Ok, I've been sharing a lot of "heavy" advice. I was trying to get out some of the biggest earning/savings items first, but I'm going to take this was easy.
It's not going to save you a million dollars, but it will save you some money, be healthy for you, and is good for the environment.
How much water do you drink every day? You are supposed to drink 1.0 liter for every 50lbs of weight (according to my chiropractor).
But, are you grabbing those 16.9oz single serving water bottles every morning on your way out the door?
I totally stopped doing that. As of the day that I'm writing this, Ralph's has an ad for their water $3.77 for a 32 case of 16.9oz water bottles. Plus CRV (there's no tax on water bottles). CRV in California is 5¢ on bottles less than 24oz. So, that is $5.37 per case of no-name-brand water. Maybe you grab two per day? Or three? And are they half drank and then thrown away? It is so much waste!
First of all, you should be recycling. BUT, we don't get the full value of the CRV back. And if you are grabbing sodas instead of waters, the soda IS taxed and therefore the CRV is taxed! Yup - they tax you on that - did you know that? You don't get the tax back on the redemption.
So, I started buying one 1.5 liter water bottles and then at night, I empty what's left over, clean it, and refill it with fresh, filtered water from my refrigerator. You can fill it at night and put it in the fridge to be nice and chilled the next morning.
After maybe a month or two, I retire that bottle to the recycle bin and get a new one.
I always have fresh water. I am WAY up on my water intake. And I'm saving a little money - I never need to stop an buy a water because I ran out.
Having trouble filling the water bottle from the refrigerator spout? Use a funnel. I keep it in the drawer closest to the fridge. It's just fresh clean water so it doesn't need to be washed - it can just be tossed back in the drawer.
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