work and CBF cooking.
Ive just cleaned out my wardrobe (as we are going backpacking for 9 months in March and I dont want to pack everything). I had sooooo many clothes in my cupboard that dont fit or I dont wear anymore and I have been hoarding them. I have so them all online and made around $500
I also find that when DH and I have a lot of money in the bank - we spend more. When we are broke, we spend next to nothing. I have opened a bank account that we cant transfer money out of online, we both have to go into the bank and sign for it, which stops us taking money out for stupid things.
This year I will save money on food as ill be a backpacker and wont be able to afford to eat!!!! Hahaha just kidding!
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Use your leftovers!!!! Or cook just a little extra to have for lunches the next day. And put the leftovers away as you serve up, this will stop your DH or kids going back for seconds (which is what my DH does).
Look at the daily recommended serving sizes and follow them - 90g of meat is more than enough for most people a day.
Start a veggie patch - even if you're just using styrofoam boxes, you can plant lettuce, capsicum, eggplant, tomatoes etc. Plus getting kids involved in veggie plants gets them eating veggies
Buy only what's in season in the fruit/veg shop. This will get you fresher produce and saves money.
Put your credit card in a block of ice.
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