Subtle Ways to Spend Less on Bills

12 Subtle Ways to Spend Less on Bills

September 15, 2011

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by POPSUGAR Smart Living 5

Buy In-Season Produce

Substitute in-season produce in your favorite recipes for the freshest and usually least expensive ingredients. Farmers markets are often the best places to find value, especially if you head there at the very end of the day when farmers are more willing to sell their goods at a bargain price.

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by POPSUGAR Smart Living 5

Buy In-Season Produce

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5 Comments

LittleMzFit 44 weeks

@pearsbeary I like to do my laundry during the evening (in the summer it doesn't heat up the place & in the winter it warms it up). I've recently been unplugging everything not in use & even using the power strip as a convenient way of cutting off the power when not in use. Even better if the outlet is connected to a light switch, then all you have to do is flip the switch! :dancing: I'll be looking into the programmable thermostat. We'll see in the next several months if any of it makes a difference.

LeiraElle 2 years

I do most of these things (unplugging everything really IS an easy habit!). I've always wondered about the thermostat, though; I always turn it down when I leave the house, but I'd like to know if the extra energy it takes to warm up again is really less than maintaining a constant temperature all day.

3 years

I'd like to add a footnote on the "unplug your appliances" tip: Instead of going through that hastle - why not just plug everything into a powerstrip and turn the strip off when you're not using it? A simple click of a button and voila!

kscincotta 3 years

Wow, I've been surprisingly on top of these tips in our attempts to save some money these last six months. I'm feeling fairly financially virtuous now.