Your one money saving tip and approximate amount saved using tip? Anything goes...

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Anonymous wrote:Live with parents. Factoring in rent/mortgage, utilities, food, etc., I probably save $40-50K a year. On a pre-tax basis, that probably equates to $60-$75K of my income a year.

That would be nice as a younger adult buy my mother would have driven me a little crazy. I think it may work if one has a bug big house with a separate type living area. Imo.

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Anonymous wrote:I cut and style my own hair, and I saved 60k

Short hair or do you have long? I've sometimes thought of doing this. But my hair is collarbone length.

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Medium-long hair. More forgiving than short hair to self cut and style imo

Are you a trained stylist or did you learn yourself? I'm impressed but not sure I'd have the courage to teach myself.

I used to model so I picked up tips from stylists along the way. I also cut my friends' hair. There are so many tiktok tutorials on hair cutting now. It might be worth it to try

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My tip:

Meal prep on weekends and bring lunch into work every day. (I work in office setting.) I estimate I save at least $10/day.

I prepackage lunches into individual containers. A typical lunch for me will be a layered grain bowl in a wide jar, with dressing on top. I layer grains (bulgar, einkorn, couscous, kamut etc.) on base, top with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, roasted peppers, spicy chickpeas, greens on top, pistachios. Dressing is a lime cilantro vinaigrette with harissa. It sounds like a lot but it is quick and easy when you make five salad jars, assembly line. Dressing is in its own container so it doesn't get things soggy. The key is to have the same thing everyday for a week, to save money and time. The following week I'll vary it and do a Baja style one with roasted corn jalapeño salad, black beans, brown rice etc.

Do you make the dressing yourself, or is it store bought? These grain bowls sound delicious!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before I make any nonessential purchase, I think long and hard about whether I will be glad 6-12 months from now about the purchase or whether I’ll be more likely to prefer having not spent the money. It stops a lot of impulse buying in its tracks.

This! And make sure you are getting the best price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My tip:

Meal prep on weekends and bring lunch into work every day. (I work in office setting.) I estimate I save at least $10/day.

I prepackage lunches into individual containers. A typical lunch for me will be a layered grain bowl in a wide jar, with dressing on top. I layer grains (bulgar, einkorn, couscous, kamut etc.) on base, top with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, roasted peppers, spicy chickpeas, greens on top, pistachios. Dressing is a lime cilantro vinaigrette with harissa. It sounds like a lot but it is quick and easy when you make five salad jars, assembly line. Dressing is in its own container so it doesn't get things soggy. The key is to have the same thing everyday for a week, to save money and time. The following week I'll vary it and do a Baja style one with roasted corn jalapeño salad, black beans, brown rice etc.

What in the actual f do you weirdoes even eat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My tip:

Meal prep on weekends and bring lunch into work every day. (I work in office setting.) I estimate I save at least $10/day.

I prepackage lunches into individual containers. A typical lunch for me will be a layered grain bowl in a wide jar, with dressing on top. I layer grains (bulgar, einkorn, couscous, kamut etc.) on base, top with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, roasted peppers, spicy chickpeas, greens on top, pistachios. Dressing is a lime cilantro vinaigrette with harissa. It sounds like a lot but it is quick and easy when you make five salad jars, assembly line. Dressing is in its own container so it doesn't get things soggy. The key is to have the same thing everyday for a week, to save money and time. The following week I'll vary it and do a Baja style one with roasted corn jalapeño salad, black beans, brown rice etc.

What in the actual f do you weirdoes even eat?

My lunch is usually Adderall and 1-2 Clif Bars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My tip:

Meal prep on weekends and bring lunch into work every day. (I work in office setting.) I estimate I save at least $10/day.

