The Money saving tips thread....

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Yeah, but spending just for the sake of spending isn't very rewarding. Saving however (esp. cutting down the monthly expenses) to spend it on something you actually want (ex. house, TV or whatever) is rewarding. With a budget comes choices.
 
Don’t die penny pincher millionaire. Money well spent has its rewards. You can’t live in Irvine saving dimes at a time. Move to Santa Ana and save 50% on your rent.
 
ns2524-you can't be serious: if you move to santa ana, you are not going to live long enough to enjoy all the money you save, when was the last time you've been there?
 
There are lots of costs to be cut that you won't even notice. The electric meter one above is a good example - it's not going to make a bit of difference to your lifestyle what kind of electrical meter is strapped to the side of your house. Find the things you don't really care about and cut them, then save up for the things you do want.
 
For those of you with a yard and landscaping, here's a tip to save you some money, as well as help out the people who are working to provide an adequate water supply to this desert we live in. It rained about a half inch today. Will your automatic sprinkler system still turn on today and tomorrow? Why pay for that water? Update your controller to one that measures soil moisture and only waters the lawn when it's dry. As a 'no cost' alternative, adjust your sprinkler timer to deliver less water during these wet periods, or just turn it off for two or three days after a storm. (Put a note on the 'fridge to turn it back on.) Hopefully, this winter won't be as dry as the last one. I am forced to do these things because the price of Grgich Hills has not declined, and live is too short to drink cheap wine.
 
>>I am forced to do these things because the price of Grgich Hills has not declined, and live is too short to drink cheap wine.

Please contribute to the wine thread sometime.
 
There is no reason to use Two Buck Chuck to wash meat, much less drink.

There are perfectly drinkable box wines in a box if you look for them that are the same price and much better stuff.

If you do get a bottle of wine and don't like it - stick it in the refrigerator and drink it ice cold. Think about that for a minute - American Beer companies have been doing it for years - it totally kills the taste (good or bad)!
 
Just torch your tastebuds. $2 wine becomes $20 wine.

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Two-buck chuck Valdiguié is the only red I've ever tried that reminds me of a riesling. Serve it as a dessert wine and don't let your guests see the bottle. Remarkably sweet and jammy. Rotten grape abounds.

Hey, this *is* the money saving tips thread, right?
 
Go vegetarian to save money

"...Most of the staples of a vegetarian diet are cheap. In fact, most of the world's people eat a mostly vegetarian diet made up of inexpensive commodities such as beans, rice and corn. If you drop red meat, poultry and fish from your diet, you'll find plant proteins cheaper than the equivalent amount of animal protein. The cheapest cuts of beef, such as ground round, average $3 per pound in U.S. cities (lean and extra lean); boneless chicken breasts cost $3.40 a pound; and canned tuna is about $2 per pound.

Contrast that with dried beans and lentils at less than $1 a pound and rice well below $1 per pound. (Although Whole Foods offers expensive wild rice at $6.99 a pound, it also has basic brown rice for 69 cents per pound. And though pine nuts are exorbitant, you can get sunflower seeds, with nearly the same amount of protein, at a fraction of the price.)

Even tofu, the chicken of the vegetarian world, is usually well under $2 a pound..."

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Get a Costco buddy...

If you are single like me... the items at Costco are sometimes (mostly) too large for one person to consume in time before most of it will go bad (produce/poultry/etc) or too many in one package. So, get a Costco buddy, someone who will go shopping with you, split the products and the bill!

Come on people... since when can one person eat an entire flat of oranges, pears or peaches before they they become compost material!

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When you go to Bed Bath & Beyond or Linens N Things... Always ask for a coupon at the register. They usually have a few tucked away, and although I get bunches of them in the mail... I always seem to forget them at home!
 
Two-buck chuck Valdiguié is the only red I've ever tried that reminds me of a riesling.

I love riesling...I gotta try that one!
 
I love riesling...I gotta try that one!

CF, I can go one worse. That wine by itself was about to put me in a diabetic coma with its sweetness. I blended it with a not-so-smooth Chilean merlot and the whole became greater than the sum of its parts. I wondered today why I haven't tried blending wines to get the flavor I want. Well, I did it tonight and experienced success. Hey, Opus One is a blend -- Why can't I do it too?
 
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