More Ways to Save Money

1. Steal Office Supplies. Never spend money on pens, paper, printing, or anything you can get for free at the office or someone else’s office.

2. Go To Happy Hours. If you like to socialize, figure out places with good deals during the week. Nearly every day, at every time, in a city like LA there is some place with a super good deal. 2 for 1 at Renee's on Tuesday night. Modelo madness is $2 Modelo Especial on Wednesday all night. You can eat the half priced apps.

Watch out, however, for getting suckered into buying non-happy hour items after the happy hour is over or when you get drunk and decide you need a $12 Jameson. That's how they get 'cha.

3. Only buy food you'll eat. A lot of people buy food they would LIKE to eat - like big heads of broccoli or bananas in bulk with the anticipation they will eat those foods. But when you're hungry you end up snacking on Triscuits and Cheese. You let the veggies go bad and then you buy more veggies. Don’t buy it unless you know you’ll eat it. Or force yourself to eat what you buy. That’s probably even healthier.

4. Don’t Gamble or go to strip clubs. You’ll always eventually lose money gambling and strip clubs will suck all your cash away.

5. Cut your own hair or have some girl who kinda knows what she’s doing cut it.

6. Take home leftovers...or as I like to call them, bestovers. They always make a good lunch the next day. Always. No matter what.

7. Get rides to the airport, forget shuttles or taxis. To not be a mooch, offer rides in return.

8. Quit your gym membership and start running, doing sit ups, and pull ups instead.

9. Get rid of the landline. Since everyone pretty much has a cell phone, if you’re single, without a family, why do you need a landline? Get cable internet if you want it. Plus, when you move, you won’t need to change numbers.

10. Do regular maintenance. By this I mean on your car and your body. Get the oil changed (better yet – do it yourself), get your teeth cleaned, and get physicals. How does this save money, you ask? It doesn’t...in the short run. However, preventative car for all things are cheaper in the long run. Ask anyone who needs gum surgery, root canals, fillings, or skin graftings to their teeth. Costly and will set you back. If you go to regular appointments, you can’t bad habits early and know about potential problems in the future. All the same stuff with respect to blood pressure, cancerous moles, any and all physical health related things. Regarding the car, regular oil changes will make your car last 30% longer and cut down on maintenance costs, which can really set you back.

Clearly, I do not do all my cost saving things suggested in my two lists, but if I did, I'd save more money.