Money Saving Tips
Well, I went to Wal-mart today and thought on how I can save a little money. I decided to buy the second to cheapest toilette paper to try it out. I found out that this paper feels that same as the more expensive brands. I just saved about $2-$3 for the same amount. I think of toilet paper as an essential, however, I really believe after my new experience that one can save money and still have comfort. I was just reading on the Wikipedia and here is what I found.
Regarding toilet paper, as with any commercial product, deceptive marketing techniques are used. One of the most common is to increase the size of the empty hole or narrow the width and size of the paper. Fancy packaging is another common method, allied with carefully placed advertisements and publicity techniques.
(Source Wikipedia)
So, in short I save $2-$3 on toilet paper for the same amount but a cheaper brand. Now I can use that money to help me pay for an extra gallon of gas. We don’t want to talk about that at $2.97 a gallon where I am at!!!!
Well, I believe that I have saved a lot of money not using shaving cream Ever since I visited Madagascar in the late 90′s I have not used shaving cream. Instead I just use either bar soap or shampoo. The trick is to make the soap really foamy so that one can shave with it. So here is my calculation of saving money. Let say that I one goes through a can of shaving cream a month (since we are in the military we have to be clean shaven each day.) Since 1998 I have not used it so the calculation would be 12 X 10 X $4.00 (rough estimate for shaving cream) = $480.
I have save $480 dollars with several years. If I were to put this money away I would have have a few thousand. I am not saying do not go without shaving cream but it sure does save a lot money if you don’t have that much plus if you save money with toilet paper then you will money for gas. That is money money saving tip for the month. Could you live without shaving cream?