Comments on: Save It: Part 1

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:28:33 +0000

Smart!

xo,
s

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:04:37 +0000

I love all of your money saving tips! One thing I use to save money is the My Coke Rewards program that Coke offers. Since I don’t drink soda; I am unable to receive the codes myself, but there are plenty of people at work that are willing to give me the codes from their caps or even their cases of soda. My dad even sends them to me in the mail! Since I’ve started I was able to get a free t-shirt, a subscription to a magazine I’ve been wanting, a cd, and also am able to enter into sweepstakes for a chince to win big ticket items; it’s all been free!

By: Anzhela

Anzhela — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:31:40 +0000

Great tips! I am trying to decrease how many times I do groceries in a month…right now I do it about 3x a week. We are a family of five.

By: Leila

Leila — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:35:59 +0000

Instead of buying magazines you can buy a Nook color and have your favorites magazines for half of the price. Also the books are pretty cheap as well.

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:46:35 +0000

Here’s a post about our party for Clara (we tried to add in our money saving tips like not offering too much food and DIYing what we could and giving away very small and inexpensive favors. Hope it helps!

http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/05/house-party/

xo,
s

By: Jadie

Jadie — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:00:27 +0000

Oops! I forgot to ask you a question which was my original reason for commenting, but I got carried away with my own money saving tips! We recently had our son’s 1st birthday, and even though we didn’t do much except for bbq and have some decorations, I was surprised at how quickly the expenses added up. Do you have any money saving tips for kid’s birthday par-tays? Maybe you did a post about that somewhere, but I don’t see it. Thanks!

By: Jadie

Jadie — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:57:14 +0000

Hey YHL, I know this is an older post but I am new around here! My husband and I are self-proclaimed “Cheapskates”, doing the same like shopping Costco, Trader Joe’s, I cut his & the kids hair, etc. We also unplug our appliances at night. I don’t know how much a difference it really makes, but I have noticed quite a change in our electric bill, I think mostly from unplugging the TV & computer. I’m from Oregon, so have always been a firm believer in Oregon Chai :) but when I do go out for coffee, I always bring my own cup. Most places offer a discount on your drink, anywhere from 5 to 15 cents off, which isn’t much but can add up, plus it’s eco-friendly :)

We also do trade on baby stuff, I think ALL of my baby items & clothes are from consignment stores. I always get compliments on how well dressed my children are and how I must spend a fortune just on their attire. I really do not. We do the same with our clothes at Buffalo Exchange, where you can get trade or cold.hard.cash! I keep a box in the closet and if I don’t think I’m going to wear something anymore, I throw it in there. After a month has gone by, I sort through the box and sell it at Buffalo Exchange or other local consignment shops. Those are some of the ways we save moolah around here!

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:52:49 +0000

One great way to stretch your dollars is to fill prescriptions at Target or other drug stores when they offer a $10 gift card for a new prescription. Sometimes our regular grocery store also offers this. We do this all of the time and use it for household items we need (rather than buying an “extra”). We just did this on Monday and used our $10 gift card to get two items we needed anyway, making our total bill $2 instead of $12.

If you have a CVS near you learn about the Extra Care program. I save TONS of money every year on all of our toiletries and over-the-counter meds by combining manufacturers coupons with sale prices and Extra Care Bucks. I get many brand name items for free or nearly free using this method.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 03 May 2011 17:30:36 +0000

Great advice. I recently learned about swap.com. You can trade books, movies, music, and video games with other members and you only pay for the cost of shipping. I can’t wait to start swapping out some old books for new reads!

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:49:54 +0000

Our family is big on going in on experiences as gifts. So instead of exchanging tons of Christmas gifts we all go in on a ski trip at a lodge (for twelve people which can break down to just $60 a person – which is way cheaper than getting eleven gifts for all those relatives). We also try to use coupons or rewards when we can (if I have a leftover credit or gift card to Gap I’ll get a cute birthday scarf or necklace for a friend). And we always use our Target credit card to save 5% there. Hope it helps!

xo,
s