15 Things I Cut From My Budget and Don't Miss At All
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- Saving money and cutting expenses isn't easy. We often think that if we'd just made a little more money, things would be easier. This isn't always the case. Oftentimes the more we earn, the more we spend. Here are 15 different things we cut from our budget and don't miss at all (mostly).
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One trick that works wonders for me is I stop and think how many minutes I gotta work to buy that product .
I do the same thing!!
Home decor
Meat[!]
Bottled water or bottled anything
Coffee [Starbucks]
Magazines
Newspapers
Gym memberships
Perfume, cologne, and all bottle sprays
Scented candles
Cable television
Convenience food like pre-cut vegetables
Books [brand new]
Haircuts in high-fancy salons
Shoes
Disposable feminine hygiene products
For me, the concept of showing compassion towards animals and the enviroment as well as improving my health means far more than saving money, that's just a by product!
I crochet my own dishcloths and scrubbies to save money.
+Wendy Blackstone That is a brilliant idea!! I need to get back to crocheting. I haven't done it since college.
I stopped going to dunkin donuts for 2 months now. It is a relief on my budget and I feel better!
Stephanie Smith I need to do this 😬😬
They just get you hooked on sugar and cream anyway, barely taste coffee!
Since the serious budgeting started in March 2017 (courtesy of learning about Dave Ramsey) have cut out expensive haircuts, dying my hair, makeup (got plenty that's still ok to use), clothes, shoes and accessories (will indulge when I need stuff and try consignment stores) cleaning products (make my own), no meat (easy), McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken etc and also other takeaways, bought lunches, alcohol (except for celebrating milestones, like savings!) Worth it - contentment rules
I cut out most of these as well because of D. Ramsey lol except meat because my bf is a carnivore (he's actually allergic to many plant based foods) but we did cut down on meat, we used to eat a lot of it before but now we mix w/ a lot of veges that he can eat like zucchini, broccoli, and peppers. But what a difference though when I finally cut my fast food & Sephora habit lol I don't miss it at all which I thought would never happen.
Something I do is to buy quality clothing. I used to buy cheap clothes but those don't last and you end up buying more. This works for me and the few clothes items I have, I really like. Thank you for sharing your tips!
Agree. My clothes aren't as high quality as my husbands, he works out of the house, but he does wear $200 trousers. We are frugal and minimalists - have been since the early 90s when we got married. We share a small closet and one dresser. Eat primarily vegetarian. $50 a week on food - and it's an expensive city. Have never been in debt, have a large emergency fund and just buy what we need and make conscious purchases on items we want. I write down all items I want and then just 'sit' on the list and see how i feel about the item a few weeks or months later.
You are living a MUCH LESS TOXIC lifestyle!
Such sound ideas you have that benefit your
Health AND the planet!
Great video!! I’m Vegan, filter on kitchen faucet, library, no cable, unlimited data on my phone (part of group plan with friend), cut my own hair, henna my own hair (although haven’t in over a year), do my own nails, make my own coffee. I will splurge on pedicure once in a blue moon bc since I’ve broken my hip it’s hard to do it myself. I rarely buy clothes. I do have a vegan restaurant habit that I’m trying to cut back on. I get videos out of library, once in a blue moon I buy a few books on book outlet (bargain books), use dish clothes, not sponges. Use TJ’s lavender dryer bags...then reuse as carpet freshener when vacuuming. Try to lump all my errands together to save gas.
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Also: Get 3 ingredient bar soap on sale at Whole Foods and use it for bathing and washing your hair. Much healthier and cheaper than chemicals in expensive shampoo. Cut out conditioner. There is enough oil in the soap you won't need it. Learn to cut your own hair on CZcams. Simple cuts are easy. I wet my hair and make two pigtails in rubber bands and cut them off a couple of inches. Be sure to cut them off the same length. Voila! For bangs, wet your overgrown bangs, and twist and twist and twist, then cut. Amazing. Buy organic coffee at Walmart for $7 pound. Cut Netflix. Go Amazon Prime movies. Try to organize your errands so you just go out once. Drop yoga classes. You can do yoga with CZcams. Ride your bike to work. Or get a safe driving beacon with your insurance company to be rewarded for good driving. Use the library, don't buy books. Fix stuff. I just fixed my beloved flip flops. I am still bathing in a glowy feeling of accomplishment. One word: Goodwill. Most of my clothes came from Goodwill. Two words: garage sales. And three: Craigslist free stuff. Skip breakfast. It is a myth that it is important. Fast one day a week, or do the 16 hour fast every day. Most of that time you are asleep anyway. You will lose weight and be healthier. Stay home. Stay home. Stay home. It feels good not to waste money and resources.
and walk barefoot its good to be grounded. wink
Good tips. Thx.
