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Tips for making your retiree income go farther  

Making your retirement dollars go farther can be as simple as  "Nudging your Budget"--trimming a little bit here and there.  This can allow you to keep your current lifestyle without having to make painful cuts.   Here are some other ideas for you:

7.  Let it grow, let it grow, let it grow.  In Europe many older women wear their hair long--often styled into a chic updo or elegant bun.  Now more American women are doing the same.  It should only take a moment to figure out how much you will save every year if you let your hair grow long.   

We even know several independent men who have let their hair grow and wear it in a single braid.   Whether they are doing it to save money or strictly for style--we do not know.  Either way, it gives them a very adventurous "I am my own man" look. 

  8.  See the Light.  Replacing standard light bulbs with Compact Florescent Light (CFL) bulbs can reduce your monthly electricity bill by 10% to 15%.  The real savings, however, come from not having to replace the old-fashioned standard bulbs.  Most CFL manufacturers claim that the bulbs will last 5 years.  In fact, some last much longer.  The newest budget stretching light bulbs are LEDs--but they are still very expensive.

9.  A Day Without Driving.  We all know that combining trips for errands can save gas money.  A new trend is to designate at least one day a week with no car trips at all.  It is quite surprising how much additional money you can save.  And by walking to local stores instead of driving, you will be getting your daily exercise, too.

More Budget Tips here.

A Real Life Retirement: 

10 years before she retired, Joan, a London journalist, moved into a new home.  Within a week she changed every light bulb to CFLs.  A decade later she had not needed to replace one of them.  They were still burning bright! 

NOTE:  All names on this site have been changed to protect individual privacy.  
The stories are real, the names are not. 

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