Well its week 3 of trying to claw back the price of the cats surgery. When I genuinely hit the $3k mark I'll be ready to get my new bathroom. I'm finding different ways each week to save $$, and thanks to those who've added their tips - keep them coming. Who would have thought that Melinda would take the time to measure the lid of something to see if adding a lid of liquid meets the recommended dose of 50ml. She found it measured 65 ml, so quite a difference there.
Tip #11: went to the beach on Sat instead of the pool. Saved maybe $30, cos a trip to the pool for our kids means chips and a drink
Tip #12: Sunday - invited to the pool (Oh dilemna - its nearly 40 degrees and I'm feeling good about saving $$ yesterday) But wait, 3 years ago we were given a free pass - would they honour it? YES!! so saved $15 on entry and it wasnt the chippy pool - lets just say we saved $15!
Tip #13: Did some volunteer work helping with Taiko drumming - I love it, love being part of it, happy to help out. Apparently I am to be rewarded with a $20 reduction in fees, I wouldn't normally take the reduction, it is afterall a fun pass time, but this month I'll take it.
Tip #14: This one I'm abit embarrassed about cos its a shear waste of money, and I was being a bit precious. So get over it chicky, its not that bad. Last year I purchased a 10 visit pass for a yoga studio but fell in love with NEWTOWN Bikrum and it was looking like I wasnt going to use those remaining 9 visits (about $15 each) So now I am instead of visiting my favorite centre, and I'm doing less visits anyway, so it save approx $130 over the next year.
Tip #15: I'm not going to add this one to the tally becuase I'd decided to do this before the cat got sick - but later in the year we are going away for 6 weeks. And 2 cats in a catery for 6 weeks is around $1,000 - we are getting a house sitter instead. They can enjoy the house, feed the chooks, eat the eggs, and look after the cats. A few summers ago we did a house swap with a car in WA, we estimated that saved us around $10,000! It was for 3 weeks, over xmas, and the trip was unexpected - it was a great way to have your cake and eat it too. And the house we got was AMAZING!
Savings from previous 2 weeks - $330, + this weeks savings of $195 = $525 saved over 3 weeks
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