Saving Sometimes

One reason we don’t change our habits and become more frugal and thrifty is it seems like to big of a change.

This weeks Monday Money is about taking small steps.

There are times when a major step needs to occur, like if you are spending more than you are earning and are sinking deeper in debt with credit cards.

Other times, you can decide to weigh options and find ways to save sometimes.

We recently had some family members move out and we looked at the guest room and hallway and decided we need to do some carpet cleaning and other cleaning before Christmas.

We usually would call our loyal, friendly, professional carpet cleaners and they’d come over in a few days, do a good job and it would cost us $99 bucks.

This time I decided to check prices for renting a Rug Doctor machine.  I also found a couple of coupons, 3 bucks for cleaner, 5 for renting the machine.

I was guessing I could save around 50% in exchange for my time.

Saturday came.

I went to my neighborhood hardware store and they took both coupons.  I walked out with the regular Rug Doctor machine, a bottle of rug shampoo and total cost was $30.89.  A few hours later, 3 rooms and a hallway were clean and I saved 2/3 of what I normally pay to have the pros do it.

Are we always going to do it ourselves?

No.

But this time I saved over $60 bucks, got a little extra exercise and found another way to save sometimes, write about it and share it with you for Monday Money.