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How To Save Money Within Your Household This New Year
It is so important to try to save has much money as you can this new year, and I have found some good ways that everyone can put more money in their bank accounts. Many are not hard to do and will save you more money monthly and yearly. It takes a little willpower and a little effort to do some or all of the things to save your household some money.
Cigarettes
Now would be a good time for you or a family member to quit smoking, with the price of cigarettes at eight or nine dollars a pack think of all the money you could save by kicking the habit this year. And it will help you to feel better and be healthier, all good reasons to quit.
Coffee
I know many people like to or need to have their cup or cups of coffee in the morning I am one of them, but why pay Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts to do that. You can go and buy a big can of any store brand coffee for about $4.99 and brew your own and save a lot of money and stop make Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts richer.
Light Bulbs
If you have not done so already now this new year would be a good time to change those old energy hog incandescent bulb to the new energy efficient light bulbs that not only last six times longer but use three times less energy than a incandescent bulb. It could save has much has $200.00 or more over the lifetime of the bulb if you change all the light bulbs in your home.
Cable
This new year you may want to consider canceling cable and stop spending hundreds of dollars a month. There are many sites you can watch your favorite TV shows for free or a small fee. On most TV shows sites you can watch full episodes for free and many sites like Hulu which will let you watch TV shows plus movies and documentaries for free or for a fee of only $7.99 a month if you get Hulu plus, you will get more shows and movies.
Phones
You could think about canceling your landline phone and get one of those cheap cell phones or you may be able to get a lifeline cell phone the offers free cell phone services
TV
The TV is one of the electricity hogs that live in your home, only being second to your refrigerator. But you need to leave your refrigerator on all the time, but not you’re TV. Some people I know have their TV on almost 24/7 and wonder why their electric bill is so high. But by turning off that TV it’s a great way to save money, if you’re not watching it turn it off.
Computers
Computers to can use a lot of electricity and if you shut it off after you use it that is good. But what I found is that everything you have plugged into your surge protector is still using power, and the two biggest one that use the most are a printers and scanners. And if their plugs have a light on them they use the most power, so you need to also turn off your surge protector has well.
Here are just a few ways that you can save money within your homes, and I am sure that you could think of many more ways that you could save more money per month in your home.A little money saved here and there within your household will in a year make a big differences in the money you save throughout the year .
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Hi my friend KoffeeKlatch Gals nice to see you, yes it is a great start to saving some money in any household . Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
great tips, they can't help but save you money.
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Hi moonlake nice to see you, nice to hear you found this article's information all good ideas . Yep the computer and everything plugged into it use a lot of extra energy. Thanks so much for the vote up ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
All good ideas I never thought of the printer and all the things that are plugged into the computer. Voted up.
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Hi rajan jolly nice to see you, nice to hear you found this article's information useful and important. Thanks so much for the vote up and useful and share ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Voted up and useful. Simple yet so important. Shared.
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Hi Audrey nice to see you, thanks for coming by and giving it a second read. Nice to hear you found this information useful. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
I came back to read this one! I forget to unplug my appliances when I am not using them--great information here--
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Hi Insightful Tiger nice to see you, yes it is amazing how much money you can save by being smart and willing to make some sacrifices and trade off and find where you can get the best bargains . Thanks so much for the vote up and pinned ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Great tips and they are all so true! My friend just quit smoking and calculated the savings at almost 400 dollars per month!!! I couldn't believe it!
I am in total agreement with you about the cable and TV as well. With sites like Hulu and Netflix, who needs it. Another bonus is no more commercials (on Netflix) and no more emotionally manipulating news shows.
Great hub! Voted up and pinning.
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Hi LongTimeMother nice to see you, glad you enjoyed reading it and found this information useful. Hopefully many will follow these tips and advice and save themselves a lot of money. Thanks so much for your vote up ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
There's some good tips in this hub, kashmir56.
As you know, I live off the grid. Following your suggestions in this hub will start preparing lots of hubbers for life with less power!
Voted up.
