10 Easy Ways To Save Your Hard-Earned Dollar

[Mom23boys]

* Hang 4 loads of laundry a week instead of running the
dryer.

* Drink 4 fewer canes of soda per week (saving $100 a
year!).

* Tape 10 pieces of music from the radio, rather than
buying commercially recorded audiotapes.

* Cut your family's hair yourself.

* Bake one batch of bread (two loaves) once a week.

* Write one good letter a month, instead of making an $8
long-distance telephone call.

* Use half your usual amount of cleaning and personal
care products. Find the minimum effective level for
everything. You may even find that you can make do
with less than half your usual amount.

* Buy articles of clothing from thrift shops and yard sales,
rather than paying store prices. It can also be fun.

* Barter for one regular price. Consider three-party trades,
to get exactly what you need.

* Use dry milk. The average family will save about $100 a
year.

[heaven]

thanks Michelle!!!!!!! If I cut my families hair we would save tons of money, no one would ever leave the house. LOL

[CountryMom]

Very good list. I found a couple of things I can work on!

[captclearance]

Some of those I do, others I just can't...... Thanks !!!!!!

[canadian gardener]

I found cutting my own hair and using cloth sani pads with a keeper (rubber cup invention that replaces tampons) saved a huge bundle when I began homeschooling.

More money for books. Really worked.

[babymav]

Great information.... I found a few things that I could do. I do wish I could hang my laundry but we rent and our landord doesn't allow it (our back yard is for parking only) sad too because there is no place for the kids to play (we have to walk down the street to the park for that.

[canadian gardener]

I bought 4 (later with kids gone, downsized to 2) folding wooden laundry racks. I use them indoors as pollen counts can be a problem in our family.

I don't use them as often as I should, but every little bit helps. I got mine at YYSK which is a discount Scandinavian store like IKEA meets the dollar store. They cost me about 10$ each 5 years or even 6 years ago now, but have paid for themselves over and over.

Clotheslines in the basement are another option for some, and my dad has a rack that lowers and raises on a pulley system that he rigged up.

[favesis37]

awesome list, thanks!

[sanderson76]

I so want to start hanging our clothes...probably won't be too great for the winter but when spring hits i am buying a clothes line

[Michele Annette]

Thanks Michelle!

I hang our laundry in the basement as well and I need another drying rack for small items to hang in the living room during the day when the rooms are not being used.

[Tdoyle]

I love haning my clothes out to dry - even in the winter. Just make sure the sun is out first. Without the sunshine - you'll just have COLD WET clothes by the end of the day.

[mom2matty]

Great list!!

I am lucky enough with our mild weather to hang laundry almost all year long.......unless it is raining. I also have 2 drying racks and us the shower curtain rods in 2 of my bathrooms to hang stuff to dry if I have to!!!

[Shaunta]

I hang my clothes inside because I live in the desert, with a huge Mulberry tree in my backyard (ALLERGIES!) Plus, lots of dry dirt and dust blowing around.

What I do is use a cheap rolling garment rack, and just hang the clothe right on hangers and hang them on the rack. I can hang two loads on one rack and by the end of the day they are dry. If the weather is nice and I don't need the air conditioner, I put the rack near an open door to dry faster.

Also, you could put a shower curtain rod over your bathtub and hang clothes the same way.

This is a real time saver, believe it or not, because you just hang the clothes right in the closet!

For small items (like cloth diapers and socks) I just use clothes pin to hang the items on hangers.

HTH!

Shaunta

http://www.pennywisejournal.com

[lilk]

Thanks this is just what I needed! Little reminders help me to realize that every adds up. I already do some of these things but I will try harder.

[rebecca]

I started hanging my clothes. Not my favorite thing to do, but it saves electricity and on my bill.