Bring Your Own Beverage to Save Money

Want to cut your fast food bill?  B.Y.O.B.  When you go out for a drive or to get a fast food lunch, bring your own bottle of water.  Instead of paying $1.59, $1.79, or more for a beverage, you'll be paying 15 to 20 cents for bottle water at the grocery store.  If you want to save even more, fill your own bottle from the tap!  We've saved a ton of money by taking water with us when we leave the house!

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Cheap Stereos from the Thrift Store

Even if you are broke, you can still enjoy music.  The key is to be a little behind the times in your stereo system and your media selection.  For example, you can get music on cassette at your local thrift store for about 99 cents.

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 You can get CD's there for 2 or 3 dollars.  You can get a compact stereo system there for $30 or less.  You can get a full-sized stereo receiver for $50.  You don't have to go the trendy route; you can follow your own path and adopt technologies at price points that work for you!

Here's how --

How to Buy a Stereo at the Thrift Store

A Cheap Chocolate Fix

If you want to save money and crave the taste of chocolate, skip the candy aisle and hit the bakery aisle.  You can buy bags of chocolate chips in the bakery aisle.  At Publix, you can get a bag of store-brand semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips for only $2.29 a bag.  If you eat them one at a time and let them melt in your mouth, they will last for a very long time!

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