 TITLE: How Much Money Can You Save by Being Frugal? CONTENT: Save Money on Day-to-Day Expenses\n---------------------------------\nOne of the best ways to adopt a frugal lifestyle and save money is to comb through your daily purchases and see what can be trimmed. When you're looking to curtail your spending, here are five common categories to consider for budget cuts.\n1.  Groceries: Who doesn't want to save money at the grocery store? In May 2020, the typical four-member household in the U.S. spent anywhere from $679 to $1,350 per month on groceries, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And it's common for a portion of those groceries to be thrown away due to spoilage. To cut costs and get the most out of your food purchases, come up with a weekly meal plan so that you and everybody else in your household stays on track and eats everything you buy. Clipping coupons and using price comparison apps are two more easy ways to trim your monthly grocery bill.\n2.  Transportation: For many of us, gassing up our cars is a big transportation expense. Regarding gas, you can curb costs by turning to a price comparison app like GasBuddy or using a credit card that rewards you for gas purchases. Other avenues for saving on transportation include carpooling, working at home instead of the office or commuting via public transit.\n3.  Entertainment: Cutting cable is one of the easiest approaches to reducing your entertainment spending. After you do that, you could switch to a cheaper video-streaming setup (think Netflix and Hulu) or you could downgrade to basic service.\n4.  Dining: According to one calculation, the average American could pocket nearly $37 per week by swapping all restaurant meals for home-cooked meals. But if you can't bear the thought of never eating restaurant food again, there are other ways to cut the fat from this part of your budget. You could, for instance, always fix breakfast in your kitchen, prepare your workday lunch at home and only sometimes eat food from a restaurant. It might be hard, but consider also giving up your daily caffeine fix from Starbucks and switch to coffee brewed at home.\n5.  Clothing: You might button up your apparel budget by keeping an eye out for sales, checking out coupon apps, hunting for deals at thrift stores, or searching the shelves and racks at discount retailers. To avoid shopping altogether, pick up a needle and thread and mend clothes that can be repaired. END