What a GREAT IDEA! I'll have to try that!

Another way to save is to use store rewards cards, coupons and buy things on sale! But here's the kicker!:   At the end of your receipt from most stores, it will usually state "You Saved $(such in such amount)." If not, you can calculate how much you saved on your own. document that savings in your checkbook, if you use your debt or a check as what I call "rewards," cajonlady0 refers to it as "hide-away." If you paid cash, take the "You Saved $___" amount and put it in savings or in your "rewards" or "hide-away" register. You'd be surprised as to how quickly that adds up! My husband once met a woman who was doing this every year since she'd use the double couponing of Ralph's from very young and she retired on 1.4 million dollars in 2003! Also, if you budget your grocery spending and you saved more than you had budgeted for groceries, take the funds left over and save it.