Since deciding to stay home and raise a family, we have been on a tight budget. We are always looking for ways to cut corners and easy ways to save money. I cooked a lot of meals from scratch and we only go out to dinner for a treat or to celebrate an occasion. We do not buy new items for the house unless something is broken and we have been known to shop a a thrift store or two. All thee are fine ways to save money for your family, but are there more ways to loosen the belt about that tight little budget? Here are  few ideas if you too are looking for some corners to cut in your home!
- Credit Cards: First of all, stop using them! Second of all, shop around for a better interest rate. Many credit card companies will be happy to take the balance on your existing cards and offer you a lower interest rate.
- Appliances: If you are in the market to replace an older appliance, you should shop around. Many stores will offer you the lower price advertised by competing companies. Also, whenever possible, purchase energy saving models which not only save money on your utility bill but you can often take a tax break.
- Clothing: If you shop at the end of a season for the upcoming year, you can save upwards of 80-90%. You can save hundreds when you are shopping for back to school clothing.
- Be Eco-Friendly: Wherever you can “go green” in your home, you have potential to save money. We recycle, use products made from recycled materials and even use re-usable paper towels. Another great way to save is by drinking water in re-usable cups and glasses instead of buying bottled water. If I am going to use the same cup or glass over and over, I want them to be colorful, humorous or interesting. The reusable drinkware that makes drinking my coffee and the kids juice more fun are those from Vessel Drinkware.
Easy Ways To Save Money
Once I calculated the savings of drinking from re-usable drinkware, I could not believe it. We go through at least 2 cases (24 bottles each) of bottled water for a total cost of more than $50 a month. That is a tank of gas, a trip to the farmer’s market or a haircut. Because we are on the go a lot, I wanted to find drinkware that would travel well. That is why I really love the products from Vessel Drinkware. They are made of superior acrylic so that they are extremely sturdy and well made and can take a few hits. There are a ton of choices on their website, so it took me a while to narrow down my choices!
I finally decided on the 16 oz Zombie Acrylic Tumbler for Henry, the 20 oz. Purple Peace Sign for Caitlin and the 20 oz. Mustache tumbler for Chelsea. For myself, I chose the 16 oz Double Wall Porcelain Cup in the Origami. I love my cup because it is perfect for my morning coffee and then I can rinse it out and switch to my flavored water. The double wall keeps my coffee hot and my water cold, which makes things so much easier. For the kids, they can easily twist off the tops of their tumblers and refill them before we head to the park. You can also choose from glass bottles and tumblers, stainless steel, copolyester and polypro. You can purchase the Vessel Drinkware products from their website. My tumblers ranged in price from $12.99-$13.99 each.
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I love the Bacon Conquers All tumbler!
Cobra 44oz stainless steel
Thanks for the giveaway… we like the POLYPRO 20 ounce tumblers
I like the 16 ounce double-wall glass tumblers.
my favorite is the Bonsai:
Bonsai 16oz
A tranquil painted bonsai tree. PRODUCT CARE Stainless tumblers keep hot drinks hot without scorching your hands.
I like the bluejay stainless thermal cup.
Love there 16 ounce double-wall glass tumblers – no more sweaty glasses!
I like the polypro tumbler. I love the designs and flexibility of use!
Animal world tumblers
I like their stainless steel water bottles
The polypro bottles look really cool 🙂
I like the Lanterns 14 oz. stainless tumbler.
I would say the stainless steel or the glass would be my favorite. I would prefer glass but having butter fingers and kids around glass is always my worst nightmare.
I like the glass tumblers but I do also like the zombie cup too
my favorite product is the stainless steel
I like the 20 oz acrylic tumbler with the birdcage theme
16 oz double wall tumbler
The Cobra 44oz. Stainless Bottle is my favorite.
16 ounce double-wall glass tumblers.
16 ounce double wall tumblers are my fave.
I like the Eastman Tritan Copolyester bottles
I like the 16 ounce double-wall glass tumblers.
I like the 16 oz bamboo dragonfly porcelain tumbler.
The glass tumblers are very nice
I like the glass tumblers and the glass bottles
I like Poppy Glass Tumbler.
