30 Frugal Living Tips To Save You Money
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- My favourite extreme frugal living tips and hacks to help you spend less and save more money. These money-saving tips really work to save you thousands. I've got big picture and money mindset frugal tips plus everyday living tips to save money on food and shopping.
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In :this video:
00:20 - Golden Rule
1:18 - Financial education
2:28 - Big ticket expenditure
3:20 - Clever fix it hack
3:49 - Plan ahead to Christmas
5:00 - Stop using cash at the supermarket
5:25 - Ask yourself these questions before buying
5:51 - Water only
6:03 - Freezer night
6:33 - Fortnightly shop
6:48 - Cook once eat twice
7:21 - Meat free Mondays
7:38 - Ethnic grocers
8:01 - Stop buying cleaning products
8:09 - Reuse packaging
8:32 - Stop shopping at bargain stores
8:54 - Have a box of random stuff
9:39 - Reuse bread bags
9:56 - Simplify your beauty routine
10:43 - Don't over pour
11:14 - Reusable switches
11:53 - Don't take your kids shopping
12:28 - Don't buy your partner gifts
13:18 - Frugality is a habit
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I get my clothes repaired.
I only drink water at home and out.
Ive kept to the same Christmas budget for the last 20yrs regardless of inflation 🤣
That's amazing!
I use the squeeze mayonnaise bottles filled with dish soap, one full strength and one diluted with water, ready to squeeze the exact amount I need. I save the original dish soap bottles and I fill them with laundry soap and softener. It give me total control over how much I squeeze out. I also save the empty laundry soap and softener bottles, and when I have a few, I fill the washer about halfway with water, then really rinse those laundry bottles and then add the clothes. You would be surprised how much laundry product is in an empty bottle. Sometimes I can get two washings out of an empty laundry product container. If I choose to, I can either repurpose an empty container and plant things in them, or put them in the recycling bin and feel good about it 😊
Use CZcams for free to find how to mend appliances , learn new skills like sewing , cooking etc my husband is an excellent diyer ( I’m extremely lucky) but has found CZcams invaluable in helping him mend our washing machine and my sons Xbox etc and ideas on making a coffee table which saves buying new.
Re cleaner, I always use bicarb and vinegar for drain cleaning. Super cheap and way more effective than normal cleaners
Good evening vicky , agree 100% with those tips as a frugalist and minimalist
Everyday i watch my account to see my money , i'm 41 years single man without family and i like this life without complications , i earn 1800€ per month and spend 300€ , the rest goes on savings and invests , i feel so free after closing the reimbursement of my apartment bought in 2014 , i did it in september 2022 , 12 years money earn back
Money is just a tool , do not play with it , there are so many things we don't need to buy , subscriptions , food , we can achieve great things even we are alone 😊
Love that saying, money is a tool, don't play with it. So true. I think it's such a shame we don't get more help at school with understanding money, how to make it work for us and how to manage it. Would be so useful!
With your kids....
They can look but you won't buy!!
Seriously! What's wrong with YOU??
If they want something ..they can do extra chores and save up!!
And half the money earned goes into their savings account..
@@florence4845 i don't have a family but if i had one , i would give them gifts thanks to savings
@@florence4845 i don't have a family , i'm a 40 years old single man , no children because of a sad discrimination during a long time , if i had it , a lot of gifts of course if we leave in a better world
In a heatwave I put my hot water bottle in the freezer to freeze overnight put it behind my back it lasts for a few hours I have 2 hot water bottles Blessings from Adelaide Australia 🇦🇺
Never thought of that great tip!
Great tips, thank you! I'm looking to be smarter with my money. Recently, the hood of my coat got damaged and I discovered the simplicity of iron-on patches. Far cheaper than replacing the coat!
I wasn't concerned with the "meal plan" idea as much as I was with the "pay yourself first" one. The thing is, most people watching these are people who are struggling just to meet daily living costs, not people with a bunch of spare cash. At least in my experience as someone who has spent the past 7 years in the financial world.
You can't really pay yourself first if it means you don't meet your bills. It's fine to say "get more income" but for most that's not possible or practical for many reasons.
Just a thought.
Pay yourself first is invaluable in my humble opinion. Also think that teaching children from young about finances s crucial it is not taught in schools for a reason.
It really is, it has made so much difference to my spending habits ensuring that I save first, rather than save what's left at the end of the month.
I give popcorn packs as gifts n jard of jam n whatever. They can reuse the jar n its really good.
Great ideas!
Love clean out the fridge dinners
The best!
Brilliant tips thanks, found all your videos about being money savvy really helpful and very motivating 😊
This is such good advice!!! I love finding new ways to save money.
If you aren't good at repairing clothing, perhaps you could do a swap with a friend who is. I often mend an item for my brother and maybe he brings me a deli treat or a gourmet coffee in return.
I love you your video and I subscribed to your channel ☺️
I am also a frugal practical person
I love to hear from more people more tips and advices on practical living.
I've just subscribed to your channel I found it really interesting . Especially as I took early retirement just over three years ago and want to make my money stretch further .
Amazing tips thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Very useful!
I understand the importance of saving, but not agreeing on being stingy with yourself and your family. I've done a lot of frugality but at the end if you have the money and your kids want some ice cream why deny it❤. Your kids will remember the fun they had with you not the money you saved!
I totally agree it's about balance.
