Save up those digital photos for deals!

Do you really need to print digital photographs the moment you take them? Why not tag them with Picasa (or another program) and save up all the tagged photos? When you find a great photo deal, print all of your photos in a batch.

That will save you cash as well as a extra trips to the photo lab.

For the ladies and metromen out there...

Need some TLC for your dry and damaged hair? Try showering and washing your hair every other day instead of daily. Your body's natural oils are the best at repairing your hair. You'll save your money from getting hot oil treatments....better yet, forgo the hair dyes, permanent straightening treatments or perms and you'll have a healthier head of hair! That'll save you at around $100 a month!

Dollar store substitutes

These items are great dollar store substitutes. The items are usually sold for more than $1 elsewhere and nobody really cares how much you bought it for.

Toilet plunger? Why pay >1 dollar for it?
Toilet scrub? Why pay >1 dollar for it?
Dish scrub? Why pay >1 dollar for it?

Those sorts of things can be substituted for by dollar store items. For things like this, it doesn't really matter about the quality of the dollar store item. If it ends up breaking, you can replace it. How often does a toilet plunger break anyway?

Anyhow, you decide for yourself. We don't really buy anything else from the dollar store (i.e. we avoid the food) other than household 'grunt' goods (i.e. scrubs, etc).

Smaller bath towels use less water

When you dry yourself after a shower, have you thought of using a smaller towel? It is just as effective and you will likely not notice things (i.e. you won't be colder) and I would argue that it is probably even faster to towel off with a smaller towel.

A smaller towel uses less water when it comes time to wash it. In addition, you can wash it more often so that you have fresher towels. Either way, you end up using less water in the long run. Try it!