Comments on: Your Financial Future – No Obsessing Necessary http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/ Life is too short to stay in one place! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Betsy http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-3271 Betsy Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:31:47 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-3271 Tip 5 was the one we used to save a lot of money (and keep us from wanting to buy things because we didn't see all the commercials!) Tip 5 was the one we used to save a lot of money (and keep us from wanting to buy things because we didn’t see all the commercials!)

]]> By: Quack and Quill http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-3264 Quack and Quill Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:47:35 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-3264 Tip one: you can easily easily save far more than $50.00 a month by shopping yard/garage sales for material purchases. Tip two: If you are a bookaholic, use the library and used bookstores instead of ordering via Amazon. Tip three: replace your incandescent light bulbs with fluorescents. Especially on frequently used lamps. This saved me about fifteen dollars per month per (frequently used) bulbs. Tip four: In winter, turn your heat down low at night and use an electric blanket or heated mattress pad. Tip five: Cancel your cable. Watch TV on the Internet! Tip one: you can easily easily save far more than $50.00 a month by shopping yard/garage sales for material purchases.
Tip two: If you are a bookaholic, use the library and used bookstores instead of ordering via Amazon.
Tip three: replace your incandescent light bulbs with fluorescents. Especially on frequently used lamps. This saved me about fifteen dollars per month per (frequently used) bulbs.
Tip four: In winter, turn your heat down low at night and use an electric blanket or heated mattress pad.
Tip five: Cancel your cable. Watch TV on the Internet!

]]> By: eileen nemeroff http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-2651 eileen nemeroff Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:28:39 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-2651 pack your lunch every day for work. Cook all meals at home. Try to cook meals that will yield leftovers. Introduce more grains, such as lentils and beans as opposed to buying meat. Save a set amount every month no matter what is going on. pay down your debt starting with the highest interest rate. pack your lunch every day for work. Cook all meals at home. Try to cook meals that will yield leftovers.
Introduce more grains, such as lentils and beans as opposed to buying meat.
Save a set amount every month no matter what is going on.
pay down your debt starting with the highest interest rate.

]]> By: Caleb Green http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-2477 Caleb Green Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:24:47 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-2477 oh one more thing, just make sure that when you buy infant clothes, it is made of organic materials not synthetic.~." oh one more thing, just make sure that when you buy infant clothes, it is made of organic materials not synthetic.~.”

]]> By: Married with Luggage » Money-Saving Tips from Readers http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-626 Married with Luggage » Money-Saving Tips from Readers Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:24:41 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-626 [...] SmartyPig contest drew in a lot of comments on how to be creative in saving an extra $50 a month.  Married with [...] [...] SmartyPig contest drew in a lot of comments on how to be creative in saving an extra $50 a month.  Married with [...]

]]> By: Goat Poop http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-499 Goat Poop Tue, 19 May 2009 13:28:40 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-499 <p>For one month, on the weekend days, I'll eat two meals a day instead of three (a late breakfast and an early dinner). Three meals a day normally would cost me an average of $6 for each meal. ($18 / day or about $540 / mo.). If I eat just two meals a day for the four weekends, I'll reduce my meal cost to $492 for a savings of $48! ($6x8 days) I'll drink water instead of a cola or juice for two of those meals and save an extra $2.00 for a total of $50.00!!</p><p>So not only will I be saving $50, I'll be taking in less calories, losing weight and reducing the amount of paper and plastic trash I'd be creating! Yay me, savings account AND mother earth!</p><p>Now, if only I could discipline myself to do this EVERY day of the month... :-/</p> For one month, on the weekend days, I’ll eat two meals a day instead of three (a late breakfast and an early dinner). Three meals a day normally would cost me an average of $6 for each meal. ($18 / day or about $540 / mo.). If I eat just two meals a day for the four weekends, I’ll reduce my meal cost to $492 for a savings of $48! ($6×8 days) I’ll drink water instead of a cola or juice for two of those meals and save an extra $2.00 for a total of $50.00!!

So not only will I be saving $50, I’ll be taking in less calories, losing weight and reducing the amount of paper and plastic trash I’d be creating! Yay me, savings account AND mother earth!

Now, if only I could discipline myself to do this EVERY day of the month… :-/

]]> By: Erika http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-498 Erika Mon, 18 May 2009 01:12:47 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-498 <p>I can save $50 and more a month by having "meatless" Mondays and Wednesdays. I will buy my veggies / fruit at a local market, and make complete meals for the whole day with them.</p> I can save $50 and more a month by having "meatless" Mondays and Wednesdays. I will buy my veggies / fruit at a local market, and make complete meals for the whole day with them.

