21 Super Frugal Household Tips
Frugal Household Tips
Home is where your heart is and where you raise your family. It can also be an expensive place to be with household expenses and the general cost of living. Discover 21 super frugal household tips to help you start saving more money and cut your household expenses.
21 Frugal Living Tips:
- Make your money work for you
- Shop sales, stockpile and use coupons
- Stop buying stuff you don’t need
- Invest in good appliances & do some home cooking
- Set up a grocery budget
- Try breakfast for dinner
- Use a meal plan
- Invest in a freezer
- Did you know you can freeze these 50+ items
- Cook a few meatless meals to save money
- Use Rakuten
- Wash your laundry in cold water
- Hang your clothing to dry
- Ensure that your house is weatherproof & up to date
- Lock up the thermostat
- Learn to say “no”
- Plan a no spend weekend
- Shop thrift & vintage
- Are you able to downsize your home?
- Invest in good money books
- Pay for everything with cash
Frugal Household Hacks
Saving money and cutting your household expenses is a lot easier than it may seem. For example when I finally looked at all the places we were spending money I was amazed at the amount of money we were wasting eating out.
Frugal Hacks
Some nights I was just too tired to cook and hadn’t prepared anything. Other nights I was all for an evening out. What I didn’t think about was how this was killing our budget.
Simple fix to an expensive problem – meal planning. I plan about two weeks worth of meals at a time.
This means I know what I need at the grocery store and the meals are written on the calendar so I know what needs to be prepared ahead of time.
Stop Buying Stuff You Don’t Need
Have you really looked at what you spend your money on? Have you looked into cheaper alternatives or whether you really use all the stuff you buy?
Overspending
Do you spend money on premade pastries, breads and muffins when you could save the expense and make them at home? What about clothes? How many pairs of (fill in the blank) do you have?
Decrease Your Expenses
The best way to save money is to cut your expenses. You can read about all the stuff we stopped buying and how we saved over $700 a month.
Invest In Your Financial Future
You are a confident, smart, money minded individual and as you begin or continue your frugal money saving journey invest in you and your money goals.
Education never goes out of style or loses value. Invest in your financial future.
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- Frugal Living Is The New Sexy
- 50 Of The Best Frugal Living Tips
How To Save Money
If you want to cut down on your household expenses then plan to do so. Simple changes will produce big results.
Money Saving Tips
Opt to buy generic for a week or two instead of your favorite brand and see how much you save. Pay with cash and start to realize how much you are actually spending. Small changes will show big savings results.
Updated May 27, 2021