Or go to the sale table at T.J. Max. Huge bottles of shampoos and conditioners. Once they're half way down I fill them up with water. They last for several months.
We stopped going to the mall for "fun". It was the thing to do. Go to the mall with the kids and walk around. You ALWAYS end up spending money. Food. Something the kids saw they HAVE to have. Also, we have a policy of no single use items. Like disposable dishes or zip bags.
Miriam Caccavallo we do use store brand Ziploc bags in our house, but we will wash them out and reuse them multiple times before they go in the trash. Because it is just my husband and I, we also use disposable plates often, but will wipe them clean and reuse them if possible. We do not buy these items unless they are on sale and we can stock up and have them last for months at a time.
Malls are dying. The thrill is gone, i guess.
I’ve cut out paper towels, tampons (I use a menstrual cup), baby wipes and makeup remover wipes, product cleaners (make my own), and I’ve started buying all of my clothes used from Karm. The used clothing in itself saves a lot and if you go to an upscale area of town you can find stuff with the tags still on it!
I buy all my clothes at walmart. I’m not trying to make a fashion statement.
What is a menstrual cup ???
$1 perfumes, body spray, deodorants and body wash at Dollar Tree. The scent is not as intense but I like a soft scent anyway.
I cant stand the $1.00 perfumes , however , i like the $1.00 bodywash and lotions.
My once a week splurge is I go to Costco and get a $1.50 hot dog and soda. I sit and watch people. I talk to a lot of people too. Because the seating is tight, people will often come sit by me. It's nice. While I am there, I pick up a rotisserie chicken, bring it home and shred it. $4.99, and I can eat 10 meals out of it, lunch and dinners. Tacos, salads, sandwiches, rice and veggies with chicken. Chicken is my favorite meat. I never get tired of it.
We are a family of 9 and we went vegan a year ago and our grocery budget went down ALOT!!!!!
Becca DeVore yes, it’s a big money saver and beans & legumes are versatile and far cheaper.
Yay. I love your post. And your healthier too.
And your health did too. Might not show up for couple yrs, then youll make excuses for a couple more yrs. Its your lack of animal in your diet.
do you live in a house? grow some of your own food
@@Doriesep6622 you're*
I ask my friends to get me toiletries for Xmas which saves me having to buy them :)
i ask my family for target gift cards instead of nick nack items and i use them to buy toiletries! 🙏
it's funny how just saving money means you suddenly ended up with a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. It's almost as if capitalist consumerism is bad for the earth...
Madame Traffic Jam: It’s exactly that.
Yes, so true! There are ethical vegans and health nutty vegans. I am both.
@@Doriesep6622 The 'nutty' ones give the rest of us a bad name. Unless you mean you're nutty as in pro nuts, they are delish! I just do it for the animals but it is also extremely cheap and easier. Thank you dried lentils etc.
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No, it just means that you only use what you need instead of hoarding like most of us do. Everything in moderation, even neat.
These are some great tips! We cut back on soda and bottled water last year and it saved us a lot of money and we don't miss it at all!
I am a new subscriber and have been really enjoying watching your videos. Since graduating dental hygiene school this spring, I have been very aware of how much money I have spent and really want to reign it in. Thank you for all the helpful tips!
This was great! I have taken up many of your suggestions and love saving money! Thank you so much for sharing!!
I watched two videos of urs and discovered that I’m already frugal! Thank God! Love ur videos. Subscribing!
I thought I was the only woman with only a couple pairs of shoes...lol
Cindy Sams I only have flip flops and sand shoes.
