I'm always looking for ways to save money, even if it's only a few dollars here and there. Here's a list of a few things I've learned throughout the summer to save some money!
1. Hang clothes out on the line. If I am lucky, I am able to hang out clothes from April through October. Since I average about 2 loads of laundry daily, this saves an incredible amount of money on electricity {not to mention wear and tear on my dryer} over the year.
2. Keep lights OFF! This seems to be an ongoing problem in our house as I often find rooms with lights on and no one in them!
3. Wash your own cars. Washing your vehicles yourself can not only save you money, it can be a fun time together as a family.
4. Grill out. Keeping the heat out from cooking of the house will help with cooling costs.
5. Stay in the basement. This was a blessing to our family this year as it has been our first summer without central air {how you take it for granted when you have it!}. We have one window a/c unit, but it does not cool the entire house. The basement was the coolest room in the house! Although, I know not all of you have basements!
6. Garden. Grow it your self and freeze or can your harvest. This is my first year canning vegetables and I love it! It may be a little extra work now, but it will be worth it this winter when we're eating from our pantry shelves!
7. Give your own haircuts. I can't believe how costly it is for kid's haircuts! We do them at home ourselves and save that money!
8. Use a rain barrel. Many of us are going through a dry spell right now. We have a rain barrel to collect the rainwater from the roof gutters. This is what I use to water my plants so I'm not using tap water.
Blessings,
I have been meaning to stop by for a visit but you made it easy since you linked up just before me over at Missional Woman. I liked this post. It is so hard to save money but putting the clothes on the line is something I did for years. I loved doing it too. You had some wonderful sensible tips. Thanks for sharing them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these tips at The Friday Follow Along!
ReplyDeleteGreat tips! I need to learn how to give myself a haircut now :) I cut my husband's hair, but "high and tights" aren't too tricky! Now women's hair is a whole new ballgame...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I found your post on the "Modest Mom Blog" link-up.
I love this post! Just to let you know I will be featuring it as one of my favorites from the Hearts for Home Blog Hop. Be sure to stop by my blog, Home to 4 Kiddos tomorrow, to see the feature! :-)
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