Places to Save Money in NYC

When I first moved to the city I was dumbstruck by the price of produce. A single lemon cost a dollar! Eight dollars for eggs! Eight dollars at D'Agostino's no less ,which to me is a really low end grocery store with rude workers. I was and still am blown away by these prices. I found the only reasonable solution was to shop at the Trader Joe's in Union Square. If you've been in TJ's you know that the line is insane, and literally out the door. Go on a Saturday night. Or suck it up and get up and go right when the store opens. It is worth your while. You will probably save thirty percent or more on what you would have paid at a regular grocery store in the city

Another way to save is to go to Duane Reade and actually use their points card. You get two points for every dollar, and once you reach a hundred you get a five dollar coupon. That's five extra dollars probably every month for someone. Which is sixty dollars a year or more. Take that five bucks and put it towards the expensive shampoo or conditioner you feel guilty buying.

My last money saver idea was a brilliant find. When I was back home in California over the summer I went to Walgreens to fill a prescription for my birth control. When I told them I didn't have insurance anymore they asked if I wanted to sign up for Walgreens' insurance. I asked a few questions and then bought their insurance for twenty bucks. When they filled my birth control I saved ten more dollars on it, on their insurance, than I was with Blue Cross. How is that possible??? Since August I've saved over a hundred dollars. It is such a deal. You can even have their insurance if you have insurance, and your insurance doesn't cover very much on your prescriptions. Look into it. It's a must.

xx,

JR