Easy Peasy (and Smart!) Money Saving Ideas

Easy and Super Smart Money Saving Ideas

Our family is a one-income household, so it's absolutely necessary that I find ways to save money on a tight budget.  Below are a few examples of creative ways to save money:

Drink Water To Save Money

You can easily reduce your grocery expenses just by drinking water. Sugary sodas and juice cost way too much money. Drink tap water, or if perhaps your tap isn’t high-quality, purchase a water filter or a water filtration system. Here's a highly rated water filter.  You can easily save at least $1,200 a year!  Plus, drinking water is so much healthier for you than sugary drinks.

Set up Auto-Pay for your Bills

A lot of companies offer auto-pay which makes a lot of sense.  It's convenient and saves time (and time is money, right?) but also most companies offer a small savings reward for signing up for auto-pay.  Another added bonus is you will never encounter late fees if you forget to make a payment.

Sign up for Amazon Prime

Besides the free 2 day shipping, Amazon offers a lot of free services you may not know about.  

• Unlimited, ad-free access to more than a million songs 
• Streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows ( Just as good as Netflix in my opinion!)
• Free cloud photo storage (and it's unlimited!)
• Lots of good discounts on diapers, and other baby items
• Prime Reading - Unlimited access to thousands of books and magazines that can be read on any device.

Prime Reading is one of my favorite services that Amazon offers.  They have a huge selection of magazines and books.  Some of the books even have Audible included and you can switch back and forth from reading to listening seamlessly across any device.  It helps me to get through the ton of books I want to read even faster with the included audio narration.  This is an alternative form of entertainment for me and it's free!

I hope these ideas spark your imagination on some easy money saving ideas.  I will make more posts like this in the near future with more ideas.