Easy Way To Save $ Per Month

[cillybean83]

I've been trying to find ways to save money, and I think I found a good one!

Our cable bill is $66 a month, which is ridiculous! We don't even get premium channels! Anyway, I signed up for netflix and hulu plus, both which stream directly to my tv and for a grand total of $18 per month. I canceled everything but basic cable, which is $17.99 a month, so that's a total of $36, a $30 savings per month!

[KEG123]

We don't have tv at all right now, but have considered netflix. Hope you enjoy it!

[Cat Herder]

I love my netflix. I stream through the WII. $8.99 month. Love that I can watch entire series of shows without commercial interruption or waiting until next season for the resolution of cliffhanger endings....

I calculated, this year, that by not using my dishwasher for anything other than a drying rack, my power bill went down by a whopping $40 a month.

$480.00 is a month of groceries for the DCK's....

[Michael]

We have a previous article on money saving tips that you may find helpful: https://www.daycare.com/story/money_saving_tips/

Also, some earlier threads on money saving tips. https://www.daycare.com/forum/tags.p...ey+saving+tips

[Zoe]

We got rid of our cable entirely over a year ago and as a TV fanatic, I was hesitant at first, but we were really struggling financially and needed to do some drastic things. I haven't missed it at all!!! All the shows I watch regularly I can watch on Hulu or the channel's website the day after (at a time when the kiddos aren't bugging me and I can pause whenever). With all the silly reality tv around now taking up all the airtime, I just don't miss cable!

And Netflix is a godsend! My kids are able to watch quality preschool cable shows on instant, I can get my movie fix...I don't see our family getting cable back for a long time! Who needs it with all the great and cheap technology available! Saves us so much money! Glad others have discovered this as well!

[cillybean83]

my only hesitation with cutting cable entirely is my husbands obsession with sports :\

[dEHmom]

my only hesitation with cutting cable entirely is my husbands obsession with sports :\

and this is a hesitation why?

soooo happy my hubby doesn't like sports . especially curling! gawd what a horrible waste of tv. might as well watch **** :S with all the screaming they do. decided to edit that because maybe inappropriate for some.

i made hubby install clothes line outside, in summer hang all the comforters saved tons on energy.

[Zoe]

Haha! :: Yes, that would pose a problem. We're not sports fans in this house, so we didn't have that issue. Sports and live events (like Christmas parades) are difficult to find live streams to. Believe me, I tried this past Thanksgiving! But really, at 17.99 a month like you said, it's still a LOT cheaper than extended cable!

[Greenshadow]

I havent used a dishwashing machine in over two years. Ours broke and we completely gutted our kitchen and got a brand spankin' new one and I barely used it. LOL. We dont have cable at all but do have Netflix streaming through our PS3 for $9.99/mo. We watch shows like Survivor and whatever the day after on their own website. Cheaper than paying full price for it all.

[cillybean83]

my hubby is obsessed with every sport there is, in winter it's football, summer it's baseball, and in between those are hockey and basketball and he watches all the pro games plus college football and college basketball, then when sports are on he PLAYS sport games on the PS3....kill me now

[Unregistered]

I save money by food shopping at Aldis and getting the few things aldis doesnt carry at super walmart I spend 500-550 a month on food for my family of 5 and 2 daycare kids. I buy all my supplies for the houseand daycare at the dollar store and super walmart I spend around 100 a month. I got rid of all the credit cards, we pay our insurance every 6 months and I just got our insurance dropped a big amount by saying we where gonna go with someone else. I get price adjustments on items I buy if the time limit isnt up. Wash all my stuff in cold water so we dont use alot of natural gas I keep the temp 68 in the Winter and 75 in the summer to save on gas and electric etc Im all about saving some money .

[Blackcat31]

We cut our cable too and use Netflix and live streaming through ABC.com and CBS.com I can watch complete episodes of Survivor and all the other shows I love. My kids use their i-pods for watching things anyways so I haven't figured out why we were paying for cable no one watched? LOL!

The biggest saver for us though was cutting our garbage service. We paid $32.00 per month. Now we recycle everything and they pick up recycleables for free and the rest my DH goes to the landfill for like $8 every 3 months.

We also buy in bulk at Sam's Club and Costco and use our foodsaver all the time.

[legomom922]

I buy coupons off of ebay! Also, gift cards. We remodled our bathroom and saved about $200 by buying Home Depot & Lowes coupons and gift cards on there. I never paid full retail value for the card!

[cillybean83]

I canceled my home phone and switched to only having a cell, that saved me $20 per month, and I'm going to use my dishwasher as a drying rack, hopefully that will save quite a bit on electric and water

[melskids]

my biggest one right now is to not buy anything daycare related. i can get in SOME trouble buying toys and art supplies. some girls buy tons of shoes and clothes and makeup. not me. you can find me in any isle of a toysrus. i have discount school supply on speed dial.

some parents gave me gift cards for Christmas. you'd think i'd buy something for myself. nope. got a bunch of cool stuff for the DC though. even though i'm walking around with stained tshirts and holes in my underwear.

i wonder if there's a support group for people like me