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 Super 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?

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.

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 October 12, 2020