Easy Ways To Save $100 This Month.
No matter what your income level, everyone can benefit by saving a few extra dollars this month! With the cost of living constantly growing and the holidays coming up, having enough money is a major concern for most people. So I thought I’d share some easy ways that I use to save money every month. Here are 10 Ways To Save $100 This Month (without a whole lot of sacrifice)!
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While some of these may already be implemented in your life or may not work for you, a few may be new to you or reminders. Remember to think outside the box with your budget and financial needs.
10 WAYS TO SAVE $100 THIS MONTH
1. This month make a no take out or no restaurant food rule. Learn to make your favorite take out/restaurant foods at home and don’t eat out or get take-out this month. There are tons of copycat recipes on the web for not only for dinner but also your favorite breakfast and lunch restaurants. Here are some Quick Meals To Make Instead of Eating Out. Try copykat.com and Pinterest for recipes.
2. Cancel your landline and just use your cell phone if you can (or try to switch to the lowest plan that will work for your needs)
3. Eat From Your Pantry: Put a hold on spending until you have dwindled what you already have in your freezer and pantry. Most of us have a rather large stock of items in our pantries, yet we continue to go shopping every week as if we have to do so or not eat. Take stock of what you have in your pantry and create your menu plan around it. Purchase only fresh fruits, veggies and milk as needed.Stick with it and work through your pantry foods or freezer meals to feed your family.
4. Go Vegetarian at least one day a week. Skip the meat and save money on your grocery budget. Substitute hearty bean, lentil and vegetable dishes that are satisfying and nutrient dense at a lower cost.
5. Join a local Freecycle group or Facebook barter/swap group and see if you can find some of your wants/needs for free. Freecycle.org is a group where people in your area post things that they are willing to give a way if you come and pick up. Or sell something on Facebook Marketplace, Craigs List, Poshmark etc in order to earn some money to buy what you need or want.
6. Turn Off Cable or Satellite: While many families already do without these luxuries, it may be time for you to evaluate if you truly need the services if you haven’t already done so. With Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Roku and more out there for such a low monthly cost, many families are letting go of their cable TV subscription. Some people even get TV stations with antennas! If you can’t let go completely, look at your plan and see if you can reduce the packages you currently subscribe to. Often they’ll give you a better deal if you threaten to cancel. It’s worth a try!
7. Take some water and easy to eat snacks with you when you’re out and about so you won’t be tempted to grab something to eat while out. These little trips to the fast food drive thru and gas station convenience stores add up! If you’re going to be out all day running errands or whatever, be prepared. You know you can’t go all day without eating or drinking something.
8. Do a No Spend Weekend at least once a month. Stay home, stay out of all the stores and find some free activities to do in your town or work on some projects around the house (as long as you already have the materials.
9. Make your own cleaning supplies instead of buying them. Check out my post on 15 Great DIY Household Cleaners
10. Re-think your entertainment/movie watching. If you’re going to the movies go to the show that’s discounted. In my area most shows are discounted before 6pm and there are a few theaters that have special days where the discount is even better and it’s all day anytime.
Better yet, rent a movie. We’ve found that paying to stream a movie on Amazon is way cheaper (and more convenient) than all of going to the movie theater. Also, rent from your library if you have one that has a good selection.
These simple ways to save $100 this month are easy to implement in any family. Between all of these you can save anywhere from $25-$100+ easily over the course of a month. If you combine them all there is potential to save quite a bit!
Don’t let the simple things add up and blow your paycheck. Look outside the box and work hard to bring your budget back where you need it to be.
What simple tips do you have for saving money?
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Great ideas! I’m putting myself of a grocery budget this month which is something we’ve never really done before. Trying to eat at home more and more too. The best way for me to save is just to stay out of stores!
My old man said to stay off of the computer!!! HA! I’m always finding new stuff I really have to have. I’ve recently discovered the world of quilting. My newest passion.
We have the every channel cable television package so we don’t go to movies. We don’t eat out except ordering a take out pizza every once in awhile. We live pretty well! I’m grateful for all of my blessings!
LOL! We cut our cable a year ago to basic and we use Netflix. We also rent movies from Amazon to stream (they’re the new ones and sometimes they have ones that are in theaters currently). We rarely go to the movies maybe once or twice a year.
We miss the SyFy Channel though and we’re excited that the new town we’re moving to has a different cable provider with better bundles. So we may be able to get a few more channels for the same amount we pay for basic and internet here 🙂
Excellent list! I’ll be sharing with some youngsters in my neighborhood!
Wonderful list! I do many of them already. (Maybe because I’m a groupie of a great blogger who cultivates her nest with all kinds of thrifty ideas, and I’m a copycat. Grin.)
Our Direct TV bill just went up again. I could live without it completely since we have a smaller TV hooked up to an antennae for local programming (even though Direct TV now offers local stations, they do not come in during bad weather). But one of my husband’s only luxuries he allows himself is the Direct TV so he can keep up with Chicago sports. Sigh…
Yes, sports seems to be the biggest stumbling block to letting go of cable/satellite! I have read on forums where people are able to view certain sports channels with cable but I haven’t paid attention sine we’re not into sports.
One big way to save money is to watch less television. There are a lot of financial benefits to this: less exposure to guilt-inducing ads, more time to focus on other things in life, less electrical use, and so on. It’s great to unwind in the evening, but seek another hobby to do that.
Thank you very much for including CopyKat.com in the blog. I personally love to save money. I often use grocery ads to help me determine what I am going to cook. This way I can utilize built in savings around my menu planning.
I really appreciate your article and the tips.
We do what we call a fiscal fast. Go nowhere and spend nothing unless necessary. It happens more often when money is tight but even wen things are “good” I try to do it at least one week a month.
I like “fiscal fast”. We do no spend weeks often by default – we just don’t need anything and we’re homebodies 🙂
We haven’t had cable in 8 years and we don’t miss it at all! I think it is such a waste of money and I’m a huge college football fan but it is not worth the ridiculous cost!
Thank you for sharing this great list!
I like the idea of a no spend weekend! A month seems so daunting but a weekend we could do!
I find our food budget stays lower if I make a menu plan every week.
I saw your post featured on Thrifty Thursday. Congratulations!