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CHAPTER 6
Penny-Pinching Ideas That Will Save You Money
A little research will help you find myriad ways to cut corners and save money. Some ideas literally save you only a few pennies. But do that on a lot of purchases, and you’ll be surprised how quickly it can add up. The following is a collection of ideas we’ve found. Add the ideas you have at the end of the list.
Food
• Treat eating out as a luxury. Use restaurant coupons.
• Eat when you’re hungry, not when you’re upset.
• Order entrees only, not expensive desserts or appetizers.
• Split or share a meal with a friend.
• Pack your lunch and take it with
you to work. All of those $10 lunches can translate into a $50 dinner at an upscale restaurant later.
• Learn to cook for yourself.
• Perhaps your favorite restaurant offers free appetizers on Thursdays. Watch for these kinds of deals.
• Shop for groceries on a full stomach.
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In early childhood you
may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil,
by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.
—Lydia Sigourney