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Choose the Important Things (and ditch the stuff that's not)
People often equate living the Cheapskates way with spending hours and hours shopping, cooking from scratch and cleaning. They think that to save money, you need to work hard and go without the luxuries in life.
Well I am here, along with my family, to prove them wrong.
Grocery shopping is not one of my favourite things to do so it's a certainty that I would spend less time than the average Australian in a supermarket or shopping centre.
When it comes to cooking, well lets face it, Gordon Ramsay would probably turn his nose up at my gastronomical delights, but even I can whip up a couple of pizzas in less time than it takes to get them delivered, for about half the price of one from the pizza shop! We can have a cooked from scratch meal on the table in under 30 minutes, even if we've just walked in the door after a long day. It can take that long to decide between pizza, Chinese or fish and chips if you are really tired. By the time you've rung and placed your order we are sitting down to a freshly prepared and cooked meal. The difference is that we have saved around $25 and get to sit down to eat exactly what we want.
While a cleaning fairy is on my 'one day' wish list you can be pretty sure that I don't spend any longer cleaning our home than most working mothers do. It's no harder to clean with water and a micro fibre cloth or a splash of vinegar and a sprinkle of bi-carb than it is to use an all in one spray cleaner. It takes me around 5 minutes every three months or so to make a batch of washing powder at a saving of around $20 and the plus is I am not lugging home a heavy box of laundry detergent every fortnight.
To keep life simple and easy, we have a basic housekeeping routine we stick too. It works, and keeps our home clean and comfortable with under and hour a day of hands on work.
The point I am trying to make is that the spendthrifts have it all wrong.
Cheapskates don't spend hours and hours trolling the shopping centres. We know what we want and where to get it at the cheapest possible price. Our trusty price books save us money and hours searching for the best bargains.
We don't spend hundreds of dollars on takeaway and home delivery meals. We have homemade takeaway, save a fortune and teach our children that you can have fun and save money at the same time.
We are not polluting our homes and our bodies with supposedly fast cleaning products. We use one or two multi-purpose products, such as Miracle Spray and Cheapskates Washing Powder, that do an excellent job and are budget priced.
We live within our budget, regularly adding to our saving accounts and emergency funds.
We eat tasty, freshly prepared meals with our families.
We spend time doing the things we enjoy with our families and friends.
Our homes are clean.
We wear fashionable clothes and dress our children well on our budgets.
We don't go without the things we need.
As Cheapskates we choose to spend our money, time and energy on the things that are important to us and not waste them on the unimportant stuff.
Well I am here, along with my family, to prove them wrong.
Grocery shopping is not one of my favourite things to do so it's a certainty that I would spend less time than the average Australian in a supermarket or shopping centre.
When it comes to cooking, well lets face it, Gordon Ramsay would probably turn his nose up at my gastronomical delights, but even I can whip up a couple of pizzas in less time than it takes to get them delivered, for about half the price of one from the pizza shop! We can have a cooked from scratch meal on the table in under 30 minutes, even if we've just walked in the door after a long day. It can take that long to decide between pizza, Chinese or fish and chips if you are really tired. By the time you've rung and placed your order we are sitting down to a freshly prepared and cooked meal. The difference is that we have saved around $25 and get to sit down to eat exactly what we want.
While a cleaning fairy is on my 'one day' wish list you can be pretty sure that I don't spend any longer cleaning our home than most working mothers do. It's no harder to clean with water and a micro fibre cloth or a splash of vinegar and a sprinkle of bi-carb than it is to use an all in one spray cleaner. It takes me around 5 minutes every three months or so to make a batch of washing powder at a saving of around $20 and the plus is I am not lugging home a heavy box of laundry detergent every fortnight.
To keep life simple and easy, we have a basic housekeeping routine we stick too. It works, and keeps our home clean and comfortable with under and hour a day of hands on work.
The point I am trying to make is that the spendthrifts have it all wrong.
Cheapskates don't spend hours and hours trolling the shopping centres. We know what we want and where to get it at the cheapest possible price. Our trusty price books save us money and hours searching for the best bargains.
We don't spend hundreds of dollars on takeaway and home delivery meals. We have homemade takeaway, save a fortune and teach our children that you can have fun and save money at the same time.
We are not polluting our homes and our bodies with supposedly fast cleaning products. We use one or two multi-purpose products, such as Miracle Spray and Cheapskates Washing Powder, that do an excellent job and are budget priced.
We live within our budget, regularly adding to our saving accounts and emergency funds.
We eat tasty, freshly prepared meals with our families.
We spend time doing the things we enjoy with our families and friends.
Our homes are clean.
We wear fashionable clothes and dress our children well on our budgets.
We don't go without the things we need.
As Cheapskates we choose to spend our money, time and energy on the things that are important to us and not waste them on the unimportant stuff.