]]> By: Chris Brumfield http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-497 Chris Brumfield Sun, 17 May 2009 23:01:13 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-497 <p>I was able to more than double my smarty pig by donating plasma. I get around $50.00 a week and have been doing this for almost two months. The extra $350.00 more than helped me fund my smarty pig goals much faster than expected, but has produced a tool to help me eliminate use of credit cards.</p> I was able to more than double my smarty pig by donating plasma. I get around $50.00 a week and have been doing this for almost two months. The extra $350.00 more than helped me fund my smarty pig goals much faster than expected, but has produced a tool to help me eliminate use of credit cards.

]]> By: Anna Choi http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-496 Anna Choi Sat, 16 May 2009 13:03:11 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-496 <p>One more tip. Check out the non-profit ECOSS at http://www.ecoss.org/green_business.html where they give free energy efficiency consultations that save tons of money on your water and electric bill. You can get low-flow toilets and shower heads that hugely reduce your water bill and help the earth reduce dirty water that then needs to get filtered or gets dumped into clean waters. All that shampoo has to end up somewhere! You can get free home energy assessments, just talk with Donna Shirrey, founder of the Zero-Energy Home in Issaquah. http://www.shireycontracting.com/images/news/425%20mag%20Sept%2008.pdf</p> One more tip. Check out the non-profit ECOSS at http://www.ecoss.org/green_business.html where they give free energy efficiency consultations that save tons of money on your water and electric bill. You can get low-flow toilets and shower heads that hugely reduce your water bill and help the earth reduce dirty water that then needs to get filtered or gets dumped into clean waters. All that shampoo has to end up somewhere! You can get free home energy assessments, just talk with Donna Shirrey, founder of the Zero-Energy Home in Issaquah. http://www.shireycontracting.com/images/news/425%20mag%20Sept%2008.pdf

]]> By: Anna Choi http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/2009/05/13/your-financial-future-no-obsessing-necessary/#comment-495 Anna Choi Sat, 16 May 2009 12:47:01 +0000 http://warrentalbot.com/wordpress/?p=160#comment-495 <p>-Get a free Puget Sound Community Card which gives you back a 3% rebate on all local participating green businesses like PCC that you can either get plain cash back or choose to donate towards a non-profit cause. Over 300 local stores participate...<br/>-Forget cable bills and get free TV online at hulu.com, abc.com, etc. I have a DSL data line only (with no landline) for $20/month and pay $20 for my ISP (internet service provider) of which 100% is donated to a non-profit. While we chose not to have cable to declutter our minds of the usual junk, I love not having TV and watch Simpson's or South Park whenever we want.<br/>-Repair broken items rather than buy new items. When my watch "broke" rather than buy another watch for $30-40, I simply got it repaired for under $10! When my vacuum broke, rather than buy another vacuum for a few hundred dollars, we repaired it for $30. <br/>-Rather than purchase $7 eco-friendly or regular cleaning products, use what's always worked--baking soda for 99 cents. Not only does it clean, it deodorizes and acts as an all in once cleaner. Check it out at http://www.nwei.org/files/EcoCleaners.pdf<br/>According to the Washington Toxics Coalition, using disinfectants serves no useful purpose, other than, making money for the company!</p> -Get a free Puget Sound Community Card which gives you back a 3% rebate on all local participating green businesses like PCC that you can either get plain cash back or choose to donate towards a non-profit cause. Over 300 local stores participate…
-Forget cable bills and get free TV online at hulu.com, abc.com, etc. I have a DSL data line only (with no landline) for $20/month and pay $20 for my ISP (internet service provider) of which 100% is donated to a non-profit. While we chose not to have cable to declutter our minds of the usual junk, I love not having TV and watch Simpson’s or South Park whenever we want.
-Repair broken items rather than buy new items. When my watch "broke" rather than buy another watch for $30-40, I simply got it repaired for under $10! When my vacuum broke, rather than buy another vacuum for a few hundred dollars, we repaired it for $30.
-Rather than purchase $7 eco-friendly or regular cleaning products, use what’s always worked–baking soda for 99 cents. Not only does it clean, it deodorizes and acts as an all in once cleaner. Check it out at http://www.nwei.org/files/EcoCleaners.pdf
According to the Washington Toxics Coalition, using disinfectants serves no useful purpose, other than, making money for the company!

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