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Post by coosa on Oct 26, 2007 10:46:27 GMT -4
I am a member of a saving advice forum. We have something called the $20 challenge. You start with $20 and see how much you can add to it during the year.
Whenever you do something frugal, like clip coupons or use the store advantage card, you add the money you save to the $20 challenge. If you use less money on your electric bill than you had budgeted, you add that money to the challenge, etc. Just anytime you save money you add it to the challenge. It can really add up.
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Post by coosa on Oct 26, 2007 11:46:28 GMT -4
I used my Ingles card yesterday and saved over $6. I stocked up on sprite cause it was for sale.
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Post by bb on Oct 26, 2007 16:03:06 GMT -4
Bought the stuff for my Halloween costume at the thrift stores and only spent $4.81
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Post by tessa on Oct 26, 2007 16:09:24 GMT -4
Got the EMC bill today. It was $72 which was about $8.00 less than I expected.
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Post by coosa on Oct 26, 2007 16:56:45 GMT -4
Got my EMC bill too. It was only $90, which is $70 under my budget.
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Post by tessa on Oct 26, 2007 17:45:35 GMT -4
Guess I could be more frugal with the electric. You house is a lot larger than mine. Okay, my goal for the next bill is under $65. Hmmmm, I better go turn off some lights and ceiling fans.
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Post by summerose on Oct 26, 2007 18:08:57 GMT -4
Most of the time I try to save at least $40.00 out of my paychecks.
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Post by summerose on Oct 26, 2007 18:53:11 GMT -4
I used a $1.00 off coupon on shampoo, and 50 cents off on deoderant.
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Post by summerose on Oct 26, 2007 18:55:00 GMT -4
Went to Goody's the other day in Murphy and saved $39.03 on my purchases.
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Post by shortcircuit on Oct 26, 2007 20:22:09 GMT -4
I save all of my change and sort it out in glass jars. My estimate is that I have over $300 in change, I'm saving it for Christmas. I sell on ebay also, and I try not to cash the money orders and checks until the end of the month so I can have all the money to put towards bills. I skipped lunch today and saved a few bucks, it would do me good to skip a few more meals. ;D
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Post by bb on Oct 26, 2007 21:54:40 GMT -4
Had to get new tires on my car yesterday... checked around and got the best deal at Thomas Tires in town. Boy, tires sure are not cheap!
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Post by coosa on Oct 27, 2007 11:40:25 GMT -4
I take surveys on line. I just took one yesterday that paid me $2. I got a $5 check from Pinecone yesterday and a $10 check from NFOmy survey. I put that in my challenge money.
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Post by shortcircuit on Oct 27, 2007 15:11:16 GMT -4
Thomas is a good place to get tires, I buy alot of tires at Worleys also.
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Post by coosa on Oct 27, 2007 15:51:24 GMT -4
Our tires are very expensive, however they can never go flat!
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Post by bb on Oct 28, 2007 7:47:57 GMT -4
Short, I save my change, too. It is my vacation "mad money."
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