Sort of.
This week's topic is how to get rich. Not by adding money, 'cause that never happens anymore. But rather, by cutting. So far, we've used our heat twice. We eat in a bunch. We sit in on weekends. And we've both taken up simple hobbies to keep us from spending money. We don't have cable, don't pay for internet, and consolidated our cell phones to a 'family package' with less minutes and options, etc. We moved from Whole Foods to Dominic's. (For those of you unclear, Whole Foods to Dominic's is like Porsche to Corolla.)
Anyway, this is your chance to share. What cost savings are you doing of late? What innovative ideas are you using to save a few coins? What are you not doing anymore?
Or, are we the only ones with no money?
16 comments:
How do you not pay for Internet? I know you use it. Are you stealing the wi-fi from your neighbors? If so, I'm turning you in. Theft is not a good way to get extra cash in your pockets.
As for us, we pay through the nose for Cable, Internet, and Movie Channels. Eric cannot live without The Sopranos. Eric's cell phone is the most expensive one known to mankind, with 75,000 minutes. He insists he needs this plan. We have had our heat on full blast since October 1st. My heated mattress pad and blanket are also activated 24-7. Eric's hobby is golf which costs no less than $100 every time he walks out the door. My hobby is scrapbooking, which also requires large amounts of cash outlay on a weekly basis. I am a terrible cook, which means we either eat out or chow on expensive pre-packaged grocery store food. I shop at the most expensive grocery store in town 'cause I break out in hives when I walk into a Meijer. How do we pay for it all? Eric just heads downtown to the casino...
What a life,
L.
Geeze, Laurel, the casino is one of the things that we cut out in order to SAVE money.
We drive my SantaFe when we go out around town instead of the Big Bertha (Jack's Navigater).
We try to not go somewhere every evening.
I bring lunch to work.
Hmmm - that is about it.
Take one step further on your groceries from Dominick's down to smaller independent markets. You'll save even more. Dominick's meat and produce is still almost 2x's what it is at the small groceries I stock up at.
Here's a link to my price survey;
http://www.eatchicago.net/archives/000077.html
they didn't publish my comment damn it!!
round two!
the bernie rizzowitz budget
we down- graded from dominicks to jewel to shop and save (independant mkt). our grocery bills have decreased by $25 a week at least.
bring lunch to work, you'll save $100 a week easy.
instead of amstel and becks bottles, buy cans of special export (casey's fav).
turn the heat down at night and close the bedroom door to keep the heat in. add three kitties and you have even more heat.
...then, when the three kitties crap under the bed in the middle of the night, you can enjoy the warmth of their composting manure.
[said with lateral lisp] it's science!
Ick! No thank you. We could turn down the heat and pile the dogs on the bed, but that is gross.
louie doesn't sleep in our bed!! it's enough to have him in the room. a 65lbs dog gives off some heat, even though it smells like tortillas in the morning from his feet. that's why we call him frito-lou. sick... we have our own tortilla bakery in our bedroom run by the dog. thank god he doesn't sleep in our bed!!!
hey everyone, it's my birthday today!!! FYI
Yeay! Happy birthday, Dina! When Jack was in Scotland, I actually allowed the Trude to come up on the bed. She tried her best to take over the bed - I actually woke up thinking that I was sleeping with a 10 y.o. Paula, again.
I promptly rolled her off onto her own bed where I believe she is probably more comfortable anyway.
I guess my hot flashes could contribute to a lowering of our night time heating bill.
So wait. Paula is *known* for taking over the bed? I couldn't agree more. We're actually having to keep the heat on because I end up on the corner of the bed with no covers. I try and get in bed first so I can plant my butt in the middle of the bed. I figure that way I'll have a chance of ending up at least on my half!
i get snuggled into the middle because ray is on my left. it's not my fault.
ray=cat=yourfault
btw - laurel - paula's company pays for our internet. we're still getting a bum deal though, becuase p uses more electricity and heat during the day in our home office, which ends up costing more than having internet and paula at an office. then, you throw gas in her car in the mix and it get's complicated...
eatchicago has a point, we'll have to explore the local markets... maybe we'll run into you guys at 'big tony's'...
dina, good point as well, i should eat in every day at the office, but i just have to get my ass out of there for lunch. it makes for a long day, and i need to get the hell out!
take your lunch to the park, and sit in the car with the radio on or something. or ,take it to the mall (nbc) and hang out there for lunch during the winter months.
as far as the sleeping arrangment goes, maybe get your own blankets so p doesn't mess with yours. that way she can do whatever she wants with hers, she can even get one to match her socks!!!(ha ha ha)
Both Paula and the Trudster make it all too perfectly clear that they have pointy elbows and knees. I think that Ray is just too small to get in the way of the action.
Trudy will actually plant both hind feet into your side and push.
Wicked little beast.
Sometimes I will bring my lunch to work and park under a tree in the Outlet Mall parking lot. I eat my sandwich and ponder the cooling tower cloud.
just to clarify......Paula is not a wicked little beast, Trudy is.
Mom ;)
Guess I didn't help your austerity attempts when I was in town, but with no computer available while I was there, I didn't know that I was disrupting your program. Heck, you had to use more gas driving to help me each evening and then supply me with food,too. However, I surely appreciated all the help!
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