30 Clever Money Saving Hacks That People Tend To Overlook, As Shared By Folks Online

This is a big one. I've often seen young married couples who want everything their parents have, but they want it right now, not after working for 30 or 40 years, and if someone will loan them the money they'll get it.

After the war, my folks and 2 babies lived in a tiny apartment. Then they got lucky and lived in a veteran's quonset hut settlement. They got a small pre fab house in a new suburb 8 years after they married . Never had 2 cars.

Work. Live your paycheck, you will be rewarded in the long run.

Lol come on, do you think mellenials and Gan Z will EVER be able to live the luxury boomers do? Think again.

My dad gave me this exact advice. He said “don’t try to start where we ended up.”

left over money from a last pay period?! ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I never use one dollar bills. Every time I get a one dollar bill, I drop in in a shoe box in my closet. When the shoe box gets full, I take the ones to the bank and deposit them into my savings account. Usually collect a couple of hundred every two months or so.

I put something even if it's $2.00 in savings each week. Every little bit helps to grow it.

Years ago....when I actually received a paypacket with actual cash in it I used to open it a day later each week. Then on 7th week I'd have 2 to open. Granted I was young, living at home and very few expenses.

I have no credit cards, so for me that's like "uhhmmm... what are you talking about?" I simply let on my bank account connected with my debit card, monthly 500 euros from my every salary I got. So, yes there is a 5 digit number on my bank account, but that's my only account -no extra credit, no extra saving account, nada ....

Days pass and i spent the money on food anyway.. and still need a pair of shoes that which prize had risen...

If you have an urge to buy, then visit the grocery store, and you can satisfy the urge by buying useful items and groceries. The urge is to spend money, not on any extravaganza or unrealistic thing.

Also, you might want to wait a little for discounts. As a jewelry passionate, this is how I saved more than 50% in price, while still getting the items and supplies that I wanted :)

I did this with a purple patterned long sleeve shirt many years ago. I saw it while walking through a shopping mall, and really wanted it but went for a stroll around the mall to let myself "cool off." When I returned to the store, I still wanted that shirt, so I bought it. I wore it a lot.

I love rice with frozen green peas!

When I was unemployed, rice really was a savior. I would eat it with just salt and pepper and I felt like I wasn't really not eating well.

A couple of cups of cooked rice and a can of cream of chicken (or cream of whatever) soup and you have dinner and 2 lunches. Throw in a can of chicken and you get 2 dinners and a lunch.

Capitalism: "under socialism you can't buy food you like and have to eat the same thing every day" Also capitalism : "here is your rice on rice, don't worry we just invaded Nicaragua you'll have a banana too"

I absolutely LOVE rice!! In all forms and styles!

As a student with little to no resources, I discovered frozen veggies. Cheap and nutritious, you only need a pan and some salt, and here's your meal. Life savers.

If you are a student - Learn to cook. If you are not a student - Learn to cook.

If you are good about making a shopping list, and sticking to it, then it's okay to go shopping after a long day, and just before dinner - as long as one of the items on your list is a quick and simple meal. I will often buy somethings that can be put straight into the oven, and whilst it's cooking, I unpack and put away all of the shopping.

I have a cousin that says it's cheaper for 2 people to eat out than it is to cook at home. I completely disagree, my son wanted to go out a couple of weeks ago and we went to Ruby Tuesday's. He got an appetizer and with the tip it was over $60. We both brought our leftovers home but you can cook a lot of food for $60. A few weeks ago I got T-Bones on sale that was cheaper than 1 plate that we had eating out. Do I get tired of cooking, absolutely but we usually make batches of chicken or pork chops. Last weekend I made a big pot of spaghetti sauce because I had foot surgery last Thursday and wouldn't be able to do a lot ot standing to cook. I put the sauce in containers and froze it. My son made chicken parmesan Friday that we finished tonight. I have a 12 quart stock pot that I made the sauce in, it was almost full. The meat, different flavors and brands of sauce, pasta and boneless chicken was about $70 at Aldi.

This is why I buy just about everything I need or want to have on sale nowadays!

The follow up to this trick is to take the money you were thinking about spending, and squirrelling it away into a savings account.

Only works if you get enough money left after necessities like food and rent. Somehow i never have anything left... Nor even for shoes

Agreed. I'll ask myself "is this worth an hour (or x hours) of my work?" Sometimes it is and, more often than not, I think "he!! no it ain't!"

Yeah, nah. I'll just make my one cup noodle at a time, thank you very much. Only a schmuck prepares cup noodles in advance.

hah amateur still making lunch...I can survive on just one meal for the rest of my life!

When I was working, I’d make a Crockpot of soup on Sunday, take it to work every day in a Corning Ware soup mug. I didn’t mind having the same thing for lunch every day for a week and I saved a ton of money. And I had some very good soups!

On this point, a lot of items can't (or at the very least SHOULDN'T) be prepared in advance. Biggest benefit to those items is that they take very little time and effort, not to mention very few additional ingredients, to have a full meal that's (relatively) cheap, fast, and easy. That said, certain of those same items, if prepared in specific ways, can be stored in the fridge overnight for either lunch or dinner the next day (I'm specifically talking about ramen noodle blocks here, but there are definitely others)

And to add, it's probably healthier food you are bringing in..

Shoes! 2 pair of quality shoes worn alternate days will last 3 times as long as one worn daily. Of course, Capt. Vimes boot theory comes in to play.

Sounds nice, doesn’t always work: even famous brands no longer sell quality stuff. I try to keep what I have in good shape, but clearly the quality is getting lower every year. So this piece of advice worked maybe 20 years ago but no longer today.