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Ten
Simple Things You Can Do to Save Money Today
by Nancy
Twigg
1. Instead of going out or hitting the nearest fast food drive-thru,
take
leftovers from last night's dinner to work for lunch today. You can
easily
save $5. By doing this just one time a week, you could save $260 by the
end
of a year.
2. Instead of buying a gift and birthday card for someone today, make a
homemade card and a batch of his or her favorite cookies to show how
much
you care. Even if you only saved $10 per occasion by doing this, that
$10
for one special occasion per month would add up to a $120 savings by the
end of the year.
3. Rather than renting a movie from the video store tonight, take the
family
to the library for browsing through books or reading the latest
magazines.
Assuming an inexpensive movie costs around $2.00 to rent, you could save
$104 by the end of the year by doing this just once a week.
4. Don't buy canned drinks from the vending machine at work. Instead
take a
six-pack of soda from home that you bought on sale. With at least a 25¢
per
can savings, you can save at least 50¢ if you drink two a day. That's a
savings of $2.50 a week or $130 a year.
5. Hang a load of laundry to dry either on a clothesline or on hangers
across your shower curtain rod instead of using your clothes dryer. You
can
save an estimated 50¢ per load. If you choose to air dry just three
loads of
laundry per week, you could sock away $78 by the end of one year.
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