Many people think they need to take drastic measures in their lives to save themselves financially, but this is not always the case. Sometimes you can do a lot of little things and find yourself saving hundreds of dollars per month. Here are ten simple things that you can do which will save you money.

Use Power Strips – When you’re not using appliances, they suck up a lot of juice anyway. The only way to make sure they’re drawing nothing is to un-plug them. Put all of your electronics that you use together on a power-strip, and when you’re not using them, flip off the switch and they’ll stop sucking juice.

Use the Library – Don’t go to Amazon.com every time you’re looking for something to read. The library has all sorts of free books you can read, and when you’re done with them, you can just give them back rather than having a whole bunch of books you’ll never read again take up space on a book-shelf.

Brew Your Own Coffee – This advice has been given dozens of times before, but it’s a great illustration. You can pretty easily make coffee at home for you and your spouse for $20.00 a month by buying a few bags of beans of Folgers, but you’d be spending 3 times that easily if you were stopping by Star Bucks every morning.

Cut Your Own Hair – If you’re a guy, this is definitely the way to go. Get out the electric-sheers, set it to whatever length you desire, and cut your own hair. It’s almost impossible to mess up, and saves you a trip to the barber.

Buy Compact Florescent Light Bulbs – There’s no reason not to get these anymore. You will notice a significant decrease in your power-bill each month by moving over to them, it’s definitely worth the up-front cost.

Get a Water Filter – Get a Brita or Pur water filter, they’ll cost about $20.00 and give you 3 months of water that’s just as good as Aquafina or Dasani. It’s a far better deal than buying bottled water in cases.

Cancel Your Magazine and Paper Subscriptions – Just about everything you get in paper can be had online for free or less money now, there’s no reason to keep subscribing to magazines, especially if you never really read them.

Take Your Lunch to Work – You can go out to eat once a week or so, but for the other days bring a sack lunch to work. Make something good for yourself the night before and bring it with you. You’ll save hundreds of dollars over the course of the year by doing this.

Don’t Buy Retail – Whenever you’re going to buy something over $20.00, head on over to Amazon.com and see if you can get the item from the Amazon Marketplace for less. You can get a lot of things such as books, movies, CDs, games, and the like for a fraction of what you would pay if you bought them new.

Get Fruit From the Farmer’s Market – If your locale has a farmer’s market available to you, make use of it. Chances are you’ll be able to get better fruit than you did from the grocery store and pay a lot less money for it.

You don’t need to take dramatic life changing actions such as selling your house to save money, there are plenty of little things you can do that will push you in the right direction.