1. Car boot. May is a great time for doing car boots! There are usually ones on each bank holiday weekend during May and the weather is nice enough for people to come out. Gather up your junk and see what you can sell.
2. Ebay. More expensive things are better to sell on ebay. Likewise for heavier items such as furniture.
3. Facebook selling pages. I do this for bundles of baby clothes that we won't be using any more. It is good for selling things quickly. Most items I post up are collected same day.
4. Direct debits. Check through them. Is there anything on there that shouldn't be? Can you cancel any subscriptions you have?
5. Sell your mobile/old CD's/DVD's. Websites like Musicmagpie are great for getting rid of CD's. I was recently given in excess of 100 old DVD's by a neighbour and after I had sifted through which I wanted to keep and which I didn't, I popped the info into MusicMagpie and got myself £65! Selling our old mobile phones got us £30. That is better than keeping them in a bedside drawer.
6. Pick up change. We have a change pot for all the odd bits of change that bulk up our purse/wallet. If we see change thrown on the pavement this gets picked up and put in the pot. We empty it every 3 months or so and get about £25 a time.
7. Plan your meals. Work out what you really need to buy on each shopping trip to make your meals for the week. This saves on buying things that won't get used, and things that you already from going out of date. The money you save can be used to put towards a treat.
Thanks for reading,
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