I prepackage lunches into individual containers. A typical lunch for me will be a layered grain bowl in a wide jar, with dressing on top. I layer grains (bulgar, einkorn, couscous, kamut etc.) on base, top with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, roasted peppers, spicy chickpeas, greens on top, pistachios. Dressing is a lime cilantro vinaigrette with harissa. It sounds like a lot but it is quick and easy when you make five salad jars, assembly line. Dressing is in its own container so it doesn't get things soggy. The key is to have the same thing everyday for a week, to save money and time. The following week I'll vary it and do a Baja style one with roasted corn jalapeño salad, black beans, brown rice etc.

Do you make the dressing yourself, or is it store bought? These grain bowls sound delicious!

Homemade only. Saves money tastes better and no hidden sugars or mystery ingredients. Formula: 3/4c olive oil, 1/4c acid (choice of vinegar, lemon or lime juice), salt, pepper, heaping teaspoon mustard (maille is good but Grey poupon too), garlic minced, herbs of choice. So for harissa dressing my acid was lime juice. Added lots of cilantro and generous squeeze of harissa paste. Add that to your basic recipe with the olive oil, mustard etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My tip:

Meal prep on weekends and bring lunch into work every day. (I work in office setting.) I estimate I save at least $10/day.

I prepackage lunches into individual containers. A typical lunch for me will be a layered grain bowl in a wide jar, with dressing on top. I layer grains (bulgar, einkorn, couscous, kamut etc.) on base, top with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, roasted peppers, spicy chickpeas, greens on top, pistachios. Dressing is a lime cilantro vinaigrette with harissa. It sounds like a lot but it is quick and easy when you make five salad jars, assembly line. Dressing is in its own container so it doesn't get things soggy. The key is to have the same thing everyday for a week, to save money and time. The following week I'll vary it and do a Baja style one with roasted corn jalapeño salad, black beans, brown rice etc.

What in the actual f do you weirdoes even eat?

What do you mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My tip:

Meal prep on weekends and bring lunch into work every day. (I work in office setting.) I estimate I save at least $10/day.

I prepackage lunches into individual containers. A typical lunch for me will be a layered grain bowl in a wide jar, with dressing on top. I layer grains (bulgar, einkorn, couscous, kamut etc.) on base, top with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, roasted peppers, spicy chickpeas, greens on top, pistachios. Dressing is a lime cilantro vinaigrette with harissa. It sounds like a lot but it is quick and easy when you make five salad jars, assembly line. Dressing is in its own container so it doesn't get things soggy. The key is to have the same thing everyday for a week, to save money and time. The following week I'll vary it and do a Baja style one with roasted corn jalapeño salad, black beans, brown rice etc.

What in the actual f do you weirdoes even eat?

Are you saying that people who eat whole grains and chili pastes.etc.are weird? Not all of us think of just corn or white bread, when we think of grains. Have you never heard of harissa paste? Have you left the mid Atlantic at all in your life? Have you eaten a meal that isn't composed of hamburgers and fries?

[Anonymous]

I pay $100/yr for unlimited curbside groceries at Harris Teeter. I probably save $520/yr in $10/week impulse buys I didn’t buy. I save 1-1.5 hrs a week in time I didn’t spend grocery shopping. I save a lot because the app encourages me to shop the weekly sale ad first - so I meal plan around the week’s best deals.

[Anonymous]

Always fly economy, unless someone else is paying.

[Anonymous]

If you've had your current auto insurance for longer that 5 years, you are paying too much. By shopping around every 5 years or so, you could save upwards of hundreds of dollars, depending on household/# of cars/driving record. I have never NOT saved money doing this. (and yes, it's equivalent coverage).

[Anonymous]

Men's shaving cream is cheaper than women's, per oz. Not much savings but it adds up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
If you've had your current auto insurance for longer that 5 years, you are paying too much. By shopping around every 5 years or so, you could save upwards of hundreds of dollars, depending on household/# of cars/driving record. I have never NOT saved money doing this. (and yes, it's equivalent coverage).

Good idea. I need to do this.

[Anonymous]

Live on one income.

We did it the first 20 years of our marriage.

For the next decade, we applied the second income to college tuition and weddings.