Good Saves of the Week

A great save for me was quitting smoking. What an awful habit! Even out in the Chicago suburbs a pack was running me $7 a day. I saved $196 a month that I'm now putting towards a credit card. Cha-ching.

From Jake

I had to get that cup of coffee daily so I would buy a cup everyday...now I make coffee at work and put that savings away. It is a great feeling knowing that I can do this.

From cindy

I went on Chantix to quite smoking and i did it! $10.50 in NY! I also refinanced my car from 587 to 491. I stopped my gym membership of $19.99 a month. And finally i got rid of the mattress and laptop payments i was financing which totalled $90 a month!

From Jonathan

Standing in checkout line with a 19 dollar purse. Thinking it's only 19 dollars 'cause it's on a great sale and it's so cheap! I even had the 20 dollars in my hand. I put it back and just moved 20 dollars into my savings account.....

From Elizabeth

I used to spend about $5/day on Starbucks lattes, plus a cookie or two a week as well. I saved for my own espresso machine which only cost me $150 and now I'm making my own lattes each day - plus saving the calories of those cookies!

From Heather

I saved more than $112 on textbooks for the semester. Instead of purchasing the books, I requested them from the university's Interlibrary Loan.

From Cheryl

Thrift stores are a great way to add to my wardrobe in an inexpensive, fun way. I cleaned out my closet and donated items I don't wear for a tax deduction. Now I find high end, name brand fashions and vintage items for $2.99 or less to spruce up my wardrobe.

From latatnall

Started using the texfree app on cell phones for unlimited free texting and saved $10 a month on the texting plan. Also signed up for a discount on our cell phones through my employer and now we save another $21 a month on our cell phone service and another $10 a month on our DSL internet service. It really pays to take advantage of employer discounts and look into free services!

From latatnall

Went to the movies Sunday and skipped my usual bag of popcorn. Saved another $5 towards our vacation!

From Jason