Saving Money in Different Ways

I have been writing articles about saving money for a while now. I enjoy writing these articles because I can share my experiences with other people, and I earn a little extra doing it. I found a site that I can put a lot of my articles together to share more money saving tips with readers. I have only made two Squidoo lenses so far, but they have quite a bit of information in each. If you get time, and want some new tips, please take a look. If you have any great money saving ideas, or articles, please let me know. I would be happy to make a lens to share those as well.

Saving Money in Your Home 

Budget Maternity Clothes 

Happy New Year, and Wishful Savings for the Year!

I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year. I also want to wish everyone good luck on making 2011 a great money saving year. Today is the first day of the year, so make this a new beginning to your saving money and home finance goals. This is the day you can begin to plan for everything you will need to do throughout the year; saving for Christmas, Birthdays, yearly bills, cutting costs every month, and more. This is the perfect time for you to make a new beginning for yourself.

Free Beech Nut Cereal and Baby Food

Since I learned about being pregnant I have been looking for as many free or discounted items that I can find. Today I received a coupon for free Beech-Nut Cereal (up to $2 value) and two free jars of Beech-Nut baby food (up to $1.5 value) I know that it is only $3.50 in savings, but I believe every penny counts. I should also be receiving more coupons and things from Beech-Nut in the future. If you would like to receive coupons from Beech-Nut you can go directly to there site-Beech-Nut.

As I receive more coupons or discounted items I will share with you all.

Single Parents

Since I found out I am pregnant a couple of weeks ago I have been trying to find any help that I can. I am single, only work a part time job, and will be a mom. There is a lot of sites that help, but I found one that I think provides a few special things that can help single parents. The site is Single Parents Association of America. I signed up a couple of days ago and have already gotten helpful information and some money saving coupons. You can also get reduced priced insurance and many other things.

SPAOA Site

Save Money on Makeup and get Great Tips

I have been reading a friends blog about makeup and cosmetics. She is licensed and shares a lot of great tips and money saving ideas on makeup and other shopping. I know Kendra personally and know she will share some great information that can save money and time, and give you great tips.

Simply Kendra

Planning Your Shopping

One reason that I do save a lot of money when I shop is because I plan my shopping. This is true for groceries as well as other items. Planning your shopping is very crucial. This will help prevent you from purchasing items that you do not need, and finding the impulse purchases.

I start by looking at all of the sales papers to find items that I need, and which stores have the best offer on the majority of the items I will be purchasing. I do not go all over town to save money. If stores are close together I will go to each, but if not I choose the one that I will save more at. If you spend the money you would save on gas, what would be the point?

Make a complete list of all of the items that you will need to purchase. This list could consist of groceries, clothing, cleanings supplies, or any other items you need. Try to keep the list as close as possible to the things you will purchase. I know there will be times when you have a general idea of items, but not know exactly what you will be getting.

Make a budget for your shopping trip. This should be a very close approximation to what you will spend. When you make your budget, take only that amount with you. This will prevent you from purchasing more than budgeted.

Plan out your complete shopping trip. You want to know exactly what stores you will be going to, and what you will be purchasing from each store.

Planning your shopping can make a big difference in the amount of money you can save when shopping. It may seem like a little extra work to do in the beginning, but you will be very happy with the money you will save.

Widgets

I have added a few widgets to the blog. These widgets are helpful with saving money, and other financial help. I just have a few at the moment, but I am looking for more. If you know of any helpful money saving or financial widgets that would work, please let me know. Every bit of financial help that we all can find is very helpful.