{"id":569,"date":"2017-12-13T10:03:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T10:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=569"},"modified":"2017-12-13T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T10:03:42","slug":"making-it-through-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2017\/12\/13\/making-it-through-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Making it through December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Christmas time somehow we never seem to have enough money for everything. Even double cheques and bonuses seem to magically disappear. It is the time of year when the shops are full of goodies and you just feel like spending money.<\/p>\n<p>But of course, if you spend it all in December \u2013 then you are in deep trouble in January!<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sibo-saving-money-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-570 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sibo-saving-money-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sibo-saving-money-2.png 795w, https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sibo-saving-money-2-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sibo-saving-money-2-768x799.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 85vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few ways to help save money this December.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write a list before you go shopping and stick to it.<\/li>\n<li>Make your own Christmas presents instead of buying them. Check out <em>Pinterest<\/em> and other such sites \u2013 people are so clever and they come up with really stunning ideas to make gorgeous stuff out of easy to get materials.<\/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>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>Invite friends over instead of going out. Get your friends to bring plates of food too.<\/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. Or you could give something that you no longer use (that is still in good working order) to somebody else and brighten up their day.<\/li>\n<li>Swop books, games and DVD\u2019s with your friends instead of buying new ones.<\/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 money you will have saved.<\/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>Check out free events in the newspaper.<\/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>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>Don\u2019t speed. You\u2019ll save petrol and won\u2019t run the risk of getting speeding fines!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s all make it through December a bit more easily this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Christmas time somehow we never seem to have enough money for everything. Even double cheques and bonuses seem to magically disappear. It is the time of year when the shops are full of goodies and you just feel like spending money. But of course, if you spend it all in December \u2013 then you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2017\/12\/13\/making-it-through-december\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Making it through December&#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":[118,49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569"}],"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=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions\/571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}