Cindy Sams not only you😀
Right!! I buy one pair of flats each summer and one pair of cute boots each winter! And running shoes (that I keep because I'd like to think I will run someday 😂)
i have widee feet and if they are not comfitable and i dont likethem i go w/out and they are expensive
@@dmdohse55 I understand that I wear a 5 EEE
Great video! My husband and I got out of debt two years ago, and we have cut all of those things out too!!!!....including the meat.
I cut buying dish washing sponges and kitchen towels. We use rewashable rags.
+R Venable 👍🏻👍🏻
The dollar store near us has really great sponges (6 in a pack)... It has been a life saver. 😩 Expensive sponges never seem to do any good for us.. 👍
I don’t buy kitchen sponges at all. They breed germs. So I use kitchen wash cloths and dish towels. I switch them out every day so I’m not using y’day’s cloths.
I buy wash cloths at the thrift store, And initially I wash them in hot water and bleach. They then serve as dish cloths. I change out and wash all linens once a week. I have paper towels, But only for really grotty jobs that I don't want to wreck my cloths with (Few and far between).
I cut all the hair in our home including the dog. By turning vegan our annual food cost has gone from $6500/year to under $3500/year. My husband lost 60 pounds and I lost 30.
Love your videos!
I would love to see some of your shopping and meal plans, most especially how you shopped and things you cooked when you first started transitioning your family to a more vegan-based eating plan. And do you shop for most of your produce at a farmers market or buy frozen, ect.... any tips that you may have to share would be great. Thanks so much for sharing the wisdom. Continued blessings to you. :)
Darn. I was hoping for new ideas. I already cut out every single one.
Great job!
+C MacKay Awesome! You're ahead of the curve!! 👊🏻
Man I’ve never ever been a Starbucks (or any other chain) person. I always cringe at how much other people spend on coffee!!! But it does make me feel good knowing I’m putting that cash to debt/savings.
Dana, I found you tonight and have listened to 4 videos so far. You are a delight. 4hank you for taking the time to do these helpful videos.
Are there more ideas for people who are actually living paycheck to paycheck and can't seem to get out of debt? I have already cut out a lot...can't get hair cuts, fancy coffee, barely can afford used clothes and shoes. (Family of 4) I feel like those ideas are for people that make good money and can afford them to begin with....its like when people say to stop drinking soda and you'll lose weight and you already don't drink soda (so the advice doesn't help)
+creationoflove84 Hmm I see. When we were paycheck to paycheck we had to take a hard look at everything we were spending money on. We dropped the kids out of preschool, cancelled cable, ended memberships etc. After that we worked on increasing our income. That may be the point you're at. If you've cut everything you can cut - start working on landing extra jobs or selling things. Hope that helps. You can do this. HUGS! ❤️💕
Thank you so much for your response...we've already cut those things...I also homeschool and am struggling with health issues and cannot get a job either (it would cost too much for daycare) and my husband already works 2 jobs :(
creationoflove84 I have been where you are, and I know it can be overwhelming and depressing. If you have truly cut everything you can cut, then you have to think about making more money. Have you thought about working at a daycare where you would get paid plus have childcare? If your health problems don't permit that, find something you can make at home to sell. You say your husband works two jobs. Would it be possible for him to put out resumes or applications for a higher paying job, so maybe he wouldn't have to work quite as much? Also, people buy and sell used baby and kid's clothes on Craigslist and Facebook all the time. Maybe you could find nice clothes at a thrift shop and resell them at a consignment shop or online. These are just a few ideas that I hope can help you. When you are exhausted or sick, it's hard to mentally focus, so ideas from other people can sometimes help. I hope that your circumstances turn for the better soon!!!
Thank you so much for your kind reply :)
My husband has considered that but he lacks a formal education...every time he looks at another job we add up the perks of the one he has now (main job) and it always is better to stay at what he is doing.
If he starts in another industry we would take a drastic pay cut because he would start at the bottom.
