what do you do with your money you save

United States
August 11, 2009 6:10pm CST
i have a bunch of empty food containers and i have labled them with things i want to save money for and after i go shopping i take the money that i saved from using all my coupons and i split it up between them that way when i have as much as i need then i can get what i want . like right now i have one that says fridge on it because i want a new one then i have one that says florda on it because thats where we wanna go next year for our vaccation and i have a couple others plus i have my own change bank that the money in there is for me to do what ever i want .
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@patofgold23 (5069)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
hey...you just gave me an idea!!! tnx psych!
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• United States
12 Aug 09
not problem , so far its been working for me , i hope it works for you as well that way you can save the monney you want to save for the thing or things you want to save it for.
@aprces (1082)
• China
12 Aug 09
Good Method!The Advantage Of Label Is Every Containers has its own particular objective.They Let You Know One Detailed Goal As A Reminder Is Always Exist All The Time I Think When Dipping Into Your Purse,Labels On The Container Will Stop Your Hands Going Ahead Anyway,This Is Really A Good Method To Save MoneyI'll Take It
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• United States
12 Aug 09
so far its been working and when the jar or jars get full i take the change cash it in and put the cash in a envalope labled and lock it in my safe that i have that way the only one in my house that knows where it is is me and i am the only one who knows how much is there.
• United Arab Emirates
12 Aug 09
I keep my saved amount in empty bottles of water too and label them as savings. Its mostly loose change and some small currency notes. Mostly count it all at the end of every month and paln to buy my hubby a car or new ring...Apart from that they are other savings which i collect in coat pockets, thats persoanl and attends to my personal budgeting like a watch or dio perfume etc..
• United States
12 Aug 09
i have my own checking account for that , i just don't want the money that we will use for family stuff in that account because then it may get spent and then we will not be able to do family things but so far this is working for me.
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
13 Aug 09
That is a clever idea. I have done that before, I wanted to buy a patio set, so I saved for a couple of years throwing my change in to this big glass holder. I was finally able to buy it and we still have it, I got a really nice one too. I also always keep a piggy bank for our vacation every year. We are usually able to go on a nice vacation with some of our tax return money combined with the piggy bank money.
• United States
13 Aug 09
it's always good to save money for a vaccation wrather it be a weekend getaway or just a daycation which ever like on monday we took the kids to idiwild park for my birthdau because all i wanted was to spend time with the family out of the house so it was nice and we are going to take then to 2 other parks as well and to camp and we are saing to go to flordia next summer for a week.
@jen14ed (865)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
i have no saving money. now my only money now is 10pesos if i have more saving money i will buy laptop cellphone psp nintendo wii gold accessories and i will buy house and lot luxury car. and many more i want them all if i have more money. i go shopping everyday
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@cctvzc (36)
• China
12 Aug 09
You made a very good suggestion.I like to save my pocket money usually to buy some things that I want.Meanwhile,I believe that myloters should have a plan for their money to deal with some sudden happening.
• United States
12 Aug 09
i am working on getting a jar for that as well like i said i have a bunch of jars with lables on them so i know what the money in it is for.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
12 Aug 09
That seems like a good system. For us, we are trying to get out of debt, so all of our extra money goes to that.
• United States
12 Aug 09
i will always be in debt because when i became disabled and could no longer work i tryed talking to the credit card companies to give them what i can and they said no they wanted $350.00 a month which i don't have so there is no way for me to fix that.
@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
20 Aug 09
Loose change I put in a jar and keep for odds and ends things that come up, like needing money for the toll road. Extra money that's in our checking account I move into our savings accounts. Every paycheck I save money in our household savings account and the tax savings account. I'm concerned we're going to owe money on our taxes next year because of the lower withholding they're doing this year. We have different things we save for too.