But you can also make your own ice-cream via different methods - healthier, too (have you read the ingredients on ice cream lately?!)
My daughter is diabetic, I purchase 2 different types ice at the grocery store, each box has 6 ice cream on the stick. What I would spend 2 trips at a ice cream shop, we get 12 each at home. She's happy with that especially on hot days.
I think all kids want expensive things. I hang My washing on Coat Hangers and let Them Iron and Dry in the Sun
I do this with almost all laundry - a short tumble or a weight on the bottom of hanging pants gets the wrinkles out of some items.
If you can, use menstrual cups instead of tampons.
Thank you so much for the tips. I usually use some of them. I use a clip in the toothpaste to use it till the end. Add some water to dish soap.
Love the toothpaste trick, it can be so difficult to squeeze the final bits out but I can usually manage three more brushes even when I think all is gone!
Thank you so much Vicky, your videos are gold dust!
My Wheelbarrow once lost a Bolt that I lost in the grass. Collecting old Bolts solved the problem to keep My Wheelbarrow running
I always keep screws, bolts and wood plugs - doing so has always come in handy
A magnet on a stick might’ve helped you recover the bolt 😊! Also good for retrieving little metal things that fall, like sewing pins
Good content
You talk a lot of sense, it's good, I'm listening
Glad it helps!
I don't buy gifts except for my two grandchildren
Same here 😊
I personally do not like gifts . It’s never anything I truly want. I also find that buying gifts is a waste of money.
Deffo me I don't buy gifts 😊
I buy gifts that people really need. My daughter had a new microwave for Xmas as hers had packed up and she uses it on a daily basis. I only buy for very close family, 5 people in total, save a little each month towards it and have a limit per person.
CZcams has videos on making a bulk amount of laundry detergent or dish detergent for massively less money than store bought. I currently have a five gallon bucket of laundry detergent that took me about ten minutes to make upstairs that will last me quite awhile. It smells great and cleans well. I’m about to buy the items that it will take to make the same amount of dish detergent as well. No more outlandish big box store prices that keep rising and rising. They can keep their expensive stuff. A bidet attachment on toilets is a big money saver, and you can keep a stack of dark cloths by the toilet to dry off with and a small lidded trash can to drop them into until wash day.
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We have a Christmas club account!
Please would you please share good resources to get some valuable financial education. Thanks for your reply ❤
Martin lewis money expert, free online course.. 🎉 or me Sara Fox Money Coach😊
I agree with most of these but just at small businesses like a pizza shop if they do not offer cups of water, please please don’t ask for it people. Everything costs money. Many people confuse frugality with being straight up cheap!
Just in case stuff is dangerous. Be sensible about how much you keep. Hoarding is not a fun thing
Yes! Thats not a good to keep too much extra carpet scraps, ends in clutter
Absolutely true - set limits on it. I have a topless lightweight plastic storage box that fits on a high shelf: I always have plastic containers for various needs, but never replenish beyond that box.
@@ireneroy8820- carpet bits are horrible! High quality janitorial mats for entries work better and look better over time - we have had ours since 1994 and they still look good, work well and coordinate beautifully.
What about people who live & work in the country ie farmers? Not everyone can simply move to the city because the buses are better! Re the herbs: this was in the news recently. Alot of them are bulked out with olive leaves etc to reduce costs. Supermarket herbs were found to be genuine.
I will buy period pads toilet paper napkins and paper towels and tissues nappies wipes I don't care what anyone thinks hygiene is no one
Yeah it works for some people but I am not one of them. I used to feel I had to justify it but not anymore. Some disposable paper products will always be in the budget.
Definitely stop buying/ sending cards.
Doesn't everyone do most of these things?
LOL, no most people do not do all these things, at least in America they don’t.
If my grandkids or my gran grown kids can have s3conds when comes food
03:19 People can't sew anymore?...I always thought that is a basic life skill. Apparently not - the end of civilisation is nigh 😊
My mum is deeply unimpressed I haven’t managed to pick it up!
You do know that you can learn how to cross ❌ stitch on CZcams. There's still hope.🤭
Even more so now; clothing is so poorly made anymore. When next I need pants I plan to buy some quality linen and make them myself.
At 11.53. 💯 agree DO NOT TAKE young children, screaming 😱 children into the Supermarket with you. If you have a Partners, husband, friends, siblings, grandparents, really good neighbours, after school club or support then please do not take them with you. The say 100+ people trying to quietly do there shopping in peace do not want to listening to your child kicking, screaming or have a paddy and you pretending its not happening when the other side of the large superstore can hear them.. If you are with another adult, then get them to take the child outside and funish ur shop... Do not stand they going la la..Also as a parent with a child who is autistic and has learning difficulties, do you realise how much distress it causes them.
I freely admit to not understanding parenting approaches anymore. It seems like insanity gone amuck. We were taught to be polite, respectful and considerate of others. The me generation act like children raising children and spoiled children themselves in public. I walked into a store with my teenage son. I noticed a mom talking with friends as her 1-2yr old child climbed out of the cart and almost hit head first, splat. I got there just in time to catch him, by inches and save him and put him back in the cart and belt him in. She turned as it happened and watched. No thanks or fear her child would be injured, just a look of being bothered for interrupting her conversation. 🤦♀️. Though I didn’t do it for her, I did it for him, I wonder if he survived childhood with that kind of parenting.