Simple Savings

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General

Budgeting

  • A Simple Saver in a shared house shares their hint
  • An easy monthly budget
  • Being realistic helps stay within budget
  • Cash flow budget stops bill pay panic
  • Here's the plan for achieving your goals
  • Money saving software
  • Simple steps to get organized reap huge rewards
  • Student secrets to eating for $15 a week
  • Ten minute budget system gets you back on track
  • Vision board achieves dreams
  • Weekly supermarket gift card saves for Christmas groceries

Cheap Stores

  • Check food prices in discount stores
  • Homeland - the home of great bargains!

Competitions

  • Don't put off what you can save today

Coupons

  • Keep your coupons in a handy envelope
  • Online shopping discount coupon saves 20 per cent
  • Organise your vouchers to make the most of them
  • Storing your vouchers and coupons

Customer Loyalty Programmes

  • Loyalty card storer rings in points and discounts

Dating

  • Social clubs

Discounts

  • Ask and you might be surprised
  • Ask for 'best' price not 'cash' price
  • Ask for 100% discount!
  • Ask for best cash price
  • Ask for loyalty discounts
  • Ask store if they can match competitor's price
  • Bargain, then bargain again!
  • Be bold and ask for discount
  • Be bold and show the salesman your target price
  • Be prepared before you shop
  • Buying items on special
  • Deal with salespeople kindly and receive better service
  • Don't ask for a discount and win
  • Don't rush in to buy
  • Floor stock discounts
  • Free teacher resources from helpful websites
  • Get discounts for helping your health store recycle
  • Good old fashioned bartering
  • Keep track of your items and prices offered
  • Key factors to determining discount
  • Make the most of information offered
  • Plan grocery shop ahead for huge savings
  • Practice your bartering technique at garage sales
  • Return faulty goods to company
  • Salespeople expect to be asked for discount
  • Shop from friends at swap and auction get together
  • Summerware on sale at end of summer
  • Take 5%-10% off the ticket price
  • Take a friend shopping
  • When you are unhappy with your purchase

Extra Cash

  • $1000 a year in loose change
  • Bartering helps the budget
  • Buy and sell on Facebook
  • Ditch the TV
  • Fruit trees are worth their weight in gold
  • Look carefully and you'll spy 'spare money'
  • Paid for online surveys
  • Savings from take-out turns into vacation savings
  • Spare rooms exchanged for household help
  • Unnecessary kitchen appliances

Free Entitlements

  • ebooks and software free on Amazon
  • Freebies cost nothing the next day
  • Keep track of freebies online
  • Receive compensation or gift for faulty products
  • Sample products for free
  • Save on postage and use reply paid
  • Thanks a bunch for free flowers
  • Volunteer your time and reduce club fees

Garage Sales

  • Bargains at your local swapmeets
  • Route planner great for reaching multiple garage sales
  • Unnecessary kitchen appliances

