101 Ways To Save Money This Year

Today’s feature has two parts, first I scooped up a free copy of Suze Orman’s Women & Money book found on Oprah.com here: Update: Looks like the freebie was a time limited offer on Oprah and it’s no longer available–sorry for those that missed out! The hardcover has a $16.47 US price tag on Amazon, so this freebie is pretty sweet!

There’s another copy available in Spanish (I think?). Thanks to Red Flag Deals for the heads up (good Canadian bargain hunter’s site btw).

The next feature is from Save You Fool with 101 Ways I Saved Money This Year. Here’s an idea of what you’ll find, I’ve included a few of my notes beside them:

• Switched from bottled to filtered tap water: Doh! I will do this! Consider the costs of an individual bottle of water per gallon, and fuel costs have me excited?
• Bought holiday gifts during sales: I don’t manage holiday crowds very well (is that because I’m getting older or the crowds are getting worse?), keeping a good stash going throughout the year as well as buying online saves me gas, time (and cash!).
• Rented the DVD: I have a mountain of VHS tapes that I paid for eons ago, what do I do with them now? I started a DVD collection (mainly previously viewed–lower cost) then realized–they’ll be obsolete some day too, never mind the storage space to hold them all.
• Used credit card points for purchases: I had a big problem buying groceries with a credit card until I realized: use my credit card with airmiles then pay the credit card balance online with the cash I set aside for groceries as soon as I get home. Lots of points racking up, especially when shopping at stores that also have in-store points!
• Cancelled unread magazine subscriptions: I did this last year some time and the savings can be substantial if you have a few subscriptions. Martha Stewart’s magazine is the one I feel the most, but that’s another good thing garage sales offer, magazines on the cheap .

#42’s “Stopped tipping strippers” is a smart move I think, ummmm–but not applicable to my world. Most ideas on the list are really good and offer some thoughts to chew on.

Found via Smart Spending.

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