I've brought my lunch to work 95% of the time over the last year. It's definitely saved me a lot of money.
I haven't been buying cigarettes, so that's a huge deal. I did buy a rechargeable e-cig, though.
I don't buy coffee much either anymore - I make it at home and at work instead.
Coffee is huge! I didn't realize it, but we were ordering coffee pods for the Keurig every week when our secretary was here on Thursday's and Friday's. It was costing us over $100 a month! We only drink 1 cup a day each at the office, so now we are only spending like $20 a month.
Post by lexxasaurus on Feb 25, 2015 13:21:32 GMT -5
@ello I'm considering a balance transfer now that I've freed up some money and can start paying it off quicker. I found a card with zero interest for 18 months, I just need to pull the trigger and apply for it. Sigh. I've been making food at home or buying good convenience food since I'm between jobs and on the road a lot. I budget but I'd been using it fairly loosely and these last couple months I've stuck to it pretty well. I have more money than I thought, who knew? Lol.
Post by alabasterangel on Feb 25, 2015 13:33:10 GMT -5
Technically we spent money to save money. Almost $200 at Costco yesterday.. but we're stocked up for a while and saved a ton over what it would have cost if we'd gone to a regular grocery store.
We've stopped going out as much. I mean, we still go out a lot lol but not as we were. We've also been paying down debt. I can't wait to see our efforts later down the road.
Because it is has been such a brutal winter, we have not gone out nearly as much either. We are saving money each week...or until it gets nicer out.