I will consider starting to sell off some of the baby clothes we already have (I don't think my health will permit me to have another baby, even though we want one more) very good suggestion. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you xo
You are SO welcome. When I say I know how you feel, I truly mean it. When I was pregnant with my first child, my husband could only find odd jobs and we lived in a three room house with no running water. I had to fill jugs for drinking and bathing. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade so no higher education for him. I suffered from anemia, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue constantly. I think the key we found was to become a true team, the "it's us against the world" mentality. Be each other's best friend and biggest fan. Make each other believe that they can do whatever it takes to make a better life, both of you. My husband only has a ninth grade education, but through a great work ethic and perseverance, he makes a good living for us; and as for my health conditions, they are eighty percent better because I never stopped looking for answers to feel better. I had a procedure to stop my anemia, found out I had a terrible vitamin D deficiency so started supplements, and try to eat as healthy as possible. No sodas, try to limit fast food and sugar as much as possible. It is an ongoing journey, but just don't give up. It will get better. And oh, here's a creative tip for saving money - put half inch bubble wrap on your windows that let the light in, it insulates like a second pane but lets the sun in to heat your home! And be sure to use led bulbs and unplug everything when you not using it. Hope you have a wonderful day!!!
I make my own iced mocha.....1 heaping teaspoon instant coffee ....1 or 2 stevia packets ...and a good squirt of Hershey’s syrup dissolved in a bit of boiling water...add ice to a tall glass with the coffee mix and fill with almond milk......can use any milk you choose.....cheap and so good...!!
I use to get the US magazine too. My friend got it one year and then would give it to me and then the next year I bought it and then shared it with her. 😊
+dreamflight6000 We have so much in common!! Each year I discover new things. ❤️🤗
Thanks for your video. I cut out many of the things you listed over 10 years ago. Many I never bought anyway.
Fantastic video!! We’ve done much the same here. We also quit going to movie theatres - we do still go on dates - but may go out while the kids are in school or at youth group. I do color my hair @ a salon (an in home salon) - but we traded services (website and social media coaching for hair services). We also started baking our own bread, and I tend to bake snacks for the kids instead of purchasing pre-made muffins or cookies. :)
Matinees are cheaper than night movies. (Sneak in your own home made popcorn.) Also if you are old like me there is senior citizens discounts. Many theaters have cut rate prices on Tuesdays.
Another great video! Your tips are very helpful.
I love all you teach, thank you, you inspire me daily.
I love using my reusable pads! They are so much more comfortable and soft than disposables, and don't make that annoying crinkly sound. It takes some getting used to, but it's really not too big of a hassle. For people wondering about this, Amazon has great reusable pads options and you can get different sizes. Many will send you a wet bag to use with them, so if you are at work and need to change one, just place it in the wet bag until you get home. I just rinse mine under cold running water in our bath tub and hang dry until I am doing a laundry load that requires hot water, like sheets or towels. They go into the laundry load and come out clean and soft again! It might sound gross, but it's really not so different from trying to rinse blood out of your panties when your disposable pad shifts and you bleed through, or washing blood out of clothing from getting hurt or getting a nose bleed. Just don't overthink it! 😊😊
That's what they did in the old days. Tampons are expensive. And toxic shock syndrome is scary.
Simple Green or Hydrogen peroxide will also get the blood out and you then just rinse in the water until ready for wash day. If I still needed hygiene products, I would definitely be giving these a try.
I’m sorry, but that’s just disgusting! Eeeeeeuuuuu!!!!
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@@cf8959It's coming of your body. There are many gross things. Have you really never peed, pooped, had sex, had a nose bleed? Think where you came out of screaming with your mouth open when you were born. Think about where surgeons, docs or vets (esp re cows) have to stick their hands. Everything in life is extremely gross. A bit of your own blood seems minor!
Most of them come with dark liners so you don't see much.
I borrow my magazines from the library (but I haven't given up the paper - that's the one luxury I couldn't give up)
Great list! I do just about everything on your list except meat, hair salon (although I do go to stylist’s home), lunch (I haven’t totally cut it out, but do minimize), shoes (I’m trying not to buy any this year). Thanks for the encouragement!!
For treats we do homemade kettle popcorn or other flavors, made on oven top popper. I also make homemade oatmeal and granola bars, and potato and sweet potato chips, so easy and cheep!
Yes these are great tips! Happy Thanksgiving to your family Dana.
We do the homemade detergent and with a family of 5 it's been nothing short of a miracle.
I truly love your videos ...keeps me in check .thank you xx
Love my 'Diva cup' has saved me a fortune on feminine hygiene products over the last three years!
I quit buying fabric softener and started using the wool dryer balls. Also stopped buying jewelry, like costume jewelry and movies on DVD. We either rent with a coupon code or watch it online for free. Less clutter! Great video!
