Today is the one-week anniversary of the savings pledge. Yay, go us! How are you doing? What are you doing?
These are a few things I’m doing-
Unless it’s super hot out, like this week, I’m not using a/c, opening up windows and using fans. I love summer though, and as long as it’s not really humid, we like the heat.
I am definitely monitoring how much perishable stuff I’m buying at store, to eliminate waste. That has been working for me–today is garbage day and I had very little to throw out.
My washing machine-For towels, I use warm water wash & dryer, everything else is cold water wash, shortened cycle, and on the clothesline. Hopefully this will balance out the increase in electric use from a/c.
Car-trying to drive less, making more of an effort to combine trips.
Coupons-I’m back on the wagon! I’m excited about the GM deal at Acme, which I’m doing today. Excited about some freebies at CVS, overage at Walmart and so on.
What are some ways you’re working on your savings pledge?
We actually just went through our budget and went super “lean”. We are trying to save money for something specific as fast as possible. My original $10 pledge is goodbye, a much larger pledge is HELLO but I am not posting that one as i am not sure how much it is ATM. I am also working on meal planning because that makes groceries level out better and eliminates last minute runs to the store or “ugh I don’t fee like cooking, let’s grab something”.