tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693059274637695423.post758999172306890323..comments2024-02-25T21:53:40.490-05:00Comments on Homesteader's Heart: Top 10 Ways I Save Money!Kim @ Homesteader's Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03787975654863452911noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693059274637695423.post-40842743593648246062013-04-13T20:16:36.368-04:002013-04-13T20:16:36.368-04:00Hi Kim! Stopping by from the UBP13. I'm super ...Hi Kim! Stopping by from the UBP13. I'm super excited to follow more of your blog {I just hopped over to your FB page so I can stay connected}. <br /><br />I'm a crazy couponer and have seen how much it cuts our grocery bill. So I suggest using coupons if you aren't and playing the drug store game for personal and cleaning items. Also, you don't usually think of this, but Staples always has great deals on TP. Amber @ Luv and Laughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143448995291941269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693059274637695423.post-20062626401916886142013-04-13T12:02:11.820-04:002013-04-13T12:02:11.820-04:00Oh, AND along the same line as the A/C thing, we h...Oh, AND along the same line as the A/C thing, we heat our house with a little woodstove in the basement during our insanely long, cold Canadian Prairie winters. That has saved us THOUSANDS of dollars over the years!!! (especially since our old house is quite drafty and we just can't afford to replace our windows and doors)tammihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803890115567631062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693059274637695423.post-12187123960708120272013-04-13T12:00:46.937-04:002013-04-13T12:00:46.937-04:00I do most of these things, too. Well, except the ...I do most of these things, too. Well, except the whole "keeping the A/C to 80-81" thing! We, of course, can have ours set to 60 and it still never needs to run full-time for more than a few days in a row! We do, however, generally turn the A/C off for night and have a fan sucking cooler night air through select windows. The A/C generally doesn't come on till about noon.<br /><br />I don't have a clothes line either, which I would really love, but in our case, it would mean putting a pole somewhere in the yard and there just isn't a good place for one anywhere. The best place would end up being directly across the driveway from the house, which, of course, isn't the best for DRIVING. :P<br /><br />We don't have anything like VitaCost up here in Canada either, that I know of. Boy, that would be sweet. Less time in the grocery store AND saving money??! BONUS.tammihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803890115567631062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693059274637695423.post-82488601430541204782013-04-12T16:20:05.246-04:002013-04-12T16:20:05.246-04:00These are great! Thanks for the tips! I try so har...These are great! Thanks for the tips! I try so hard to do the envelope system, but random debits always sneak in and sabotage me each week. :P Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484042274698832817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693059274637695423.post-81516100210729802622013-04-12T16:00:49.022-04:002013-04-12T16:00:49.022-04:00Those are all great tips!
We clip coupons and ou...Those are all great tips! <br /><br />We clip coupons and our meals are prepared based on what is on sale, in season, and on hand in the pantry and freezer.<br /><br />We rotate our pantry goods on a regular basis and make sure that we eat things before they expire. Same thing goes for the refrigerator. <br /><br />We cut up meat at home and use a vacuum sealer for freezing portions needed for recipes.<br /><br />We ask for senior discounts everywhere we go, LOL! And you can get cash discounts at a lot of places just by merely asking for it.<br /><br />We're notorious savers and don't buys anything unless we have the money saved first. Budgeted savings come out of our retirement checks first. <br /><br />One of my all time favorite tips is to use good, old-fashioned bartering. <br /><br />We're like you when it comes to shopping and eating out. Restaurant food rarely tastes as good as what we can eat at home! And now that we're not working, we can get by with very few clothes. (And nothing goes to the dry cleaners, LOL.)<br /><br />I could go on and on!<br /><br />Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347598432040432610noreply@blogger.com