PROView - August 2008 - (Page 5) • Carpool with co-workers. Clothing • Find an image consultant in your town and ask if you can have the clothes their clients get rid of. • Don’t buy into trends. Keep a wardrobe of classic pieces, so you don’t have to update your clothes every year. • Buy clothes at a thrift store. • Wear clothes more than once before washing them. You’ll reduce wear on your clothes and save energy by not washing so often. • Shop at outlet stores. • Avoid buying clothes that require drying cleaning. • Cut dryer sheets in half to double the value of each box. • Buy your winter clothes at the end of winter/ beginning of spring. Buy summer clothing at the end of summer/beginning of fall. • Shop at discount stores like T.J. Maxx and Ross. Food • Forage for food. Check out a book on local edible plants and start stocking up on them. • Buy a water filter and make your own bottled water. • Buy bread at the bread outlet store and freeze excess loaves. • Make meals that are left over friendly, like soups and casseroles. • Join a food co-op. • Make dinners in a crock pot • Buy in bulk. • If you buy soda, buy 2 liter bottles instead of cans. It’s much cheaper per unit price. • Have potluck dinners. • When you eat out, share meals. Most restaurant meals are big enough for two people. • If you don’t have someone to share it with, split the meal in half and put one half in a to-go box for next day’s lunch. • Skip the soda when you go out to eat, and drink water. • Quit smoking. • Make your own coffee. Better yet, stop drinking coffee. • Quit drinking alcohol. • Quit drinking soda. • Find cheaper cafés and restaurants to go to. • Cook your own meals. • Take a list when you go shopping and stick to it. • Buy generic brand products at the supermarket. • Bring your lunch to school or work instead of buying it. • • • • • • • • • • Grow your own vegetables. Use coupons and loyalty cards at grocery stores. Reduce meat consumption. Eat cereal instead of fast food. It’s cheaper and usually healthier. Have a late lunch/early dinner when going out to eat. You can save on lunch menu items. Buy cheap food coupons on eBay. Join clubs at school and take advantage of free food at meetings. Don’t buy prepackaged cheese or meat. Go to the deli and have them slice it for you. You can get more for your money. Collect vegetable scraps in a bag in the freezer. As soon as it’s full, make a soup out of them. Buy whole roasted chickens. When you have used all the meat, throw the bones into a soup. Housing • House sit. Older affluent couples often leave their house for months at a time for vacations and need someone to watch it while they’re gone. Not only can you get free rent, you might get some extra cash. • Become live in help. Some older people need help around the house, someone to cook meals for them, or just someone to talk to. You can live rent free this way. • Relocate to an area with a cheaper cost of living. • Share an apartment. Better yet, move in with your in-laws. • Make an extra mortgage payment each year. You can save money on interest. Household • Buy furniture at a consignment store. • If you need a tool, see if you can borrow it from someone before you go out and buy it. • Don’t throw away “dead” batteries. Remove them from your radio and use them in quartz clocks. These clocks take such a small amount of power that batteries too weak to run anything else may have enough power to run a clock for a while. • Wash and reuse plastic bags. • Clean your own carpets. You can rent carpet cleaning machines for about $10. Health Care • If you take a prescription medication on a regular basis, ask your doctor to write a three-month prescription. Instead of paying three co-pays, you only pay one. • Go to the dentist at your local dental school. Students need people to practice on. You can get all (Continued on page 18) PINELLAS REALTOR® ORGANIZATION R August 2008 5
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