Pack your lunch-
If you and/or your spouse work, this is by far the easiest way to save money. For lunch we pack a sandwich and we add things like cheese sticks, bay carrots, chips (that we buy in bulk at Sam’s Club) yogurt, ect.
Stop eating dinner out-
It’s much cheaper to eat at home. Cutting out fast food all together is probably not going to happen for most people, but if you’re eating out nightly try to cut it back to once a week. If you’re eating out weekly, try to cut it back to bi-weekly or Monthly. **not only is it cheaper, but you might even loose a bit of weight. ** 
Aldi-
This is my first stop when grocery shopping. This is a grocery store that offers lower prices by offering limited and reliable product assortments.
- Pizza
- Milk and other dairy products
- fresh fruit and vegetables
- canned fruit and vegetables
- breakfast items like cereal and waffles for toaster
- garlic bread
- uncooked pastas
- pasta sides and rice sides
DollarTree-
A discount store that sells all items for just $1.
- all my gift bags and wrapping items
- plates and napkins for parties
- craft supplies for the kids
- some snacks and bottles of soda
- saran wrap (they have generic, but also some name brand)
- Reynolds wrap
- food storage containers
- foil containers for freezing precooked meals
- some health and beauty items (you’d be surprised at some of the name brands you can find)
Dollar General-
A discount store that sells all items for discounted pricing.
- Paper towels
- dish soap
- household cleaning products
- toilet cleaning products
- accessories for my swiffer items
- feminine products
- some cooking items
Bakery Outlet-
A discount store for items you’d find in or near the bakery section at a grocery store.
Couponing!!!!!-
I am pretty new to this, but I have saves soooooo much money using coupons. It’s worth the cost of the Sunday paper delivery, you save much more. My favorite site dealing with couponing is Pocketyourdollars.com.
