Monday, July 29, 2013

Economize, Pinch Dollars, Discover Belt Tightening Checks

By Gregory Tick


Check if you're online and if not shut off your computer and save a portion of your money. Leaving an unused PCs on overnight leads to squandering energy just by being forgetful. For every PC that is not turned off at night, $26 a year could be saved as well as the carbon emissions wasted making that extra energy.

Cutting back on expensive meat consumption will stretch the food bill and improve your overall health. By using meat sparingly for heavy meat users, you can spice up a dish without going overboard. Even The National Cancer Institute warns us that31 % to 36% higher incidence of getting cancer is attached to a diet of eating red meats. Heart attack deaths can be reduced by 20% as well.

Avoid purchasing water that is in a bottle. Tap water is healthier for you. Read what a recent University of Iowa study concluded: "Researchers found 38 impurities in the 10 brands of bottled water they analyzed. This included disinfection byproducts, fertilizer residue, traces of pain medication, solvents, and chemicals used in the plastics industry, bacteria, and radioactive strontium. Across the 10 brands, the researchers found an average of 8 pollutants in each."

Did you know that banks mark up the price of checks you purchase from them? By ordering from the Internet, you save about fifty percent. Also you even get a larger selection to choose from when you order checks online.

Make use of the Internet before you make a purchase. Often you can comparison shop and find a better deal, a coupon or even free shipping offers. Compare prices, coupons and rebates from thousands of online stores to get the lowest price. Before you buy, you can even see products up-close in video reviews.

If you live in an extreme cold climate, contemplate purchasing a heated mattress pad. The scant electricity that it takes to heat your bed is miniscule compared to the cost of heating your entire house or bedroom a couple of additional degrees for the night.

Another way to scrimp is when you have to replenish the food supply. Write up the items you need to buy and do not travel to the grocery store more than once a week. Don't waver from the items you wrote down on the list and don't spend additional money. It helps to shop when you are not hungry and avoid purchasing packaged cookies and treats. As an alternative, create your snacks from home.

Use a crock-pot slow cooker to save money using less expensive cuts of meat like pot roast or stew met. A slow cooker will take the less expensive cuts of meat and melt the fat out of them making them fall of the bone tender and with a little seasoning, delicious.

Find designer checks where you have some of the largest selections available from the internet, the best quality at about 50% less than your local bank would charge. Same or better quality, better price with designer checks online




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