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Hi TToombs08 nice to see you, yes i think you are right these tip and advice can be used any year. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi ethel nice to see you, it is a great thing to do not only to keep cost down in one's home but as you said to for the environment . Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
These are still excellent tips, so sharing for 2013. :)
All good advice which will save you money and help the evironment
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Hi rajan jolly nice to see you, yes it is sometimes those very simple things that end up saving you the most money, but to they are so easy to do has well . Thanks so much for your vote up and useful ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi Les Trois Chenes nice to see you, yes you are right time are going to get harder and it would be a great idea to start saving now and great a great head start before it too last. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi Brett nice to see you, glad you found this information useful. Thanks so much for your shared, pinned, tweeted, up and useful ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Kashmir, these are some really simple and fine ideas to save money. Most of the time we do not realize how much power and money these simple gadgets like the TV or the incandescent bulbs consume. Thanks for reminding.
Voted up and useful.
Great advice. times are going to get harder and if we start cutting back on wastefulness we might not need to cut back on necessities so much. Giving up wine and drinking (free) nettle tea would work wonders for my budget.
Simple and sound advice, definitely useful to many after the festive season when budgets are well ..... stretched!
Shared, pinned, tweeted, up and useful.
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Hi mecheshier nice to see you, glad you thought these suggestions were wonderful and useful . Thanks so much for your vote up and useful ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi Audrey nice to see you, yes i to hated to write out that cable check, than i gave up cable and saved myself a ton of money. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Great Hub. You have made some wonderful suggestions. Thanks for sharing. Voted up for useful.
Some really good thoughts here! I hate spending all that money for cable tv--just irks me every time I write that check---
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Hi Eiddwen nice to see you, glad you found this hub's information useful in saving any household some money within their homes every year. Thanks so much for the vote up and share ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
A brillaint share ;so well informed and very useful; Up and share here.
Eddy.
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Hi Rfordin nice to see you, yes i know it is sometimes hard to give up these things we love. But this is a few ways to save money if you need to, so you have more money to buy the things you really need. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
ACK! Coffee? Do I have to? I sooo love the convience of Dunkin Donuts and the way it fits so nicely into my morning routine. But your right, I also like the cable suggestion although with little one's in my house the on demand feature (provided by a cable company I will not mention) is so handy. You have some good tips here, now if I could just employ them I'd be set.
~Becky
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Hi Brett nice to see you, this hub was written in January for the new year but glad you found the money saving tips useful year round. Thanks so much for your sharing, up, useful, and pinned and tweeted! Also thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
This is maybe a little early for the New Year, but this is useful information for saving money at any time of year stop
Sharing, up, useful, and pinned and tweeted.
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Hi abbyw1989 nice to see you. yes you are right just keeping the stand by light on the TV cost money has well. Glad to hear you found these tips in this hub to be great ones. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi ALUR nice to see you, I think you are right about the price of coffee that i quoted, it has gone up since then. Glad you found these tips useful. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi M. my friend nice to see you, yes you are right save energy=save money=win-win ! Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Some great tips here, thanks for sharing. I must agree with the TV - people would be surprised how much money it costs to keep just the stand by light on!
Forced to "budget" mode, I think these are great tips & reminders about money and budget=waste. The only I'm not sure I can find is a large/good brand of coffee that's the price you quoted...
You're welcome to read/rate my bus as well.
SAve Energy, save money too! win-win.
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Hi movielardatadare nice to see you, glad you found the information in this hub excellent and thought it was a awesome hub. I can't wait to read your reflection. Thanks so much for the vote up ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Excellent tips, Kashmir! Looks like I'm going to need to write a reflection on this awesome hub. Voted up.
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Hi ignugent17 nice to see you, nice to hear you have found these tips to saving money useful. Thanks so much for your vote up and more ! Also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments
Very useful and I will keep notes on your tips.
Voted up and more.
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Hi billips nice to see you, yes you are right, in todays world you must try to save has much as you can monthly . So glad you found the information useful . Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
I am always looking for ways to save - it really isn't difficult if you take some time to think before you spend - more and more people are looking for ways to economize and you have given us some good ones - B.
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Hi dwachira nice to see you, so glad to hear that you found these money tips useful . Thanks so much for the vote up and useful, also thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
I like the tips in here, now i will remember to turn off my TV when not in use. Thanks kashmir56 for this information, Voted up, useful and i will have to share this.
