My favourite, easy, ways to save money

Just the smallest changes in the way you live your life can save you enough money to take a lovely holiday at the end of the year or even for that ‘It bag’ that you’ve been craving for months. You could even pay off those debts. *cough*

– Eliminate the coffee runA £2 cup of coffee everyday soon adds up. Bring in instant to the office if you can’t get through the day without a caffeine hit or sip water instead. Put the saved money in a pot and you’ll have a nice little holiday nest egg after a while.

– Wrap up
Put on a pair of socks, pile on a jumper and turn OFF the heating. A woolly snood keeps you cosy and warm and blankets are your friend.

– Dial DownIs your mobile phone contract coming to an end? How often do you honestly use it? Can you go to Pay As You Go or negotiate a cheaper tariff with your provider? Work out roughly how many internet and call mins you use and how many texts you send then look across various network websites. I saved £40 pcm by swapping down to PAYG when my contract ended.

– Swap time for foodI work 3 hours a week on my friend’s allotment in return for free veg. Plus it is good exercise! Lots of local people are looking for people to help out in gardens, allotments and smallholdings across the country.
You can offer your time at Landshare.

– No estimationsIf you’re not in when the metre man calls you are likely to get an estimated energy bill through your door. If you provider a call you can give them the numbers from your metre and (more than likely) watch your energy bill drop quickly.

– Meal planI’m pretty certain that I’ve mentioned meal planning approx 400,000,000 times on this blog alone but a.) it saves me sanity and b.) saves me a small fortune. Do it, dooooooo it!

What are your favourite, easy ways to save money?

You might find useful:
Impluse Shopping
Meal Planning
Why Are You Thrifty?
TTFN,

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