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Originally Posted by raynan
Always check retailmenot.com when purchasing from anywhere. Print coupons and online discount codes are there.
Steinmart online stacks coupon codes.
Coffee pods from Christmas tree shops online, wait for sale to stock up and use code shopnow for $4.95 shipping when free shipping over $59 is not offered.
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Buying coffee pods on a regular basis is a HUGE waste of money, and the ones that aren't specifically marked as recyclable are a HUGE polluter. If you use a Keurig, you can buy a Keurig re-usable filter and fill it with your choice of coffees from bag or canister. You can then take some of the savings, and get a pound of local-roasted gourmet coffee of choice as a special treat (are there local roasters in or near the Villages? If not, there should be!).
My money saving ideas: I plan on growing my own tomatoes in a pot. We don't eat them every day, just a couple every week. I don't know how much they are where you all are, but up here the organic ones are $4.99/lb and the local hothouse tomatoes run $2.99/lb. By growing them myself, I can save over $200 per year - just on tomatoes.
I also grow my own oregano. I don't know how well that grows in Florida and I might have to swap it out for other regularly-used herbs. It's not a huge savings, but the difference in flavor between fresh, home-dried, and the stuff you get in little plastic bottles at the supermarket is profound. Plus, these herbs grow lovely flowers that attract honeybees and butterflies.
For saving actual physical money, I try to make a habit of this: whenever I spend cash, I don't do exact change or rounding up to the next nickle. If the total bill comes to $14.01 I'll give them $15 or a $20 bill, and take that 99 cents in change.
At the end of the day, all the change I've accumulated gets tossed in an oatmeal box. At the end of the year, I hand-roll the money with paper wrappers I get from my bank for free. The rolling is a project that takes a few days, a little here, a little there when I'm watching TV.
I usually have around $200 in wrapped coins every year. I spend them, just like you spend any other kind of money. But if something comes to $14.01, I give them a roll of quarters, two rolls of nickels, and a loose penny. It's "found money" and I just got $14.01 worth of somethingorother for "free."