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Daisy Girl |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 17:01:30 ok... i am never the best at saving money...
but I started clipping coupons recently... and i got a book that has info like buy one dinner get one free...
it's been really nice and we've saved a lot of money for cool stuff!
we've actually had lots of fun going to places we normally wouldn't have.
anyway... what are your fave ways to save money
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
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Jason |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 23:21:25
These supermarket-sized 99 Cents Only chain of stores that are starting to pop up in my part of the country are great. They're a trip to browse because they have a 99 cent version of almost everything you can find in a grocery store. I will NEVER use the 99 cent condoms (which they do have), but for toiletries and cleaning supplies (window cleaner, kitchen/bathroom surface cleaners, bleach, sponges), I rarely shop anywhere else.
I am also a devotee of Big Lots and I check out nearly any thrift store or Goodwill that I happen to drive past.
I think bargain-hunting is an art. It requires cleverness, creativity, and curiosity. |
Stuart |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 23:05:54 quote: Originally posted by Superabounder
401 K. Hey hey tons of fun!!
All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies
Its fun when in two years time it doubles in value..
This is a high class bureau de change, not some Punch & Judy show on the seafront at Margate! |
HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 22:51:00 quote: Originally posted by therewererumours
Buy the supermarkets own brand beer .
Join the Cult of
I don't ever see that blue stripe beer anymore. All good things must come to an end I suppose. |
Superabounder |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 22:31:40 [quote]Originally posted by Daisy Girl
ok... i am never the best at saving money...
but I started clipping coupons recently... and i got a book that has info like buy one dinner get one free...
My ex and I had one of those passbooks for coupons to restaurants, and since we live in like the highest number of restaurants per capita city there is, it came in handy. Most were buy one entree get one free of equal or lesser value. After a while, however, I got a little paranoid about the time that you actually had to give the coupon to the server (before they gave you the bill) and somehow I hated giving them the coupon because they were probably like "here is another one of those cheap-ass passbook assholes." I still tipped on the amount of the bill before the discount, so they really didn't have anything to worry about, but it was still a little weird. Now, it won't really fly since I am dating and all. But when I eventually remarry or something maybe I will consider trying them again. OK, all in all I would say that was not so fun.
All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies |
Superabounder |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 22:24:32 401 K. Hey hey tons of fun!!
All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies |
Stuart |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 21:24:46 Buy a house, thats kind of saving money in an expensive way.
This is a high class bureau de change, not some Punch & Judy show on the seafront at Margate! |
kathryn |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 19:37:21 shockingly i am exercising restraint and opting not to post a pic of armpit hair
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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floop |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 19:31:41 maybe i won't have angel hair pasta tonight |
kathryn |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 19:22:19 Seriously, Daisy. That's just...I still think you're a good person though.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Daisy Girl |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 19:21:11 I am so sorry that is my deep dark secret... and I could get away with it until I was married.... hubbie did not go for the hippie look. :)
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
kathryn |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 19:17:17 Grossest...post...ever....
: )
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Daisy Girl |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 19:15:27 quote: Originally posted by floop
i'm saving considerable money on disposable razors by not shaving
i do too... but the hubby gently told me that even though its winter and no one else can see, if i could please shave the legs and pits and what not... that would be much more attractive.
being able to braid pit hair is not a good thing in most people's minds i guess.
another cool thing is those discount stores like Marshall's and TJ Maxx....
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
floop |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 18:32:11 i'm saving considerable money on disposable razors by not shaving |
VoVat |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 18:07:06 Saving money is always fun. On the other hand, NEEDING to save money isn't.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
Carl |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 05:17:37 I usually snap up the bargains, I sort of have a knack for it. |
therewererumours |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 17:11:05 Buy the supermarkets own brand beer .
Join the Cult of |