Here is a recipe for making Homemade Fabric Softener!
What You’ll Need:
6 cups HOT water
3 cups white vinegar
2 cups Suave Refreshing Waterfall Conditioner {or other favorite scent}
What You’ll Do:
Mix conditioner & hot water well, until conditioner is dissolved completely.
Add the vinegar, and mix well.
Store in a large container {empty fabric softener container, empty large vinegar bottle, etc}
Pour into a downy ball…
Just recently, someone on the floor of my building, threw out an almost full bottle of concentrated fabric softener that’s supposed to be good for 200 loads! I will be adding water to it when I wash, so I might get 400 loads out of it!
You could try a silicone menstruation cup too! I got mine back in July 2016, still works like the day i got it. The package says it lasts for 10 years! They might be between 15-30 bucks, but they are a great investment in your personal female hygiene.
+BlackOreoCookie Yes! I've heard great things about them. 👍🏻
I look at magazines at the library, and window shop at Barnes and nobles where I look at books , magazines, ect.
Those are all luxuries to me lmao i have to save up JUST to pay the rent. Sadly i cant buy anything in the first place. I do have some baking soda tho. 🤓😎
Yep Netflix hula and cable Luxury items. Wtf is ⭐️ star 💰 bucks
Just joking.
Get another job on weekends or nights. Rent out your spare room.
Housing should be no more than 25-30 % of your income. Could this be your problem?
ms Tina
Ppl dont wanna live in a studio with 4 kids 🤦♀️
Get a room mate. Someone to help you with rent and other expenses. Then you only need to pay half the bills!
just discovered u dana and u are hilarious! love your sense of humour and appreciate your knowledge.. really helpful tips that i intend to take on board :-) thx
The only things on your list I sometimes buy are convenience foods and books. Sometimes I find the pre-chopped veggies end up cheaper than buying them all separately. Especially when I buy frozen. I only buy books if it's something I really want and can't get at my library. I never buy fiction because there is always other books I can read but I will buy reference books, books for my job, etc. Other things I cut out are clothes, disposable anything really, and gifts lol.
Please don't say gifts... Well depending on the exact context. I know people who would always get out of gift giving by saying they were broke but would always happily accept gifts ...and also go for weekly nail appointments, get their hair done etc. Where a gift is necessary, appropriate, agreed, expected or whatnot, it can still be cheap but thoughtful at least. But if you all agree to cut them, then great.
I love your ideas. I also am coming up on one year as a vegan, yay! I stopped drinking alcohol too and that has been a huge savings for me. I love magazines, especially home decorating ones but I know they urge me to buy things. One way I save is that there is a free magazine exchange at the library so I recycle my old magazines there and sometimes pick up a good one.
You can also get free magazine subscriptions from pinchme.com. They don't ask for a credit card or anything. That is how I fund my habit😊
Getting out of medical debt on the snowball method so I have already done all of these but just wanted to add that my sister used vanilla extract and lemon,mint and strawberry for perfumes in her teens so I will be doing that when I run out of my perfumes. :))
I love the smell of vanilla extract.
I buy book at the thrift store, usually for .50. My husband has cable in the Living room. I recently bought a Roku TV for my Woman Cave, it is Amazing the channels on there and tons of free movies. He works from home, so he eats leftovers for lunch.Today I purchased a very nice Buxton Wallet for $1 at Salvation Army. They are sold for about $30 at a retail store.
i heard all good things about menstrual cup, tried it few months ago and never looked back. love it.
Hi. Thanks for the video. How long time have you been living like that? Are you planning to keep it this way forever or only you achieve some financial goals?
Thanks for the update. I cut out meat years ago, but my situation is the same with my husband as with yours. Maybe someday he will give it up completely for his health.
Magazines are something that used to give me a lot of pleasure, especially those expensive, glossy, seasonal ones! I live overseas and have limited access to English language magazines these days, and since enbracing minimalism, I have just kept the best ones from prior Christmases, for example, and bring them out to enjoy again. It is no longer that hard to resist the new issues at newstands here because they are hugely marked up. I do go to get regular hair cuts and they always have the latest issues of fashion magazines. So this is my bit of luxury that helps me keep up with current trends.
