HI everyone, I actually started being more "frugal" last year and I know we saved money in the long run. One of the things Idid was when shopping for groceries I went to more than one store and went there for their "loss leader" items. Loss leader items are items stores offer at a loss to get you into the store to buy their regular priced items.Now gas wise it might not seem frugal to do that but I stayed within a 5mile radius of grocery stores.
Another thing is when things were on sale I stocked up on that item (ex. country style ribs were 99 lb.,so I bought 30 lbs of them and did the same with chicken, bnless chickenthighs were 1.19 lb and I bought 30 lbs of them also.I bascially try to never have to pay full price for anything, and I actually did accomplish that.
Dollar tree stores come in handy for certain items to, like air fresheners,cleaning supplies etc. you dont have to pay a ton of money for cleaning supplies.I also made alot of my own mixes like hot cocoa mix, instead of buying the 12pk boxes I made my own by using2 cups nonfat dry milk
1 cup sugar or the 1 cup eqivalent of Sugar subst.
1/2 cup dry cocoa(unsweetened
1/2 cup non dairy creamer,
You get 4 full cups that way . and need only 1-2 Tablesp
One more thing was I used coupons and 1 store I shop at has "triple" coupn day so I go there on that day.
Also unstead of renting movies for 2.99 apiece we joined the movie club on our cable service and pay 99cents a month for that and get to watch and TAPE movies for 2.99 Which is a savings instead of going out and buying the DVD.
Now if I can be that successful at losing 20 lbs Ill be happy.
Hugs Sandie