I saved $100 in 3 weeks!

**frugal me** · 11-12-2008, 11:10 PM

by not spending my $1 bills!

We only shop on Saturdays, so I decided to see how much I could save by not spending the $1's. The first week, I had $35 in ones when we came home after shopping. I was shocked how fast it adds up.

so, now I'm on a quest to save the $1 bills. Anyone want to join me?

**mkkl19** · 11-13-2008, 12:32 AM

I'm a waitress so if I never spent $1 bills I would have very little money, but we do save our change.

Congrats on finding something that helps you save!!!!

**winner** · 11-13-2008, 12:43 AM

Wow $100, that great!
I will join you, in Canada our dollar we call a loonie (it is not paper money), so I will pretend it is like a change and save in my jar.

**Denvergirlie** · 11-13-2008, 09:19 AM

We don't use cash much, so if I saved my one's I might have a dollar or two at the end of the month. But glad that it's working for you, any "trick" you can do to save money is always great.

**Cricketlegs** · 11-13-2008, 09:25 AM

Well great job!

**rowdy35** · 11-13-2008, 12:59 PM

way 2 go !!

**katybug** · 11-13-2008, 01:12 PM

CONGRATULATIONS! If you find something that works for you, stick with it!

I usually don't have a lot of cash on me, so your method wouldn't really work for me.

My method has been our allowances, we have $x per week for DH and myself to spend anyway we want on anything we want. We also have $x per week to spend on fun food, which can be eating out or something a little more fun from the grocery store.

This helps me keep money *in* my bank account. I've been enjoying making lists, thinking about what I'm going to spend my money on. Also if I spend only, say $5 out of the whole amount, the extra rolls into the next week. So I have an incentive to wait and find things for the lowest price.

I'll give a perfect example, I wanted to buy 3 items last week for $8 each. At the store there was a deal, buy two get one free (W00T) then I also had a coupon for 20% off and it could be used twice, so I got that addition 20% off. THEN I also had $6 gift card like coupons and I used that on the remaining balance.

The total? $6.80, less then the cost of ONE item. I rolled over my savings of $17.20 to the next week.

I always like to add up in my head what my deals would have cost if I had paid full price. It makes me happy to see all the items I could get for a little amount.