• United States
12 Aug 09
I haven't really done anything with the money I've started to save. It's just sitting in my savings account right now. I'm actually thinking about saving a lot of it up and using it for fall back purposes and for Christmas shopping for this year since I've got a job and will be able to pay for a lot of things on my own this year. It's always nice to be able to buy the things I want to buy for myself and for others. Plus, I'd really like to save some money in case something comes up in which I've got to fall back on my savings account. You've got to plan ahead and I don't want to not have any money saved in case something comes up.
• United States
12 Aug 09
i closed my savings account because all the banks around here have a min if you fall below it they charge you $2 and i can not garentee to keep the min in there when i have children things may come up so i have it locked in a safe so i don't get charged
• United States
20 Aug 09
When I use coupons I just figure it into my food budget and that alows me to get more things for my money. When I get mail in rebates and things like that I put them in out fun money savings account that we use for date nights and dinners out as a family. When I get change I put it in a bottle and we use that to pay our kids weekly allowance. They get more excited about eight quarters then two dollars and it takes less planning for me.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
12 Aug 09
we throw our loose change into a tin that looks like a minature milk can (the type that farmers used to use) and with that money, we use it for family outings such as going to an amusement park or other things such as going out for ice cream for a treat.
• United States
12 Aug 09
we have a jar for that as well so that way we can take the kids out for awhile and have some fun i have so many change jars in my room its not funny i even have some for my 4 children because i am trying to teach them how to save for something they want my daughter is only 1 so she really don't have the chance to wanna spend it but my 3 boys who are 11,3 , and will be 7 on the 18th son they always wanna spend money they get that from there dad i am the saver hes the spender so i have to hide it some times
@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
13 Aug 09
I dont really do like you do and label containers with what i want. I have my money sorted by what i saved it from - like coupons, change, "work on the side" and i keep track of what i have. Money i save goes to things like trips to see my boyfriend, my nintendo wii purchase & games, clothing, camping trips, my park pass. Things that are extra that i generally cant afford to get or do if i dont save.
@cindyhxf (1446)
• China
12 Aug 09
i will buy house with my saving money i wanted to do it for a long time.but it is still not enough the house so hight in my city.i use some to buy stock and i hope i get money from stock
• United States
12 Aug 09
that is a good goal i hope you make it i just bought one 3 years ago and i am paying less on my morgage than i would for rent so i am happy with it plus we put some work in it and will do some more work on it but we save money because my husband can do it all himself on his days off so that saves us a lot of money, but i hope you reach your goal and get a house.
@marguicha (223776)
• Chile
12 Aug 09
I also have a piggybank that is for vacations. Thant money, the money I earn online and some small amount of dollars they give me for the use of my credit card all go towards traveling. The smaller coins are for eggs as I have a place near my house that sells better eggs and less expensive than at the super. Take care
• United States
12 Aug 09
i have a few of them for a few diffrent things most of it goes in the one for vaccation next summer because we want to go to florda for a week with the children so thats where most of mine goes so by the summer i should have a good bit of money saved to help pay for it.
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
12 Aug 09
wow! you are organized, I'm pressed to remember to take the change out of my pockets!
• United States
12 Aug 09
I wish I could do it that way but I know my hubby wouldn't be able to keep himself from snitching that money for cigs or whatever. SO one must be cautious in saving. I'm hoping to pay off a dept store credit card and then work twards paying down our van.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
12 Aug 09
That's why people like to save - they want to use the saved money on some stuff that they don'r expect or they want it to be travel money or what so ever.
@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I like to spend the saved money on useful stuff like shopping(hahahahahaha) kidding!:-p It would be nice to have saved money for shopping or travling etc all those luxury stuff but if I need money on something more important, I would definitely use it instead.
• Malaysia
13 Aug 09
I am never good at saving money because everytime I save a little bit, I will use it. It happens every time since I was small. i get tempted to buy things I like vey easily. But good to know people like you can save money though.
@pushkin69 (546)
12 Aug 09
Thats a good idea to have the containers and must keep you motivated. I dont seem to be able to save much at the moment. We are heading to Australia in October so I think we should start saving fast!