People Share 30 Money-Saving Life Hacks That Seem Small But Really Work

I do this to. I live in a small town and unless it is very urgent I won't go to the store. I wait until I need to go to a larger town then If I need to go to multiple stores I do it all at once.

Yep. Pick up a DPD parcel, on the way to the supermarket, bury a body in the woods and hit the carwash on the way home.

I do that too. I "bundle" my errands, going to the furthest point first and making a loop towards home. I may make a quick trip to the grocery store more than once in a week, but it's literally less than 5 miles from my house.

We live 30km away from our nearest town so we do one trip for everything once a week/fortnight the less we go in the better lol

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I mean it's a good start for your budget and the environment. But using an e-bike for only 16km/10miles is even better.

Heat is something I won't compromise on anymore. I feel miserable when cold and extra socks and sweaters don't help at all when I'm just sitting and not moving around.

And have a cup of tea and vacuum the house.

My parents always say to substitute the heater/s for socks and a jumper, because it is expensive to run it. I've done that for a couple of weeks, and I've still been as cold as I was before I put the socks and jumper on. I feel like I'm sounding a bit rude, but why shouldn't I, when the substitution doesn't even work?

Burning wood warms you a couple different times if you stretch it out. In the spring gather and cut the trees to length. In the fall split and stack it, then during winter you burn it! Plus it saves on our propane bill tremendously!

Cold Hurts

I have things on my wishlist just to not buy them.

My Amazon wish list is SO long! I'm not necessarily planning to buy everything on it, but I add things I find interesting. I also keep a list for the kids so when Xmas rolls around I have a bunch of options.

I do something similar. I have a group of tabs open fullof things I want to purchase, I just group it together and leave them for a while. I cone back much later, look at them, and suddenly in that moment I no longer need most of it, so delete.

I love "window shopping" on Amazon!

Putting it on your wishlist also gives you the opportunity to do price comparisons. Amazon's good, but they're not the only game in town. You might even find that item slightly used, but for a much more reasonable price.

To piggyback off of this - I bought a set of teeny tiny spatulas that can reach into small bottles ( got a set on Amazon for something like $5-6). The amount I have saved by getting out the last bits from moisturizers/eye cream/foundation/etc is easily 90-100x what I spent on those little spatulas.

I use an eyeshadow applicator to get the significant amount of lip balm that's below the edge that most people throw away. Or, dig it out and put it in a tiny container and just use your finger to apply.

Nowadays I love to buy dry shampoo bars and shower gel bars. I don't need to transport the water and the plastic bottle home, there is no plastic container to throw away and the shampoo and gel can't get squeezed out If something is lying on the bottles.

Or an omelette

I used to make left over soup...my daughter used to love it! Most the meal I cook consist of just meat and veggies. Combine in a pot and add some stock and sometimes ramen and viola a meal is reborn

I've come up with an alternative solution whenever I make something in bulk, (tuna casserole, jambalaya). Instead of looking for a big, honking bowl in which to store it, I grab some of those throwaway containers (Hefty, Glad, Ziploc) and divide the food into single-serving portions. It saves a lot of room in the fridge, it's convenient, and I'm less likely to make a pig of myself. Most of the time. 😉

I do that, too. I've always got rice, shrimp & bell peppers in the freezer, etc. Stir frys take 15 minutes tops. I can actually get everything prepped and ready to go in the time it takes the rice to cook.

My basic recipes, I call them ''Fouettarades''. The secret is that there's no recipes, feeling only

Some library systems in the U.S. offer Kanopy and a certain number of free movies per month. The catalogue is huge. Then see if your county has reciprocity with neighboring counties, and get a library card from them for more monthly movies. I’m up to 25.

We do this too. Our local library still has a large selection of DVDs, and they are free with our library card. Not only do they have movies, they have the complete sets of several TV shows.

Are you Americans that poor?

Up until Covid when my kids had to learn from home we only rented from the library and watched public tv. Then I had to get internet and subscription services followed now it’s hard to go back smh

Good idea for people who can stick to a meal plan. I usually find I have no appetite for whatever was planned that day.

Except for the times when half your list is substitutes.

My experience is less worthwhile for me. I find i get meats about to expire or not the best looking products. But when i goto the store and get it i can select meats that will expire in 3-4 days so i have time to cook it and not just instantly freeze everything. I also just don't go down isles i don't need to. I hit meat grab 4 pounds of hamburger, goto vegetable's get my stuff, i do hit the candy isle for a snack at least.

This is something I do often- maybe once or twice a week. I seriously appreciate the people that are hired to do this. It’s saved me so much time and money, I’m not impulse buying and the stuff I get is actually stuff I’ll use and not get wasted. I wish it was available when my kids were younger because having small babies/toddlers/children and getting a weeks worth of groceries sucks. Thank you to every worker that assists with the online pick up. You have no idea how much I love this

What about the surcharges and added fee's?

Doesn't work if you used a sensible amount to begin with

and the amount of toothpaste used in the comercials is way to much to begin with??

Specially toothpaste. Dentist recomend a very tiny portion of the brush, comer ials put all the brush with toothpaste