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I like their double-wall porcelain mugs
I like the glass tumblers
The glass bottles are my favorite I could use them for a lot of things!
My favorite product is the 16-oz. Tumbler!
Item # crd88744 is my favorite – 16 oz tumbler with cardinals.
The 16 oz. Glass Tumblers are my favorite.
I like the Blue Jay 16 oz tumbler
I love the Bamboo Dragonfly 16oz -that is so beautiful. Also I know my friend would love the Glass Bottle with the huge buck on it!!
My favorite is the Giraffes 22 oz.
i like the fire dragons design
I like the animal world 14 oz Stainless Tumbler
I like the Bamboo dragonfly cup
The glass tumblers
I love the “Animal World – 16 0z” filtered bottle!
I really like the Glass Bottles, especially
The 16 oz. Glass Tumblers are my favorite.
I like the Animal World 16 oz!
I like the glass tumblers a lot =]
Ive been in need of a coffee container — I really love the 14 oz stainless Happy Tails. Such a fun design!
I love the Eastman Tritan® Copolyester Animal World 16oz 🙂
i LIKE THE PEACE SIGN GLASS TUMBLER.
I love the twisted heart porcelain tumbler! Hearts are awesome, and I may or may not be addicted to coffee 😉
I like the Bacon 16oz tumbler
Bitch cup LOL
My fave is the Love, Cupcake acrylic tumbler. Cute!
Animal world 14 oz.
Glass bottle with moose.
I like the 22 oz glass giraffes
I don’t know if its one specific product. I like what the products are made of and I think its smart to have a selection for the whole family. And the double liner for coffee… is a life saver for us die hard coffee lovers.
I like the Glasses 16oz Acrylic Cup.
I think the purple peace sign tumbler is appropriate!
I like the Zombie Apocalypse 16oz stainless cup
lovee the glass bottles!
I like the Blue Jay stainless steel cup.
bamboo dragonfly
black lightening 20oz
I love the Acrylic Tumblers
I really like the Fu Manchu glass tumbler 😀
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I love the black lightening 20oz
Animal World 16 oz.
I like the 17 oz. Zombie Apocalypse!
I love the polypro poison cup
I like the peace sign glass tumbler.
The Glass bottles are cool!
I like the Painted Peacock Acrylic Tumber.
Id pick the peace sign glass tumbler. I like the antler stainless steel also.
Eastman Tritan Copolyester Bottles
I love the Love Cupcake porcelain mug!
I like the Acrylic ones the best. Those things are so darned expensive for a single one and I’ve been wanting one forever.
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My favorite is the 20 Oz. Purple Peace Sign.
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My favorite is the Glass Tumblers.
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I like the glass tumblers,
I love the Bonsai 22 ounce glass tumbler! Very pretty!
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I like the porcelian mug with the squirrel and acorn on it.
I like the winter wonderland style.
I like the 16 oz. birdcages
I think my favorite is the one with the mustache.
16 oz birdcage tumbler
I like the stainless steel tumblers.
I like the Animal World Stainless Tumbler and the Porcelain tumblers.
I like the acrylic glasses the best. My favorite is the green with a bonsai tree on the front.
I love the Polypro tumblers!
I like the zombie cup
I like the Goldfish Watch 16 Ounce:
eastman tritman and I like the glass ones too
Animal World 16oz
porcelain mug
I like the glass tumblers, great for hot and cold
I love the Fu Manchu glass tumbler
I like the glass bottle that says Old Fashioned Liquor.
I like the acrylic butterfly meadow cup
i like the acrylic tumblers.
I love the Love, Cupcake 16oz
acrylic or the glass tumbler with the skull
I love the glass bottle with the poppies and porcelain mug with the nesting dolls.
I like the Eastman Tritan Copolyester ones. I have and use Acrylic cups everyday. Since I won a Keurig I save a lot of money by not going to starbucks so much. Thank you 🙂
I like the glass tumblers.
bees and blossoms 16oz glass is my favorite
I like the 16 oz Double Wall Porcelain Cup in the Origami
I really like the Thai elephant tumbler!