Thanks for always being so forthright and cheerful about how to cut back on expenses. None of us should ever feel compelled to apologize for living within our means. Where I live, it is bad manners to be wasteful and this has really influenced me to check myself.
I just watched this again, it's great!
I cut out hair coloring over three years ago. My sister did it for me and I am teaching my daughter how to color my hair. I color my daughter's hair to save money.
Did you get a new camera. Great video. Thank you for sharing as always!
So, me and my sister don't have cable, at one point in time we both had Netflix. I recently switched to Amazon prime and so now my sister pays for Netflix and I pay for Amazon prime. And we swapped each others info and now we get to watch both :)
We’ve pretty much cut everything you have but meat. I buy second hand clothes when I can and I stopped dying my hair. I also use cloth diapers for my son he is 19mo. I remember watching your video when I first started cloth diapering. I also use cloth pads and we don’t use paper towel just kitchen towels for everything I even got linen napkins from a local antique shop in town. Love your videos
Great ideas. Thanks for the tips.
Free kindle books are the best. I️ think I️ have more downloaded than I️ can read in the next 10 years.
You’re awesome Dana! Really interesting ideas
You can checkout books and videos from the library. They are part of our taxes and this is a year wide service.
Hi Dana, i am a new subscriber. Love your tips! I always applying this hacks in my life recently
Is it a bit sad how excited I get about the Tuesday money videos?!?! Thanks for sharing Dana - v.inspiring and motivating as always
+L Sherly Thank you so much!! HUGS!!! ❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕
L Sherly it’s not sad!! This woman and is making videos on how to live better and save and helping us along the way!!!
Omg I love candles! I do have a lot of them from bath and body works. That's my splurge
I do almost all of these - except we eat lots of eggs & some inexpensive cuts of meat (pork roast, chicken thighs, etc). And we use the library weekly (but I have spent gift money on new books). I haven't used reusable feminine hygiene products because I have been either pregnant or nursing for the past 6+ years and have only had a handful of cycles. Once we're done having children, though, I plan on trying them!
Nice video. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for this teaching video - I'm quickly becoming a fan. I regret paying for a beauty salon to color my hair--for the past 9 years! It cost about $50 a month. Wish I could turn back time and get all that that cash. Now I use Revlon Colorsilk #71 Golden Blond. It looks just a good, if not better than the stylist could do. It only costs about $2.79 at Target & Walmart--unbelievable!
Oh!!! And I LOVE your channel 😍
I love perfumes and bath and boy work body wash but I stock up twice a year when their stock goes 75% off .
Any vitamins, supplements, fiber products, pro-biotics, protein products, etc. that you voluntarily take daily - skip 2 to 3 days per month - that's 22 to 33 days in 11 months which makes your 12th month basically free. Obviously don't do this with prescription meds, birth control, etc.
+Apron Acres SMART!!! 💡
Plus most people don't need supplements. If you're eating healthy foods & getting all your nutrition (legumes, good variety of veggies, bit of nutritional yeast etc), unless you have issues absorbing certain things/particular health concerns, you don't need them. But I love the math if you do need them!
not sure about that. I take minerals. I dont take vitamin pills. @@emmag9362
Look into intermittent fasting or the OMAD diet (one meal a day). We really don't need to eat as much as most people think. I only eat once or twice a day and do not snack in-between. Healthy nutrient packed meals are satiating and delicious.
Convenience foods is a really good one! You can buy two whole pineapples where I live for the price of a small container of cut up pineapple, it's ridiculous!
Hi, Dana! Thank you for this and all your great and informative videos. I had a question about cable. I have heard everywhere that cable should be the 1st to go. I have considered canceling my cable, which is combined with my internet. Now, we have to keep the internet for school and work, so I can't cancel that, but when I have called to cancel the cable part, it only saves me about $30. I'm getting a great deal by combining both my cable and internet. I figure, if I cancel it, and get Netflix and/or Hulu, I'd still be paying about the same. So I have just kept it. Would you still recommend canceling it?
I’m very curious about the reusable pads for ladies. I’ll give it a go.
Thanks for being here :-)
I bought an epilator and no longer have to buy waxing kits. I just threw away the last waxing kit yesterday and I feel this purchase was worth the expense.
Some good ideas, we do most already. Nice video.
