{"id":235,"date":"2016-02-26T14:03:19","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T14:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=235"},"modified":"2016-02-26T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T14:03:19","slug":"saving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2016\/02\/26\/saving\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sibo-saving-money-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-236\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sibo-saving-money-2.png\" alt=\"Sibo saving money 2\" width=\"795\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sibo-saving-money-2.png 795w, https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sibo-saving-money-2-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How many people save? And for once I am not talking about saving water or electricity \u2013 I\u2019m talking about saving money &#8211; although of course when you save electricity \u2013 you also save money too!<\/p>\n<p>Somehow we never seem to have enough money to do all the things that we want to do.<\/p>\n<p>So I did some sleuthing on the internet and found some ways that a person can save money.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a list before you go shopping and stick to it.<\/li>\n<li>If you really want to buy something &#8211; wait a few days \u2013 like 30! Half the time you will decide you don\u2019t actually need it after all.<\/li>\n<li>Invite friends over instead of going out. Get your friends to bring plates of food too.<\/li>\n<li>Make your own presents instead of buying them.<\/li>\n<li>Clean out your cupboards. Don\u2019t just toss the stuff you don\u2019t want \u2013 have a garage sale or sell big items on-line.<\/li>\n<li>Drink more water \u2013 not only is this better for you than drinking cool drinks, but you can refill your bottle from the tap and keep it in the fridge.<\/li>\n<li>Stop smoking. Put the money that you would have spent on cigarettes in a jar for a month and then buy yourself a present \u2013 you\u2019ll be shattered at just how much it is.<\/li>\n<li>Swop books, games and DVD\u2019s with your friends instead of buying new ones.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t carry your credit card around with you \u2013 leave it at home for emergencies. That way you won\u2019t be tempted to buy something that you cannot afford.<\/li>\n<li>Pack your own sandwiches instead of grabbing something from the shop at lunch time.<\/li>\n<li>Eat a good breakfast \u2013 this will mean that you don\u2019t spend money on unhealthy snacks during the day.<\/li>\n<li>Keep an \u201cideas notebook\u201d in your pocket or bag \u2013 jot down any good ideas that you get and then you won\u2019t forget them.<\/li>\n<li>Check out free events in the newspaper.<\/li>\n<li>Grow your own veggies \u2013 or at least some of them.<\/li>\n<li>Carpool \u2013 not only is this great for the environment \u2013 it\u2019s a real money saver too.<\/li>\n<li>Join the library. It\u2019s free and there are plenty of books to read that you can borrow instead of buying. Plus they often have interesting events as well.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t speed. You\u2019ll save petrol and won\u2019t run the risk of getting speeding fines!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s start saving.<\/p>\n<p>Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many people save? And for once I am not talking about saving water or electricity \u2013 I\u2019m talking about saving money &#8211; although of course when you save electricity \u2013 you also save money too! Somehow we never seem to have enough money to do all the things that we want to do. So &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2016\/02\/26\/saving\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saving&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[29,41,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}