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How to Save Your Money, Part 4 |
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Find creative ways to experience things you enjoy for less money.
Instead of spending $1.50 or more for a cup of gourmet coffee, brew it at home for about 20 cents. Or take home a half gallon of your favorite flavor of ice cream for about the same cost as two or three servings at the ice cream parlor.
Preview books, movies, and music before you buy them.
Your public library can be a great resource for reducing your spending. Before you buy a bookwhether it's a best seller or a hard-to-find titleborrow it from the library first to decide if you really want it. The same goes for videocassettes, DVDs, and CDs that you can borrow free of charge.
Focus on value and function when deciding how much to spend.
You can spend between $3 and $15 to eat lunch at a restaurant, or you can spend $1.50 for lunch that you bring from home. Your homemade lunch is just as fillingand helps keep your wallet full, too.
Look for the extra benefits in your money-saving strategies.
Instead of buying breakfast at the local fast-food restaurant, eat at home and keep up with current events by reading the newspaper at the same time. Cancel extra cable |
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