What creative things do you do to keep more money in your pocket?

Money Saving Mom. This lady has it figured out! The best are her CVS and Walgreens weekly lists. I haven’t been keeping up with it lately, but one of my girlfriends goes to CVS and Walgreens all the time and spends literally like a dollar and gets all kinds of free stuff.

@essieness Thanks for the POST! That’s a great one I didn’t know about.

i present cooking demos for people who cannot cook. i also play for weddings and write papers for college people who cannot write. don’t tell nobody.

@SpatzieLover Oh, it’s literally amazing. She links you up with all the coupons for the week along with the deals at CVS and Walgreens. I read on her site somewhere that she is a stay at home mom with 2 kids and feeds her entire family on something like $40/week. You definitely have to keep up with it (clipping coupons every Sunday and making weekly shopping trips) but it’s SO worth it!!

@charliecompany34 I’ve written a paper or two for others, too ;) shhhhhh!

@charliecompany34 You should help me with my papers. lol

I sell clothes and books, on ebay or amazon. Nothing too crazy.

I love money saving mom, she is brilliant and there are alot of other websites like hers, the wealth of knowledge is amazing.

I also started taking cash to the grocery store and that has been eye opening and very helpful in keeping to our budget.

I just ate dinner at IKEA. It was $3 for a plate of meatballs and potatoes. They also have $1 hot dogs and $1 breakfasts. It sure saves some money on food!

My husband and I both will trade professional services in exchange for something we need. He’s a mechanic and I do several things – from bookwork to establishing and maintaining databases. I also set up programs to follow inventory. Most recently, I started doing bookwork for someone and she is teaching my son to play guitar. I lost patience with him…I couldn’t do it!

It’s a great way to have some extras, without the cash leaving the account! :)

Coupons, rebates….coupons and rebates! My husband used to laugh at me, but when I started cutting down the grocery bill and also seeing rebates coming in and the cost of an item almost disappearing – well, he stopped complaining.

I don’t use frozen food or prepared food.

I don’t buy on impulse. I always think of the long term. I try to eat at home, so I don’t spend as much on lunch. Whenever I get money, I keep 30–40 for the week and put the rest i a box, and when that adds up, put that in my bank account. When I have 1000 dollars in the bank account, I put it in a GIC.

slickdeals.net – Like “Money Saving Mom”, they list the weekly shopping lists; but theirs include all the main grocery stores and drug stores (at least all the ones I’ve seen), plus they list online & in-store deals for just about everything. It’s a little weird to get used to at first, but it’s definitely worth it. We’ve saved TONS of money through deals we’ve found on there.