How To Save Money Around The House
We tend to make it harder to save money than we have to. We always think – how do I bring more money in. But, what if you switch your thinking to – how can I not spend what I already have. Let’s think about somewhere everyone spends a lot of their time. Inside your own home. Here’s some easy ways to save money around the house by @EveryPenniesValue!
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- Money Laundering: A quick way to save money while doing laundry.
Laundry is something that none of us really like doing. I myself have about 4 loads that need folded as I’m writing this article! However, I look at ways to save some money any chance I get and I can save money while doing it which makes me feel better about doing it. Did you know that you can save money while doing laundry?
The washing machine offers a few opportunities to save some money.
1 – Check the settings on your machine. Mine has a setting for one rinse or two. I keep mine on one rinse. I know some people might need that second rinse after running around the woods all day or playing sports. But, for a majority of us, we can get by with just one rinse.
2 – Check the water temperature. I keep the setting on cold. I don’t have that many whites to wash and never understood why you need hot water to wash whites and nothing else anyways. Think about it, does hot water really make a difference when you’re using laundry soap that is already a disinfectant?
3 – Use that plastic cup that comes with your laundry soap and fabric softener to help you save. Don’t just grab the container and start pouring it into the machine like we all tend to do. You are most likely putting too much into the machine! And no, you don’t need to pay that extra amount to get fancy Tide Pods. You’re basically just paying for the branding! Ever notice how when you click “Ingredients” on their website, that it takes you to the same page as the liquid detergent?
The dryer offers savings settings too!
1 – The money killer for me is the timer. I know a majority of people will set that timer to the maximum time. For example, mine is 80 minutes. But, I have learned that 60-70 minutes does the deed just fine.
2 – Use a dryer towel. This saves me time AND money! I have an old bath towel that I keep in my dryer at all times. Think of this dry towel as a way to help soak up the wetness from the wet clothes. It saves time on items that are in your dryer. You can also use a pair of gym shorts or another clothing item that dries fast.
3- Finally, if you don’t do laundry that much (I do mine once a week or so) unplug both machines. Your appliances will still pull electricity when not being used, even if they are turned off.
These ideas will not save you millions but might drop your bills a few dollars each month. You can take those few dollars and place them onto a credit card bill that you are trying to pay down.
Every penny counts when trying to pay down debt!! – @EveryPenniesValue
- Plugs: A quick walk through your house could save you some cash
Trying to save money is always hard. Everyone is always looking for the next way to make a quick buck. But they don’t realize that sometimes doing things that will save some change is a better idea than trying to catch a quick buck.
What I did was to literally walk through my house and start unplugging things that were not being used. My basement never gets used by anyone in my house. I had a TV, a DVD player, a clock, another cable box, 4 lights, and 3 power strips all plugged in – sucking money out of me. None of them had been touched in probably 2 years. All this stuff is now unplugged and no longer adding to my electricity bill.
This was just down in my basement. Around the rest of the house, I found an old cordless phone charger plugged in (I use my cellphone), another DVD player (that no one uses), my toaster oven (which I use 2-3 times a month tops), and a few power tool battery chargers that I forgot about in the garage.
My walk through took about 20 minutes and is now saving me over $20 a month – that’s over $250 a year. Sometimes I had to wedge myself behind things to get to a plug, which is why they were probably still plugged in! But, my bill did come down over the next few months by doing this!
Now I know the money saved was not millions, but for those of us who are environmental, not having this stuff plugged in uses less elecrticity, which is good for us as well as the Earth. – @EveryPenniesValue
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