How to Save Money Like a Mom
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Tags: Saving Money, Money, Life Hacking, Moms, Life Advice

How to Save Money Like a Mom

Easy and simple (mom approved) tips for saving money, so you have more for the important things in life.

“You paid how much?

Being a mom is hard, often thankless work, and it requires a rare combination of efficiency and frugality. Whether you’re a mom or you can barely get your own pants on in the morning (or both), we all can learn how to spend smarter and get more done, with a little grace and style, from the masters. Drop a few ice cubes in your coffee mug of Sauv Blanc and get ready to learn how to save money like a mom.

“You paid how much for that?” 😱🙄

Mom not only made every penny stretch as far as possible, she got her shopping done fast.

Piggy is something your mom might not actually know exists, but would absolutely tell you to install it right now if she did. It’s a free web browser extension that finds and applies any available coupon code when you’re on a store’s checkout page. Piggy makes sure you never overpay, and even pays you cash back rewards. Get Piggy for yourself, and then do mom a solid and install it on her web browser.

While you may think spending 2 hours researching the best possible price of a new coffee maker is a good way to spend your afternoon at work, moms don’t have time for that.

“Patience is a virtue, impulse is the enemy.”

“Patience is a virtue, impulse is the enemy.”

Mom isn’t a fool and didn’t raise one either. If you’re the “pitch a tent outside of a shopping mall just to get the latest overpriced version of the marginally improved product you already have” type, then we take that back, we don’t know your mom, but she did in fact raise a fool.

If you must splurge on a big ticket item such as a new phone, handbag, or TV, buy the previous version and make it last at least 2 or 3 (…or 5 like mom would) times longer than it takes for the next version to come out. Buying an new iPhone? Wait for the release of the latest version to buy the previous version at a decent discount. Avoid overpaying and feeling ripped off when when they inevitably release the newest version in six months.

“Hotels are for sleeping, vacations are for exploring.”

“Hotels are for sleeping, vacations are for exploring.”

Traveling has become an endless barrage of marginally valuable upgrades. Want more legroom or priority boarding on the plane? Add $25 and $50 to the ticket you spent 3 days researching. Want to get a scenic view and a big bathtub at the hotel? That’s an additional $75 per night. Mom isn’t buying it. She’s happy to wait 5 more minutes to board the plane and has no complaints about the standard room overlooking the parking lot at the hotel, if it means she can have more experiences.

Skip the menial “upgrades” along the way and spend your hard saved money on unique life experiences. Groupon is the first place to look for discounted rates on fun things to do. Peek is a mobile app for discovering and booking discounted activities. Whether you book a relaxing picnic in the park or a historic walking tour, you won’t regret getting out and experiencing the place you’re visiting. Besides no one “likes” pictures of 2 inches of extra legroom.