One Small Thing that Saved Big Money
When my husband and I were first married, we wanted to start saving for a house right away. This wasn’t difficult considering he moved into my apartment, and we had the cheapest rent in Queens. (Thanks Mrs. B!) We credit one small thing with enabling us to save lots of money.
Before we were married, both of us enjoyed lunches out with co-workers or ordered in when we took working lunches. We nipped that practice in the bud right after coming home from our honeymoon. This was a savings of anywhere from $10 to $50 each day! Lunch was good too! Since I worked later hours, my husband cooked dinner. He always made enough for at least four portions - two for dinner and two for lunch.
Of course there were other ways to save money, clipping coupons, not keeping a credit card balance and comparison shopping, to name a few. Not buying lunch every day made the biggest difference.
Now, I do work from home at the moment, but eight years later my husband is still brown bagging it - and still saving us money.
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5 opinions for One Small Thing that Saved Big Money
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Jun 25, 2007 at 8:59 pm
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She Who Loves to Travel
Jun 26, 2007 at 8:24 am
Between the two of us, my daughter and I found that we were dropping a good part of 20.00 each day when we didn’t take a lunch with us. That certainly can eat into the budget! Brown bagging it isn’t so bad when you learn to be creative. ;)
Karen is Thrifty
Jun 30, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Brown bagging is definitely the way to go. Eating out can really zap your budget!
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