I like the poppies glass bottle.
Polypro Caution
I LOVE the glass tumblers!!
Definitely the coffee tumbler.
And thank you for asking,
I love the glass tumblers.
polypro with the koi fish
I can’t decide whether I like the 16oz Bamboo Dragonfly porcelain tumbler or the 16oz Lanterns stainless tumbler more.
the glass tumblers
I like the 16 oz mustache tritan
I like the Stainless Steel Eastman Tritan
i like the glass tumblers
My favorite product is the Fire Dragons 20oz Acrylic tumbler.
Panda dance 16oz
polypro. we’re big coffee drinkers
I like their Stainless Steel Tumblers….they have some cute designs on their products.
I like the Stainless Steel bottles.
my favorite is the glass tumblers, thank you
The copolyester. It seemed like the set I’d have a hard time breaking.
I like the 16 oz mustache tritan
I like the 12oz Dream Tree stainless steel cup.
The variety of tumblers, never had a glass one that be cool
I like the stainless steel tumbler in the birdcages pattern.
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I like the glass tumblers
I like the Stainless Steel Eastman Tritan – thank you.
The Porcelain Mugs are my favorite product.
The acrylic ones would be great for my kids.
I like the glass tumblers.
The orange flip-top tumbler would be awesome to win, I think that’s my favorite.
I love the goldfish watch 16oz. I’m kind of a cat lover.
My favorite are the 16 ounce double-wall glass tumblers.
Eastman Tritan Copolyester cups
I love the Crowned Owl stainless bottle.
I like the 16oz. birdcage glass tumbler!
My favorite are the Acrylic tumblers.
I love the acrylic tumblers!
I like the glass tumblers
I like the Panda Dance 2002 200z!
I like the glass tumblers.
I like the glass tumblers.
I like the glass tumblers a lot
glass tumblers are cool. I have many plastic ones.
I love owls, so the crowned owl 20 oz acrylic cup is my fave! I pretty much love all of the products, though 🙂
I love their glass tumblers. I’ve never had a glass bottle.
I like the peace sign tumbler
I love the zombie one! So cute!!
I like the Eastman Tritan Copolyester in the Monkey tree print
Peace glass tumbler
I love the crowned owl tumbler 20 oz
I like the porcelain cup with the antlers on it.
I like the Goldfish Watch 16oz
I love the peace sign tumbler with the bird on it
We love the purple peace sign cup.
the glass tumblers
The Peace glass tumbler 🙂
I have a Klean Kanteen, so I really like the porcelain tumblers.
love the glass tumblers!
My favorite one is the 16 oz bacon conquers all cup.
really,who doesn’t love bacon?!
I love the Red & yellow stainless steel tumbler.
I like the bamboo dragonfly 16 oz
I love the porcelain mug with the Antlers on it!
I love all of their tumblers. They are so great!
I love the Zombie Apocalypse glass!
I like their eastman tritan copolyester!
love the peace glass tumbler
I like the polypro series! 😀 Especially the caution one. LOL
love the glass tumblers
Love the stainless steel tumblers. so durable!
I like the glass bottles and glass tumblers.
glass tumblers!!!!
birdcages tumbler
I need the glass bottles!
I like the Glass Tumblers
I like the Bamboo Dragonfly glass mugs, but my granddaughter would LUV the Zombie Apocalypse.
the glass tumblers
I like the polypropylene cups.
I like the Butterfly Meadow 11oz.
I like the Eastman Tritan Copolyester.
I like the glass tumblers
i love the glass tumblers i sure need new ones
That Zombie Apocalypse tumbler is hilarious!
I like and could really use the water bottle. My husband is constantly dropping them off of roofs, and very few survive the fall.
I like them all but the one I like best is the stainless steel tumblers.
I really like the double walled glass tumblers with the strainers. I like to put herbs in my water, but not always get a big mouthful.
I like the stainless steel tumblers
Hard to decide! I like the polypro.
I think my favorite is the Birdcages 20oz Tumbler with Straw. I didn’t realize that type of tumbler can be used for hot or cold drinks. Nice.
I love the glass tumblers!