Yard sale or Consignment shops, a friend just sold her patio set that was 10 years old for 200.00 at a furniture consignment shop... she decided that she wanted a lounge set for on the patio...
Ebay, Etsy, - lots of things to sell, or make either of these sites are good for that...
Swagbucks, I really just started and I am planning on using my points and such for GC for Christmas to spend on line... I print coupon off of swagbuck, you get one SB for just printing, then some more when you use them...
Take your lunch to work, including snacks and drinks...
Couponing, not just for grocery, but for everything... We had dinner at Macaroni Grill, and I had gotten a 25% coupon off the total bill... which was nice, We always tip on what the bill was before the discount... I bought a new comforter set at Penny's and had gotten a 50% off the total so I got a 400.00 dollar set for 100.00 bucks, it was on sale at 50 % off, and I got the 50% off coupon on top of it, and"Retail me not" is my favorite spot, I look there at every store I am at... It's always worth a look...
Meal planning - This can save you a lot more than you realize... While this does take a bit of work... for us it is totally worth it...
1) take inventory of your pantry... and freezer - how much of everything, thing like sugar, flour, canned good, spices, cooking sprays... so you know what you already have on hand to work with...
2) Check out grocery flyer's - not just the grocery store but places like Target (cartwheels and when they offer gift cards I save mine for Christmas time), and Wal-mart..
3) Then match coupon, and store coupons, with sales or promotion in the flyers - to get the best deal for your money...
4) Start small, make a plan for a week, I always plan dinners 1st to see what I can use the next day for lunch or make a side-dish for dinner with the left overs... For instance -
Sunday - Beef roast, with roasted potatoes and veggies, rolls - you can use the left over meat for depending on how much you have to make shredded BBQ beef sandwiches using the rolls like slider buns for another night or for lunches - the veggies can be used for a cold salad, or made into a veggie pot pie -
Monday - Green salad and Spaghetti - you can use the green salad for lunch the next day, and make baked spaghetti for dinner another night adding some cheese, for sorta a cheaters lasagna...
Tuesday - Going with you have enough Beef roast left over, make BBQ Beef sliders, and pull the roasted potatoes out of the left overs, and make skillet smashed potatoes, and you can add some fresh corn on the cob, or frozen corn on the cob to round out the meal... If you have left over corn on the cob, slice the corn off the cob, and this can be used in the veggie pot pie, or thrown into soup, or a stew...
Wednesday - Salad, roasted chicken, yellow rice, and black bean....
Thursday - Baked potato night, with grilled shrimp, steak, or chicken and veggie pot pie - I always make extra baked potatoes to use later on for the weekend, or for lunch
Friday -Use leftover roasted chicken for fajitas or tacos - add the corn to the leftover yellow rice, use the left over black beans as a dip, you can add some jarred salsa to create or stretch the black beans to add to dip to use with chips. I sorta chop up the beans to make it easier to eat...
Saturday - Baked Spaghetti, layered with cheese for cheater lasagna, adding in a salad if you want to...
This is a quick run down so you can kind of get the idea of what I mean...