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There are so many good things to share with you this week!
Saving on Groceries
First, Mindi at Moms Need to Know explains all about how to create a price book for saving money on groceries. I kept a rudimentary price book for a while about two years ago because I have a horrible memory for numbers. I only kept about 25 things that we regularly buy jotted down in a notebook. This helped me figure out which grocery store or Costco carried the item for the cheapest price. I’d also make a note when the item went on sale and for how much. Once I got the hang of where the best deal was I stopped keeping up with the price book. However Mindi’s post has made me think that maybe it’s a good time to re-price everything.
If you don’t already menu plan, you might want to take notice of Blissfully Domestic. Every week now they are doing a weekly planning menu complete with photos, links to recipes and shopping lists! How fantastic. And I’m now craving ‘Brinner‘!
Money Saving Mom is a great guest post about cooking for your freezer. We only have the freezer unit that comes with our fridge, so we only have so much room. However we do always keep at least a few frozen dinners in there for last minute uses. We also keep extra pork chops, steaks and frozen bags full of our garden produce. I will always recommend to any expecting mom that you fill up your freezer with a bunch of quick dinners for when the baby is born. One less thing that you have to think about.
Making a Little Extra Cash
Also from Money Saving Mom has a great little list of Five Simple Ways to Earn a Little Extra Cash. I already started to bundle up my change with my preschooler last week. He loved helping me sort and stack. We talked about how we are going to take this to the bank to deposit. So far in only a half and hour of coin counting we made about $55! Not bad. And I hadn’t heard of the Cash4Books before. I have a handful of books that I’ve lost interest in. I’m certainly going to take advantage of this great website.
Saving on Car Insurance
One of the things I advise when you are trying to cut back on your spending is to look at all of your regular monthly expenses and see how you can dwindle them down (you can read more here). I’m Will Teach You to be Rich shares some very detailed tips on how you can save money on your car insurance. He gives you actual dialogue that you can use when you call around to get quotes. I’m the worst at negotiating so any help I can get is appreciated!
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