Monday, August 9, 2010

Top 2 Tuesday - Helpful Tips



Top 2 Tips
(money saving tips, beauty tips, DIY tips, cooking tips, cleaning tips, blogging tips, shopping tips etc)
~* Head over to Taylors Blog The Undomestic Momma to link up & play along *~

1. While online shopping leaving items you REALLY want to buy in your shopping cart for a few days- 
 I know it stinks to leave the items your dying to buy right then and there because you MUST have them.. You want your beloved UPS man to come to your house as soon as possible with your package, how could you hold off on not clicking "checkout".  I promise you, if you can wait 3-4 days without checking out that website will send you a coupon to your email inbox.  They WANT you to buy their items so when they see your holding out on buying them they will do whatever it takes to receive your money. && you receive a coupon!! who doesnt want 15%, 20%, 30% off?!? or maybe even buy $75 get $30 taken off your receipt at check out?!  TRUST ME ITS WORTH IT!!!


2. Always Shop With a List!
Before grocery shopping, write a list of the items you need. Then, when shopping, only buy those items. Avoid putting other things in your cart that catch your eye. This almost always works for me!  I stick to my list and only buy whats on it and/or I bring cash to buy groceries because then I wont try and buy things I dont need.

6 comments:

The Undomestic Mom said...

okay I need to do both of those things! That will for sure help my budget :) Thanks!!

Lindsey said...

i'm loving the checkout idea - i didn't realize they did that - looks like i will be doing more online shopping! ha
and i totally do that with my grocery list and ESPECIALLY at target - its so easy to get distracted and then i end up with everything i don't need rather than everything i need

Jennifer said...

These are both great tips! I always make a list when shopping, but of course I forget it half the time...this leads to me buying tons of things not on my list and skipping half of the things on my list!

Thanks!

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Karli said...

The leaving items in your cart tips is AWESOME! I've never done that but will certainly start to!

I too always shop with a list but I always stray.. Boo!

Helena said...

NO WAY. I didn't know that! I go online shopping all the time. Can I use this tip in a future post?

I'm stopping by from Top Two Tuesday

midwesterngal said...

I always always always keep online shopping items in "the cart" for days before I buy! I'd have so much stuff right now that I don't need if I didn't do that...haha