Comments on: My Top Frugal Posts of 2006 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/ Our Journey to a Debt-Free Life Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-486362 Chris Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:23:49 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/#comment-486362 the most important things to save money: # Keep a budget Because we keep a budget, we became much more conscious of how much we are spending. Having a ceiling on how much you can spend on any particular category makes you aware of your spending habits and keeps you from going beyond that. # Stop Going Out to Eat We used to allocate $200/month or so to dining out — around 4 meals for the two of us — and would often spend that, if not more. Now, at the beginning of the month, we look at the calendar for special occasions — birthdays, holidays, etc. — and pencil in money for meal, and perhaps one more. Eating at home saves a boatload of money. # Cancel Unecessary Bills Find your newspaper subscription heading into the recycling bin everyday? Don't even watch your Netflix movies? Get rid of it, or change your subscription. We were spending $22 a month for Thursday - Friday service; when we went to cancel, we ended up paying $.88 for the Sunday paper, which has … the most important things to save money:
# Keep a budget
Because we keep a budget, we became much more conscious of how much we are spending. Having a ceiling on how much you can spend on any particular category makes you aware of your spending habits and keeps you from going beyond that.
# Stop Going Out to Eat
We used to allocate $200/month or so to dining out — around 4 meals for the two of us — and would often spend that, if not more.
Now, at the beginning of the month, we look at the calendar for special occasions — birthdays, holidays, etc. — and pencil in money for meal, and perhaps one more. Eating at home saves a boatload of money.
# Cancel Unecessary Bills
Find your newspaper subscription heading into the recycling bin everyday? Don’t even watch your Netflix movies? Get rid of it, or change your subscription. We were spending $22 a month for Thursday – Friday service; when we went to cancel, we ended up paying $.88 for the Sunday paper, which has …

]]> By: Rich http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-350904 Rich Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:22:11 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/#comment-350904 Here's something that is so easy and makes so much sense. Everyone will pretty much need to purchase cartridges so...I came across information through a business customer and looked further into it. Here is what I found, " Over 700 million cartridges were thrown away world-wide in 2003 - and since more and more people use inkjet cartridges this amount will continue to grow year after year. Empty cartridges contain residual toner powder, ink, a plastic casing, aluminum and other parts. These parts are all non-biodegradable and they will take more than 1000 years to decompose in landfill sites. The remanufacturing of cartridges as an alternative to producing new ones currently reduces world demand of oil by 300,000 barrels and saves 17,000 tons of aluminum as well as 10,000,000 tons of timber. Besides helping to reduce carbon emissions, a major cause of global warming, it conserves resources and reduces waste. 1.5 pints of crude oil are needed to produce one cartridge. In the last 6 months alone inkjet cartridge recycling has saved more than 50 million liters of oil, more than the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989." Wow, so my whole point is this client twotonellc.com remanufacturers ink and toner cartridges and considering the above information it only makes common sense to buy remanufactured ink and toner cartridges. You save money, get a higher yield (more prints) and save the environment. Here’s something that is so easy and makes so much sense. Everyone will pretty much need to purchase cartridges so…I came across information through a business customer and looked further into it. Here is what I found, ”
Over 700 million cartridges were thrown away world-wide in 2003 – and since more and more people use inkjet cartridges this amount will continue to grow year after year.
Empty cartridges contain residual toner powder, ink, a plastic casing, aluminum and other parts. These parts are all non-biodegradable and they will take more than 1000 years to decompose in landfill sites.
The remanufacturing of cartridges as an alternative to producing new ones currently reduces world demand of oil by 300,000 barrels and saves 17,000 tons of aluminum as well as 10,000,000 tons of timber. Besides helping to reduce carbon emissions, a major cause of global warming, it conserves resources and reduces waste.
1.5 pints of crude oil are needed to produce one cartridge. In the last 6 months alone inkjet cartridge recycling has saved more than 50 million liters of oil, more than the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound in 1989.”
Wow, so my whole point is this client twotonellc.com remanufacturers ink and toner cartridges and considering the above information it only makes common sense to buy remanufactured ink and toner cartridges. You save money, get a higher yield (more prints) and save the environment.

]]> By: FIRE Finance http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-6337 FIRE Finance Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:32:26 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/#comment-6337 <strong>Binary Dollar Has Hosted Festival Of Frugality #55...</strong> Binary Dollar had hosted Festival of Frugality #55 last week. We were busy migrating Fire Finance this weekend so we have to play the catch up game :). Binary Dollar has done an excellent job in hosting the first festival of frugality of 2007 with so..... Binary Dollar Has Hosted Festival Of Frugality #55…

Binary Dollar had hosted Festival of Frugality #55 last week. We were busy migrating Fire Finance this weekend so we have to play the catch up game :) . Binary Dollar has done an excellent job in hosting the first festival of frugality of 2007 with so…..

]]> By: Blogging Away Debt » Blog Archive » A Picture of My Free Couch http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-5850 Blogging Away Debt » Blog Archive » A Picture of My Free Couch Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:46:59 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/#comment-5850 [...] While going through my archives to write about My Top Frugal Posts of 2006, I realized that I still need to post a picture of the couch that I got on the side of the road for free. [...] [...] While going through my archives to write about My Top Frugal Posts of 2006, I realized that I still need to post a picture of the couch that I got on the side of the road for free. [...]

]]> By: GInger http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-5761 GInger Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:24:32 +0000 http://www.bloggingawaydebt.com/2006/12/my-top-frugal-posts-of-2006/#comment-5761 Thank-you for all of your tips they are great! I still do work at a grocery store( I am trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up HA HA ) I work 5 days a week so I never buy anything unless it is on sale. My food budget is $50 a week for 2 I am working on making it $40 a week and put the extra $10 dollars in a savings to build some kind of fund for an emergency. Thank-you again for your blog I look forward to reading it daily. Thank-you for all of your tips they are great! I still do work at a grocery store( I am trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up HA HA ) I work 5 days a week so I never buy anything unless it is on sale. My food budget is $50 a week for 2 I am working on making it $40 a week and put the extra $10 dollars in a savings to build some kind of fund for an emergency. Thank-you again for your blog I look forward to reading it daily.

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