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Hi jpcmc nice to see you, yes you are right every penny matters now a days. Glad you are starting to change your light bulbs for the energy saving ones . Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Squeezing every peeny from your budget is really imortant. My wife and i ssaw the change in our lifestyle especially when our daughter was born. These are great ways to help save on cost and expenses. I'm currently in the process of changing our lighting fixtures to more cost effective ones.
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Thanks !
I see you corrected one. There were two in that first sentence. Go through your Hub again and try to find all of them.
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Hi Perspycacious nice to see you, Glad you read my hub and thanks for pointing out that mistake . Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
I read this far and stopped: " It is so important to try to save has much money has you can this New Year..." Remember that Spell Check will not highlight correctly spelled words, even if they are not the right word. You have to catch these by careful proofreading. I will go back to see what I can gain from your suggestions, but this one of mine is important, too.
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Hi EuroNinila nice to see you, so glad to hear you found these money saving tips useful and have done some of them already . Thanks for the vote up and useful, also thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Great tips, coffee and cigarettes are definitely something I should have quit in the beginning of the year, but I am trying now. Well I'll probably never quit coffee but I will quit from buying it from out. Voted up and useful!
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Hi Wilbart26 nice to see you,so glad you found the information in this hub very informative. Saving a little money here and there adds up at the end of the year. Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
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Hi bmcoll3278 nice to see you, so glad to hear you have already done most of these money saving ideas in your home,it can make a big differents in your monthly bill. Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
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Hi Robert nice to see you, So glad to hear you found these way to save more money in our households incredible ideas. Thanks so much for the share. Thanks for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Voted up, very informative, everything you wrote there are true, even in our own little ways, we can help save the planet and at the same time save money for ourselves.
All great ideas. I get TV free because of who I work for,it would cost over $180 a month if not a benefit of my job.
WE killed home phone service 3 years ago.Every light in the house is either led or florescent. But we almost always have three computers on. Voted up and shared
These are incredible ideas! All year round. I am certainly passing this along because I think it is a great article. Voted up and shared.
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Hi Angela nice to see you,glad that you found this hub useful,some feel that those light bulbs may be expensive but in the long run they pay for themselves by lasting three times longer and using three times less energy .Thanks so much for the vote up and stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Great Idea's I need to work on the lightbulb updating!! voted up!
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Hi Pollyannalana nice to see you, It nice to hear you have a plan to save money that works for you. And so glad to hear you found this hub very useful and interesting.Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
I will check into Hulu, sounds interesting. I just buy my cell minutes paying no fees and I have Magic Jack for about $15 a year! I hear some complain about them but I have certainly never had a problem. I feel many should learn to save instead of being forced not knowing how and you have made some great suggestions. Thank you. Very useful and interesting.
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Hi stars439 nice to see you, so glad to hear you enjoying reading this hub, hope you found this information useful. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Enjoyed your hub much. GBY
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Hi wwolfs nice to see you, all these ways are easy to do to save more money and have lower bills each month and use less energy.glad you found this hub information useful and thanks for your Voted up and useful! Thanks to for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
A very useful hub and great tips. It is certainly a good reminder on the many ways we waste money and on the ways we could save it. Thank you for sharing.
Voted up and useful!
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OK LL no problem glad to give you a response to your comments ! Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments .
Appreciate the response, Kashmir56.
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Hi LL nice to see you, I have found that any plug-in with a light on their plug will use electricity even if it is not in use.If the charger has no light on it's plug than it may not be wasting any energy. Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
Thanks for your vote up and share !
I'm always interested in learning more ways to save money -- and if it also saves energy, that's a bonus.
My understanding about items such as televisions and plugged in-but-not-in-use-chargers still suck up energy and add to the electric bill. Do you know if this is accurate?
Voted up and SHARED.
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Hi prairieprincess nice to see you,so glad to hear you found the information in this hub useful. So far i am doing well,better each day.Thanks so much my friend for asking !Also thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Kashmir, great hub on saving money. The one that I am not doing now is turning the television off when we are not using it. I was not aware that it took so many resources but it's good to know. Thanks for this. I hope you are doing well!