Habits

  • $1000 a year in loose change
  • $2 cooling mask keeps power bills down
  • $3 girls night out
  • 'Celebration Day Box' cuts costs all year round
  • 'Dry July' saves $10 a day
  • 'Earth Hour' once a week saves on power
  • 'Glory box' stacks up $225 baby gear saving
  • 'Grandma's Day' saves $30 a week on groceries
  • 'Handy' ways to use odd rubber gloves
  • 'Just say no' motto works whatever the temptation
  • 'Less is more' for motivation
  • 'Needs' and 'wants' jar system stops impulse buys
  • 'No Car' week saves hundreds in petrol
  • 'No new purchases' pact encourages creative second-hand savings
  • 'Not Buying It' reduced my spending
  • 'Wait for sale' strategy puts off impulse buys forever!
  • 'Waste not, want not' with a weekly smorgasbord
  • 'We were going to' box stops needless spending
  • 'What's meant to be' philosophy stops unnecessary buys
  • 'Zero spend days' make savings out of nothing
  • 10% less on everything means more
  • A decade of 'No Screen'
  • A great money saving exercise
  • A little imagination can save a lot
  • A little luxury every day goes a long way
  • A little sense can save a lot
  • A rule to live by
  • A saving hint served up on a platter
  • A series of (un)fortunate events
  • A shirty little hint
  • A Simple Saver in a shared house shares their hint
  • A Simple Saver sees the light
  • A sticky way to stop food waste
  • A very cool biscuit storage idea
  • Advent treats long after Christmas
  • Alternatives to using plastic bags
  • Always shop on a full tummy
  • An inventive way to use old pillowcases
  • An organised family is a happy family
  • An organised home is a happy home
  • Analyse your rubbish
  • Another no spend success story
  • Anything is possible with the Vault!
  • Ask elderly for war-time saving tips
  • Ask first, spend later
  • Attract vouchers and discounts with goodwill
  • Avoid doing the Twenty Dollar Tango!
  • Bag some great environmentally friendly savings
  • Ban the gadgets and get your kids back!
  • Banning plastic is fantastic
  • Bargain, then bargain again!
  • Be clever with clothes and save
  • Beat salespeople at their own game
  • Bigger isn't always better
  • Black texta changes eating habits
  • Bottomless boxes of memories
  • Buy less and get ahead
  • Buy your big ticket items seasonally and save
  • Buying nothing new saves money and planet
  • Careful holiday planning avoids credit card explosion
  • Change of attitude
  • Changing children's TV watching habits
  • Charity donations save boredom and $250
  • Circle of friends save as they learn
  • Clean rings using bowl of hot water, tin foil and salt
  • Clutter-free and organised
  • Clutter-free home will stop you acquiring more
  • Compare prices and weight of products
  • Confessions of a shopaholic
  • Conserve batteries in watches
  • Cook, create and save
  • Cooling off period for purchasing
  • Count items in box
  • Create a 30 day 'cooling off' list
  • Create your own community
  • Creative thinkers are smart savers
  • Creative uses of free objects
  • Decluttering reduces the mortgage
  • Ditch the TV
  • Do I need it because it is on sale?
  • Do you really need it? Ask before you buy.
  • Don't 'roll' your eyes at this car tissue solution
  • Don't give in to brochure buying!
  • Don't let your savings go up in smoke
  • Drinking water saves money on snacks
  • DVD rental money put to better use
  • Easy way to save money at the supermarket
  • Eliminate clutter with this helpful website
  • Empty your wardrobe, fill your wallet
  • Enjoy a big breakfast and save!
  • Enjoy a friend's company without spending
  • Enjoy a life without junk mail
  • Enjoy a tidier home while you save
  • Errands
  • Even takeaways can be budget friendly
  • Exercise anywhere, anytime
  • Exercising by the book
  • Facebook friends can help you save
  • Favour exchange is a win-win
  • Figure out cost in work hours before buying
  • Find new ways to use up old products
  • Finish what you start and save on hobbies
  • First Clock will get you organised
  • Fix it first
  • Floral reward for neighbourly help
  • Follow the $1 per wear rule
  • Food scraps for the garden
  • Four-day week buys time for savings
  • Free Evernote makes organisation a breeze
  • Freebies cost nothing the next day
  • Freeze your credit card!
  • Freezer list means less is lost
  • Freezing half a bag saves on bread wastage
  • Fresh produce and local skills can enjoyed by all
  • Friendship and community a cure for shopping
  • Get the 'hang' of decluttering your wardrobe
  • Get the message with recycled paper
  • Get to bed early and save $10 a month
  • Get twice the value from takeaway meals
  • Getting even with telemarketers
  • Getting more out of life
  • Girl power pact curbs spending and encourages recycling
  • Glass jars are full to the brim with benefits
  • Go 'back in time' for weekly power savings
  • Go green as a family
  • Going green without the big bucks
  • Good feedback earns rewards too
  • Good habits make a difference
  • Handy heaters beat the winter chill
  • Handy reference protects you from theft
  • Happiness and honesty saves on splurges
  • Have lunch with Simple Savings
  • Helpful kids, happy debt-free family
  • Helping others with a Simple Savings jar
  • Hobby farm makes use of wasted food scraps
  • Hold on to your cash with Mojo's help!
  • Home 'bar tab' limits drinking and spending
  • Home made eco-friendly grocery bags
  • House for sale mentality keeps house clean
  • How an elastic band saves washing up and the environment
  • How to achieve your goals in 2009
  • Hubby accepts money troubles after wife resigns
  • Ice cubes make a healthy snack
  • If it's not on the list don't buy it
  • Ignoring fine print can be costly
  • Is it worth the walk
  • Keep a journal of memories
  • Keep cool and save power with smart schedule
  • Keep lists of what you have to stop buying more
  • Keep skincare products cool and save
  • Keep the 'landfill' out of your home
  • Keep the family out of the fridge
  • Keep track of bills using fridge magnets
  • Know your wardrobe and avoid temptation
  • Large blackboard keeps family organised
  • Learn to hate shopping  
  • Leave bad news behind for a happier life
  • Less lotto leads to $260 lump sum
  • Live wisely with help from Mother Earth
  • Long term view prevents pricey food purchases
  • Look for free diaries
  • Look stylish with a universal wardrobe
  • Lots of good advice
  • Luxury 'fast' a fun way to speed up saving
  • Make a free money tin and get saving!
  • Make a list of specials in area
  • Make fridge notepads with free ad magnets
  • Make non-spending a habit
  • Make tap water trendy and save on soft drinks!
  • Make your freezer cheaper to run
  • Make your kids smart consumers
  • Make your own squeezable products
  • Making the most of Simple Savings
  • Manual helps home and budget run like clockwork
  • Many hands make light work - and free gardening!
  • Many uses for lonely socks
  • Maximum results from kitchen scraps
  • Memory trigger bookmark keeps eBay at bay
  • Mirror, mirror in the pantry
  • Money tin savings work online too
  • Multiple uses for takeaway trays
  • Mute the ads
  • My Simple Savings notebook
  • Nappy boxes hold precious memories
  • Neighbourly sharing saves $40
  • Network with the locals with a dedicated Facebook page
  • Never buy a notepad again
  • Never miss a saving with home filing system
  • No ads, no financial stress
  • No impulse buys leads to new car
  • No more 'nothing-to-wear' days
  • No need for ziplock bags with bottle-top bags!
  • No purse saves a fortune on 'after school' treats
  • No spend days help seek out free pastimes
  • No Spend Month every three months
  • Once a week 'Treat Day'
  • Only buy undies for a year
  • Open a shop in your own home!
  • Organise your bag with $5 craft caddy
  • Organise your life and reap the savings

...and 120 more!

Law

  • Ask lawyer to reduce fees

Online

  • An organised home is a happy home
  • Everything is free at Freecycle
  • Excess stock savings through Froogle
  • Memory trigger bookmark keeps eBay at bay
  • Network with the locals with a dedicated Facebook page

Photos

  • Cheaper family portraits from wedding photographer
  • Edit your photos for free online
  • Email photos instead of giving away prints
  • Team up for cheaper family photographs

Tax

  • Many happy returns from my tax agent