The Little Things Add Up.

I have been thinking more and more about what I can do to save money each day. 

My friend struck up a conversation while we were at a playdate yesterday asking why I had a packed lunch with me and didn't I get bored of eating home made food. It seems so common to spend £3-£4 per day on a sandwich from Greggs along with a morning coffee and lunchtime coffee at £2 per go. I can't imagine wasting £8 per day/£40 per week/£160 per month on these things. £40 per week is my entire food budget for my family! This is when I realised that there are a lot of little things I do each day without realising that add up to a big saving.

Let me give you an idea of my money saving little bits for today...

• Shared a shower with my daughters (they are 5 months and 3 years old). Saved money on water/electric.
• Put a load of washing on a 'quick wash'. Takes half the time, half the energy.
• Hung the above washing out on the washing line as it is a beautiful drying day. Saved money on energy of using tumble drier.
• Went out for a brisk walk. Saves money on having the TV on at home and going to the gym for exercise.
• Rang up an appliance company to complain about my recent cooker purchase. It had arrived with a small dent in it. They immediately gave me £32 back as compensation.
• Baked a batch lot of muffins. I make 3 times as many as I need for the week and freeze the surplus. Saves energy on oven and also my time. Plus is a fun activity for my eldest daughter.
• Re-potted my tomato plants. I have grown these from seeds and will hopefully have proper tomato plants in a couple of months. Saves money on having to shop-buy tomatoes.

And it is only 12pm!

By making little changes to your way of thinking you can save money without realising it. Do you really need a shop bought lunch each day? Do you need to have the TV on as background noise? Do you need to give more of your hard earned money to energy companies and big supermarkets?

Thanks for reading!

xx