168 Frugal Tips to Make Your Dollar Stretch + More

Today’s feature is from Being Frugal with a jam-packed list of frugal tips to help cut back on living expenses.

I’ve also included a few of Tipnut’s biggest money savers as well as a Hot List of Money Hacks & Frugal Living Inspiration found around the net.

First, here’s Being Frugal with 168 Frugal Tips to Make Your Dollar Stretch:

A few weeks ago I was lamenting about the high prices on everything lately. Recession or not, it’s getting harder to afford the increased cost of living. I asked Being Frugal readers for help, and the readers came through in a big way!

This post is a compilation of comments and emails I received when I asked my readers how they deal with high prices and what things they do to make their money stretch further.

Tipnut’s Big Money Savers

• 10 Homemade Laundry Detergent Recipes *Save big bucks making your own laundry detergent…These recipes were published over a year ago and are still one of Tipnut’s most popular and regularly visited tips!
• Making A Coupon Organizer System – How To Guide *Use the free money offered to you regularly by stores and manufacturers and use those coupons! By keeping your coupons organized, you’ll find it easier to take advantage of savings.
• Frugal Tip: Stockpile & Save Money *Buy big when regularly used items are on sale (things like deodorants, toilet paper, etc). It’s amazing how much money you can save by keeping a big stock on hand.
• Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Recipes and Homemade Dishwasher Detergent Soap *Another big money saver–make big batches of dishwasher detergent instead of spending big bucks on a pail or box of brand name stuff.
• Make your own cleaners and household supplies, see Homekeeping – A Natural Shine To Cleaning (Recipes), Homemade Travel Hand Wipes, Homemade Shower Spray Recipes, Homemade Herbal Carpet Freshener Recipe plus tonnes more tips and recipes in the Cleaning category of Tipnut.

For more frugal tips and helpers, see Tipnut’s Frugal category.

Hot List Of Money Hacks & Frugal Living Inspiration

• Found on Dumb Little Man: A Money Hack to Revolutionize Your Money Management, Me Frugal? No, I just watch MY cash, 34 Powerful Tips to Get Yourself Out of Debt and 10 Smartest Ways to Live Beneath Your Means. There’s a wealth of information found on this blog, do a search for “Frugal” and you’ll be inspired!
• Found On Home Ec 101: The Difference Between Being Frugal And Being Just Plain Cheap and How To Live On Less: A Guide To Thrifting. Home Ec 101 also publishes economical recipes and frugal hacks, if you’re looking for cheap meals from someone who’s “been there”, make sure to browse through the blog and check out all the goodies.
• Found on ZenHabits: The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living, 73 Great Debt Elimination Tips and The 10 Key Actions That Finally Got Me Out of Debt; or, Why Living Frugally is Only Part of the Solution. You’ll find a crazy amount of good money management stuff here, have fun browsing through the tips!

You’ll also find a bunch of Frugal Living Helpers here.

Good stuff!

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