Three Left

$153.10. With just three days to go in the challenge, the total is up to $153.10. Times used to be that when it was suppertime, I would stop at the grocery store on the way home from work, or we would decide where it was that we were going to eat. There are lots of good ideas out there to save money and to free money up so that you can either eliminate your credit card debt or live a better life.

One site that I was visiting yesterday was mytwodollars and there were some fantastic ideas out there that I didn't even think about. The first was cutting your monthly trash service (unless you live in an apartment/condo complex and it is part of your monthly housing payment). Seems that the dump charged just $0.35 per 20 pounds of trash. The author was able to save over $26 a month, or at least $312 a year. That, and the cost to drive to the landfill yourself would definitely save some cash. I hadn't thought of that.

Another idea was one to cut down on your electricity. If appliances and items are left plugged in, they will eat electricity. Electricity is not free. It is best if you unplug them when you don't use them unless they are needed for safety (food that goes bad because of the rising temperature in an unplugged refrigerator is not safe to eat). Simply have things plugged into a power strip and turn it off when you are not using it. The author was able to save $30 a month this way. It certainly makes you think.

I just cut my own hair again this weekend. The style is simple and since purchasing a quality set of clippers that have paid for themselves, my cost is $0.00. Nothing, nada. And the cost used to be $19 a month, but, instead, that $228.00 a year is used to erase credit card debt.

If you look hard enough, you will find little things that you can do to save money and start living your life the way that you want to live, not scraping by paycheck to paycheck.