lets help each other with tips on how we save money in these hard times

United States
December 19, 2008 9:06am CST
i am sure we are all having hard times this holdiay season with the economy, holidays, new year in site, etc. i am sure all of us have started cutting cost and finding ways to do things cheaper. maybe our ideas and what we do can hep a fellow mylotter. we have cut back alot. this year we did all holdiay hopping at thrift stores. i have started using coupons that i can print online. if you want the ites they are listed on my blog. we are using angel food ministries to help with food. they are all over the states. you buy food through them at a cheaper rate. when we go out to eat we buy just 99 cent burgers and stop at store and buy chips. we started smoking little cigars insted of ciggerettes they are 1/3 of the price. we called the electric company and got on the ave plan. no cable or satelite. hubby has been hunting so that hs helped. we make a list of what we hae to have before i go to work so i cn gt it on the way home insted of going back to town. what are some things that you are doing?
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@hildas (3031)
19 Dec 08
I have cut back on treets like candy and cookies as we do not really need them. I have been buying some of the shops 'own brands' of food and toilet paper and most of the things are quite good. I think if we do not need something we should not buy it. I have been cooking a lot more and have cut right back on take-aways. I will be interested to read others tips too on this discussion.