mrfrugal

Hello fellow savers,

I am here to spread the word, the word that will help you during these tough economic times. Are you ready, here it is, the word of the day is SAVE. Save, what a wonderful word. Who do you know that does not like to save money, time, gas, energy (money), ice-cream for a late night snack? Even the so called high class snotty women like to save; how else will they pay for their plastic surgery.

I just received my electricity bill today and it was high for my standards, $102. I know that may be low for some during one of the hottest mid-June to mid-July months on record but that is the highest electricity bills in two years. Yes, the rates were raised by 5% from the previous year but that is no excuse for my failure on keeping my utility bills low. I have a plan though, I recently replaced all my recess lighting standard flood lights (60w) in my kitchen with four fluorescent flood lights. Not only will I save money from electricity from the lights being on but the fluorescent lights also give off way less heat than the standard 60w bulbs. That means less time my air conditioner will be on (can you hear the chi-ching).

And that is just the start; I plan on replacing all my recess light bulbs after this test run is over next month to see if it is worth me getting rid of 12 standard lights with the fluorescent bulbs. Remember, the fluorescent bulbs are about $9 for a pack of two at Home Depot compared to the standard $4.50 for a pack of two standard flood lights.

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