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Tips for moms to save time, money and energy Courtesy of ARAcontent  |
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 (ARA) - As a mom, you're always looking for ways to save time, money and energy to keep your house running smoothly. It’s not always easy to find time in the day for all the things you need to do, from balancing the family budget to running errands to shuttling family members between activities.
Here are some tips to help you reduce spending, cut back on running around and find extra time at the end of the day to relax and spend time with your kids.
1. Share errand duties with other moms.
That to-do list never seems to go away, and it shouldn't surprise you that other moms are also feeling overwhelmed. Wouldn't it be easier if you pooled your talents with some neighbors or good friends? One mom can hit the grocery store, another, the department store, while a third watches the children.
By teaming up and sharing duties once a week, you only have to do one job (which can be rotated weekly), cut down on gas money and impulse shopping expenses and have a weekly play date already organized for your children.
2. Shop garage sales.
If you have older children, this can become a fun scavenger hunt while you look for clothing and household items. Plus, garage sales get you and the children out of the house and into your neighborhood where you can socialize, bargain for good prices and potentially find a treasure.
3. Use MommySavesBig coupons.
Sure, clipping the newspaper is a good start, but online sites like MommySavesBig.com are designed especially for you. First of all, the coupons are tailored to moms who are looking for deals on grocery and household items, clothing, presents for family members, etc. Second, MommySavesBig.com was started as a blog by Anna Teoli, a mom herself, who posted a couple of printable coupons on her blog and then began receiving more and more coupon information from other moms.
Now MommySavesBig has more than 3 million visitors and carries printable coupons, promotional codes for online shopping, free stuff, mail-in rebate forms, free catalogs and magazines, sweepstakes entry forms and contest information. With those kinds of deals, there's no way you can't save money every week.
4. Bargain and trade.
As your children grow bigger, you're probably looking for larger clothes and different toys, and potentially a way to get rid of those items your children have outgrown. This is an excellent chance to bargain and trade and doesn't require much -- if any -- money. First contact your network of moms to find out if anyone else has children who are outgrowing their clothes and toys. Then go online and look at auction and trading sites, or pack everything in your car and visit stores that specialize in used items for children. Just think of how much you will save if you don't have to buy an entire new wardrobe for your children every year.
To find coupons online, visit printable-coupons.blogspot.com. To find coupon codes online, visit coupon-codes-online.blogspot.com.
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