** Don’t buy sodas. They are bad for you, make your kids hyper, promote loss of calcium from your bones, and are empty calories that nobody needs.

** Make your own potato chips in the oven at home. As well as hashbrowns, and french fries.

** Leftover vegetables can be used in casseroles as well as stir fry or soup. Be creative!

** Don’t go to the store hungry. Eat a good meal before you go.

** Check to see if your store offers rein checks on items they have sold out of.

** Take advantage of free samples at the pharmacy in the grocery store. Often there is a basket of aspirin or nasal medication at the window. Don’t be shy. Everything comes in handy sometime.

So what are you going to do with all this extra money you have? Don’t go out and blow it on something else! Be wise and your family will benefit in the long run.

Begin paying extra toward the principle on your mortgage.

Put the money into a savings account and leave it there!

Cut up that credit card and use this money to pay off your debt!

Use the savings to purchase something that will help you save even more money, such as your own lawn mower so you don’t have to pay the boy down the street. Or a saw so you can cut your own fire wood instead of buying it from someone else. Think about how you spend your money. There are thousands of ways to cut back, use less, and save more!