I use to love bath & body works... i would overspend on their hands soaps... I then realized that Dial hand soap serves the same purpose at 1/2 the price of the fancy scented soaps.
I try to grow some of my own foods. Seeds are cheap. From one tomato seed I can get several plants by clipping lower stems and rooting them.
Save seeds on heirloom varieties so you don't have to buy next year.
I love your videos! TY so much.
I live a very frugal and healthy lifestyle; however, during the winter months, I really enjoy having a nicely scented candle burning in my kitchen (in the center of my stove) everyday....and I've found a way that I can continue to enjoy that simple luxury without breaking the bank. I buy my candles from thrift stores...and I have a rather large stockpile of nice candles. To me there is nothing better than waking up on a cold wintry morning, lighting my stove top candle and putting a pot of coffee on to brew. It's such a warm and homey feeling, and it starts my day off just right. 😁
I buy my candles from thrift stores too! Ive picked up some expensive brands there for cents!
Hi Dana..thanks for your great tips.have you got any tips had to leave work on ill health only got a small pension to live on 10 years left on my morgage. .Blessings
I get my hair cut at Walmart. Yes! And its fine. Absolutely fine. Maybe I'm lucky and I just found a good stylist, IDK. I get compliments on my hair all the time. I'm told the Walmart salons are really Regis salons. I am not sure what that means, or if all of them are, but it sounds good to me.
Hi, I just found you and really like the things you talk about. I subbed. One request, can you make podcasts on these as well? I like listening to podcasts while I commute to/from work. Thanks heaps. Great work! Have a nice day :)
Decrease what's in the home I like idea of rotating items in the house
I really love this video!
I no longer take my kids to events that end up costing me money, even if they are free. Like flea markets, trade shows, craft sales, etc. Why go to places that tempt you to buy stuff you don't really need. I also take advantage of free fun, such as free swims and skates. That has saved me lots of money as well.
I loved all your tips. I would not cut out the newspaper, though. They are struggling to survive.
Yeah, I kindof feel a little guilty for just cancelling my subscription on my local newspaper and the price was $50 a year. However, this morning when I was reading and reached my limit of free articles, I realized I got up and went to my list of to-do items so I did not spend as much time reading the newspaper.
I just realized, I don’t have these things to cut out, just because I haven’t ever started them. All, except the meat one. I haven’t been to any hair and beauty place in my adult life. I do dye my hair at home, about every 3 months or so. I try to stretch it as much as I can. I wasn’t good at it either, but after few tries, I think, I am ok now.
I cut out hair dye after I got cancer. I didn't want toxins on my scalp anymore. Now I'm just going to go with what nature gave me. I did dye my hair for 32 years and good for anyone who does. But I just decided one day to let it go.
@@Europa1749 I accidently cut it out due to being busy & realised how nice and healthier my actual hair is. My mum recently got cancer & now I'm thinking I might not ever color it again.
I wish I wasn’t so scared to try the cup for so long. I love it! It’s like you don’t even have a cycle anymore!
Love your videos!
I’m a recent new subscriber/watcher. Love love love your channel! Just a random question, I can’t find anywhere (during my binge watching of your videos) if there is a video on a recent update of where you guys are in the babysteps? Did I miss that? Or could you do one? Happy Thanksgiving!
Great video also I love your hair colour :)
Loving all your videos! Could you please do a video on what you eat? I'm also eating plant based and would like some frugal, healthy meal ideas. Thanks!
We love the YMCA... for the whole family and keeps us healthy.
We use a Pur filter on our faucet. No more bottled water!
You can read the monthly magazines and daily newspaper at the library and get rental movies, audio book and REAL Books to read.
My neighbor and I share HULU and Netflix accounts. I pay for Netflix, he pays for HULU, so we each get two streaming opportunities and pay for only one. I also gave up commercial toilet paper. Didn't expect to like my homemade flannel personal wipes, but you never know til you try, right? Imagine my surprise when I realized that I actually liked them MUCH better; they're more sanitary because they don't fall apart in my hand, they're softer and more absorbent. Healthier, too, because they don't contain the toxic chemicals you'll find in commercial paper.
suggestion for Candles buy a wax warmer and get the 2 dollar Yankee candle samples and melt them for less you can freeze them and reuse it