10 Money Saving Tips for Your Wedding
Posted By Darlene on February 15, 2012
10 ways to save money if you’re a bride on a tight budget and they have NOTHING to do with DIY!! Unless you count doing your own manis, brewing your own coffee, and chopping your own vegetables!
1. Skip drive-through coffee drinks. Frequent visits to the coffee shop in the morning, could be costing you as much as $450 a year!! Brew it at home, pour it in a thermos and take it with you.
2. Avoid vending machines. Vending machines often win out when you need a quick snack at work or in between college classes. Buy snacks and soft drinks in bulk and keep a stash at your desk or pack them in a container as you head out for classes. You could save $197 a year!
3. Dump the Bottled water. If you purchase a $1 bottle of water every day you would be spending $365 a year. Buying bottles of water in bulk saves money, but you could still be spending up to $100 a year just for one person. And that’s just one bottle. You need at least 4 of those every day! Save up to $1300 a year by adding a $30 filter to your tap for clean water on demand. Take it with you in a self-filtering water bottle for about $10.
4. Have a girls night in: Invite your girls over for a spa party. Take turn giving manis, pedis, and even neck massages. Totally a no-cost evening catching up with your your friends. Substituting one night out a month with the girls for a night in with your own homemade snacks and drinks could save you $100 a year.
5. Go to the salon quarterly. By changing your polish at home in between appointments you could save more than $600 a year. You can find your favorite colors for as little as $4 per bottle.
6. Avoid the gym. What??? But you say, “No! I want to look good on my wedding day.” I know. Besides going outdoors for a walk, look for discounts for 50% or more on local yoga classes or boot camps on group buying sites (groupon.com and livingsocial.com). The possibility of saving as much as $700 year is worth the research!
7. Substitute store brands for name brands. Did you know that basic staples like flour, pasta, eggs and milk are generally the same no matter the producer so why pay extra for the brand name? Substituting 6 staples a month = up to $288 savings per year.
8. Chop your own veggies. We all love convenience but if you spend just 10 minutes with a knife, you can save $130 a year!
9. Commute. Cutting out 2 paid parking spots per week ($3 each) saves more than $300 a year. Let’s say you spend just $5 a day in gas, carpooling with co-workers or college classmates once a week saves $250 a year! Scheduling your appointments to one day or combining your errands in one trip will help you save even more.
10. Dry Clean at home. Dry Cleaning is a big budget buster! If you make frequent trips to the cleaners you are probably spending up to $3,100 a year in dry cleaning costs! WOW! Purchase an at home dry-cleaning kit for $10 that cleans approximately 24 items.
Add all these savings up and you’ve got some serious cash for your wedding!! (A total $5,865!!) Most couples are engaged for a year and doing just *one* of these tips will allow you to purchase something for your wedding in the next year. It will also help you get started in the right direction for saving for your first home. A little sacrifice is worth it in the long run, don’t you think? Are you willing to forego one or more things on this list for your wedding? Skipping the coffee shop…now…that’s a tough one!
**Statistics from All You. Visit them at www.allyou.com for money saving tips all year round.
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