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We used to use coupons and put the savings in a jar every time we came home from the store. We had an annual contest with my cousins and it was sort of fun. Saved hundreds of dollars a year. We got away from it when we lived abroad, but I am thinking to go back to the game, save the money, and allow myself that much money for stamping stuff---maybe quarterly.
__________________ ~Vee
It's not who you know-it's whom you know.
I used to do that until grocery stores started taking the coupon money off the total due rather than give the money back after the transaction. I was really annoyed when they started that, lol!
The way to save little and add up fast is to empty your purse and pockets of change every day. Over time you'd be shocked how quickly that change adds up to big dollars!
The way to save little and add up fast is to empty your purse and pockets of change every day. Over time you'd be shocked how quickly that change adds up to big dollars!
That's part of the money I use for stamps, my DH's change. He empties his pockets every night into MY jar. Amazing how fast it adds up.
The way to save little and add up fast is to empty your purse and pockets of change every day. Over time you'd be shocked how quickly that change adds up to big dollars!
I should do that, then my purse wouldn't feel like there is a brick in it.;)
We have a 5 gallon water bottle that we put all our change into. We are saving for one year and however much we save determines what kind of vacation we go on...if we save $5.00 we can go for ice cream, if we save $5000, we can go to Europe! LOL!
We have a 5 gallon water bottle that we put all our change into. We are saving for one year and however much we save determines what kind of vacation we go on...if we save $5.00 we can go for ice cream, if we save $5000, we can go to Europe! LOL!
Excellent Idea!!! I am going to propose that to DH!! Wonder if he will go for it?? Not sure we can save enough to go to Europe, but hey some is better than none!!
Thanks for the insipration!!
Jennik
we have a Carlo Rossi Sangria bottle that dh puts his change in. I do unload my pocket book and the coin tray in the suv, which i usually dump into a hidden coin collection in my craftroom. hehehehe...
We do it too!
Quarters go in mini m & m tubes (started when kids needed quarters for laundry at college)
Dimes go in this huge baseball shaped drink cup...(when it finally filled upafter 5 years I had over $250.00 just in dimes)
Nickels and pennies go in a giant film canister shaped bank.
the film can holds between 13 and 18 dollars depending on the ratio of nickles to pennies
the small m and m tubes hold about 10 dollars
the larger m and m tubes hold close to 20
Once I counted them all the same weekend when they were full and i had almost $400 dollars---and it all went for stamping needs.
Fun fun fun.....almost makes it seem like free stuff.
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The way to save little and add up fast is to empty your purse and pockets of change every day. Over time you'd be shocked how quickly that change adds up to big dollars!
I do this, and roll the change whenever there is enough, then deposit it to my stamping checking account. Now if there was only a way to get to DH's loose change, lol.....
I do this with change too. It goes into a savings account for my granddaughter. It does add up quickly and since she is only 4 by the time she is old enough I should have a couple CDs for her. I will do this for any grandchildren I get. Just some small way to let them know grandma was thinking of them all the years they were growing up...Blessings.
I tease DH because he says I'm not allowed to get change out of the change jar. I can take as much money as I want out of his wallet, but no touching the change jar. Back to the OP, I am going to have to start using coupons and doing a little bit better research now that we are having a baby...I hear they are more expensive than stamping.
Every time my DH says he needs me when he doesn't really, I put a euro in my piggy bank, and that is my money for little extras on an order. It's OK if he really does need me to find something, but you probably would believe how quickly it adds up, LOL.
don't forget to add any cash that turns up int he drier and any that is in the pockets of last winter's coats and the sofa! All "found" money in the jar.
__________________ ~Vee
It's not who you know-it's whom you know.
we have a Carlo Rossi Sangria bottle that dh puts his change in. I do unload my pocket book and the coin tray in the suv, which i usually dump into a hidden coin collection in my craftroom. hehehehe...
Ooh, good idea! That means I need to empty a big sangria bottle first.....:-D
More money for stamps