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Hi dipsmi nice to see you,so glad you found this hub's information useful,and you are right it is never to late to save money . Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
great tips!!! It is a little late now but is better to be late than never!
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Hi my friend toknowinfo nice too see you,yes you are so right with the price of gas always going up it is a good thing to try to save has much money as you can. Some day are easier than others i think of my beautiful Tanya every day but now that it is almost four week since she passed away it is a little easier, she loved me as much has i loved her and we both gave each other a happy life. I could not ask anything more than that. Thanks for asking and sending right back at you some soft hugs and the blessing of God to be with you through out this year and years to come. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice and caring comments !
Hi Tom, As usual this is a great hub - full of great tips. With the price of gas it is always helpful to find ways to save money. Hoping you are doing okay. I think of you all the time and wish you an easy time as possible after losing your beloved dog, Tanya. Sending you hugs, positive thoughts, and God's blessings now and always.
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Hi billybuc nice to see you,Some printers are real energy hogs they have a light on the power plug and are always on,so every little bit helps to save more money and energy as well.Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Helpful tips here Tom; I didn't know about printers using that much power but I'm on it now. Thank you!
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Hi itakins nice to see you, glad you found these tips on how to save money great and useful.Hope you found some new ways to save more money. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !!!
Hi kashmir56 -
Great tips here.I was shocked when I learned the cost of running electrical items on standby - what a waste of hard earned money!
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Hi Stephanie nice to see you, glad to hear you found these tips on how to save money useful.And you are right many people would not ever think of turning off their surge protectors, but like you said in your comment if several other energy draining electronics are plugged in that can use lots of electricity and end costing a lot of money per month.Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
Great tips for saving money! One of the things you mention, turning off the surge protector, is not something most people think of, but can actually control several other energy draining electronics. Good idea!
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Hi Maria nice to see you, glad to hear you found this hub's information useful.Thanks for the vote up, and glad to hear you kicked the Starbucks habit. My eye surgeries went well and i can see better that ever now!
Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments.
Hi Tom,
As I review your comments, I do hope you are 100% better with your eye surgeries by now?
When I worked with the homeless several years back, I just went 'cold turkey' with the Starbucks and also started brownbagging my lunch (what an expense to buy from vendors every day...) and was actually able to give more to those who needed more. I've never looked back, really don't miss that expensive stuff...
Your hub is wonderful, practical and everyone can take something valuable out of it!
Voted UP & UI. Hugs, Maria
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Hi Victoria nice to see you, yes it is so very important to try to save money any way you can. Cigarettes here are very expensive has well.Glad to hear you found this hub useful,thanks for the vote up ! Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
Hi kashmir56,
Some very useful tips here. I'm a massive fan of trying to keep my expenses down and budget where I can. I picked some cigarettes up for my brother last week and was horrified at the price of them!
Voted up and useful.x
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Hi twentyfive nice to see you, so glad to hear you found the information in this hub useful,it is so important to find ways to save money.Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for your vote up and stopping by !
These are very smart and helpful ways of cost cutting. Voted up to save more money :)
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Hi James nice to see you, glad to hear you found this information needful,thanks for the well done. Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
You give very good advice. Thank you for this needful and excellent Hub. Well done! :)
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Hi ethel nice to see you, glad to hear you found this advice useful, yes i think if it keeps going the way it is we may all be trying to save has much money as we can. Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
Yes all great advice. This year we may all have to cut back
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Hi acaetnna nice to see you, glad to hear you found all these money saving tips to be great ones, hope they were useful to you has well. Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi quicksand nice to see you, yes i do agree with you, money saved is money earned! Glad you found these money saving tips to be great ones . Thanks so much for stopping by and to for your nice comments !
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Hi AliciaC nice to see you, glad to hear you found all these money saving tips to be useful. You will be surprised how much money you will save just by turning off your surge protector.Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
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Hi Genna nice to see you, glad to hear you kicked your StarBucks addiction, even if you shut off your computer just for a few hours every day that will help to save money each month. Thanks so much for your nice comments and to for stopping by !
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