...To a delux apartment in the sky!

[bluestarultor]

For food:
- Do your own cooking. It's cheaper than eating out.
- Buy meat on sale and stock up when you do. Frozen, it will last you ages. I had 20-year-old duck once and it tasted great.
- Frozen veggies are actually better for you then fresh sometimes. Stock up on frozen veggies. Also, freeze yourself some grapes. They're delicious that way.
- Buy milk by the gallon. It's overall cheaper and you get a good two weeks out of it if you don't drink it first.
- Eat a lot of oatmeal. It sticks with you, so you aren't hungry again for a while.

For heat:
- Set your thermostat to 68 if you can bear it. I personally need it at 70 or it's impossible for me to wake up in the morning.
- Got a dishwasher? Does it heat dry? Don't use the heat dry. Open it up and let the dishes air dry. It'll add heat and humidity to your home.
- Keep closets and such shut. They just mean more space that needs to be heated if left open.
- Is it warm out? Open a window and let it in. Close it when it gets cool.
- Do you take showers? Don't turn on the fan. You're siphoning out heat and humidity that could be going into your home. Leave the bathroom door open, instead.

For cooling:
- Is it cool out? Open a window and let it in. Close it when it heats up.
- Fans go a long way unless it's unbearably humid.
- If you have the sun beating in from a southern exposure or something, pull the blinds/shades/drapes to keep it out.

For electricity:
- Do you have a TV? A laptop? A console? A device with a clock? Unplug it when you're not using it. They still eat energy even when off, because they don't actually turn off so much as go into a standby mode. Minus laptops. The computer shuts off, but the power supply on the cord doesn't, and you don't need it pulling juice if it's not being used.
- This may sound simple, but turn the lights off when you leave a room.
- Invest in a shake flash light. It saves on batteries. Make sure it has a capacitor and not an internal battery that will wear out.