I for years have used rags for spills etc. and have only used one roll (if that much) of paper towels a year.

I train my mind to check my reward balances on credit cards in October which gives me time to redeem any available points and convert them into Christmas presents. I also have a cc that is use for business which gives me Amazon gift cards as I earn them, so I maintain a good sized wish list on Amazon so when I can redeem a certificate I already have an idea of what I want, including magazine subscriptions. Even though magazine subscriptions tend to be more expensive on Amazon than other deals you may get, using reward points mean you don’t spend anything out of pocket.

When our printer died a month prior to our warranty expiring (the one rare time we bought an extended warranty) we used the refund to buy a discontiued model with more features and cost less money than our refund, so we were able to get more office supplies at the same time. And prior to turning in the old printer we pulled the ink cartridge out and put it in the new printer. A year later we finally had to change the old cartridge to the one that came with the printer. So that was a significant savings on a laser cartridge.

There are many ways to save when you think things through.

Cheers!