craigyjac

Just stopped feeding the dogs, saves a fortune.

Seriously, hardly any nights out, no more sky sports and if i had my way, postponing the wedding.
apparently things aren't that tight.

hobbes79

I kinda had the same thought, but came to the conclusion we need to cut back to make sure we could get something into savings. And it's frustrating, but I could only really find small things, but they really do add up. Doing those 3 things and a few other odds and sods has probably saved us about $200/month.

So hardly a fortune, but that's money I can put in savings account. In a handful of months, that's a mortgage payment...

SpoogleDrummer

Better to find that out now than to wait until the wedding night

craigyjac

Ha ha, i bloody asked for that.

neil

I guess different things prompt people into doing this sort of thing. For us it was moving into a house (and finding lots of things we want to do to it) and having a kid; I doubt I would be doing anything different just because of the current economy.

With the interest rate so low saving hardly seems worth it now. That's the most annoying thing to me. I'm just plowing a lot of money into things we want to do for the house.

chartreuse

Surely "ploughing"? Or is this that going native that I've heard about?

Deedee13

it might only be 10 a month .. buts its 120 a year.

And i am not saving persay. However i am getting the stuff in the house sorted out now rather than putting it off for later. And it might be pennies but its the pennies that add up. And i cant afford to be wasteful anymore. We had movies on our uverse for 12 months and watched 3 movies. thats stupid.

neil

I did wonder when I wrote it. I can honestly say I don't think I've ever had cause to write the phrase down before and I was in a rush so didn't bother looking it up.

ChocolateBabz

I have cut back on sex - and instead spend my time roaming the house pulling adapters and chargers out of walls to save on electricity

Let's see if hubby still complains when I leave my charger plugged in that I am single handedly using all the electric !!!

ironporer

We have stopped flushing the toilet so much...two pee's= one flush.

And Toilet paper does seem such a waste. I have directed Mrs IP to use wash cloths, and wash them out by hand instead of the washing machine.

After all...I am already smoking generic fags and drinking cheap wine.

Almost forgot- no more T-Bones or Ribeyes...only Sirloins.

Bill_S

What's a pluff?

md95065

I haven't really cut back on anything, but I have postponed some expenditure.

For example I had been planning for a long time to have one of the bathrooms remodeled which could, if I had got a contractor in to do it and done everything that I wanted, easily have cost over $10,000. In the end I decided that if I repainted it, retiled the floor and replaced the toilet along with a few other minor cosmetic upgrades I could live with it for another couple of years the way it is, so that is what I did. Probably spent about $600 on materials and did it myself over Christmas and NewYear.

chartreuse

That's not economising. That's having fun!

Bluegrass Lass

We've got one bath that could use some fixing up. Why don't you come on over, eh?

Manc

I only do 2 lines of Charlie a day now.