If you’re paying someone to walk your dog a few times a week, why not do it yourself?

Save up to $1,800 per year or more if your dog is walked three times per week.

Unless your dogwalker lives down the street, they’re probably driving to your house in order to walk your dog. So when you do it yourself, you save the fuel and the pollution associated with your dogwalker’s transportation.

Good for You: Walking your dog is great exercise for you as well as for your dog. And if you just can’t get yourself up early enough to take the dog for a walk, consider this: people who are active fall asleep more quickly and get better quality sleep than people who are sedentary. So test it out and see if a little morning exercise helps you get your z’s. It may just be a win-win!

If you buy refillable travel-size toiletry bottles instead of disposable ones, you could save up to $40 per year or more.  You’ll also reduce raw material production for packaging and reduce waste.  Not only do travel sizes cost four times more per ounce than standard sizes but the selection of travel-sized products is limited to certain brands.  Refillable bottles, on the other hand, allow you greater flexibility in the types of personal care products you choose to travel with.

Buy fragrance made from organic essential oils instead of name-brand perfume made from synthetic fragrance  and save up to $30 or more per ounce. Essential oils made from organically grown herbs or flowers are free from the harmful chemicals used on conventionally raised flora, as well as from phthalates, which are associated with synthetic perfumes and fragrances. Additionally, certain phthalates are suspected carcinogens and can lead to hormonal and reproductive system disorders.

Make your own face mask and save up to $20 or more per year over a commercial organic facial mask.

Puree one avocado, 2 teaspoons of plain yogurt, and 2 teaspoons of honey in the blender, or mash in a bowl. Apply to just-washed skin. Avocado has healing qualities: It rejuvenates skin, soothes sunburn, and delivers a dose of antioxidants. Yogurt relieves sunburn and redness, and the lactic acid it contains helps hydrate and smooth. Honey soothes, heals and nourishes, and some say it has anti-microbial, skin-clearing properties.

Instead of hauling around a makeup bag brimming with pencils and tubes, invest in some multi-use products. Why use a separate eyeshadow, lipcolor, and blush, when you can get all three in one skinny stick? You can save up to $100 or more per year compared to buying individual makeup products.

Using half as many products means consuming half as much packaging. Many multi-use compacts are also refillable, which means even less waste

Invest in laser hair removal instead of waxing. You can save up to $1,500-$2,500 over 10 years of hair removal treatment.

The paraffin wax used for hair removal is derived from petroleum, which is a non-renewable resource, while the electricity used during laser treatment is roughly equivalent to that of a standard light bulb. Getting a laser treatment can achieve permanent hair removal, whereas waxing must be done every five to six weeks

Share a meal with your date and save up to $25 or more.

Simply by sharing a meal you can either prevent food from being wasted, or avoid the burden of carting home an oversized foam to-go box that will inevitably be crammed into an undersized trashcan. Added bonus you’ll have room for dessert! And what’s less romantic than the car stinking of garlic the next morning because you forgot to take in the leftovers?