Small Changes – It All Counts

November 25, 2008 by  
Filed under Budget Planning

Its all to easy to think you need to make big changes to save for your wedding but small changes can make a signficant impact. If you make changes to your lifestyle, they can really help you build that wedding fund and get your piggy bank bulging. Here are a few tips to think about every day for the Budget Savvy Bride team.

1. Ladies who Lunch: Instead of buying a sandwiches – take your own to work!
2. Dib Dib Dib – Be Prepared: Buy advanced travel tickets/rail taking advantage of the discount it offers
3. Cut the Caffine: Are you a slave to Starbucks – well cut out one of those daily café lattes. They are calorific to boot!
4. Compare Prices: Decrease your food bill taking advantage of offers at your local supermarket. Own brands are far improved and can save you up to 40%!
5. Gossip Girl? Reduce your weekly magazine purchases – catch up on celeb gossip and fashion online.
6. Born to be driven? Cut down on taxi’s and getting walking more helping both your budget and your pre wedding fitness regime (double whammy!)
7. Bookworm? Borrow books from the library instead of purchasing them. How often are you going to read that book anyway
8. Are you a chatterbox? Reduce your mobile phone bill by finding a better mobile phone deal www.dialaphone.co.uk
9. Energy Savvy? Reduce your energy bill by shopping around for other suppliers – www.uswitch.com is a great place to start.
10. Renewing you car insurance – check out www.moneysupermarket.com and find the latest deals and discounts.

So savvy brides – get making small changes and build your wedding fund!

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