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Reducing the Budget

August 17th, 2009 at 05:47 pm

I am working on cutting back our budget in order to accomodate the upcoming furlough as well as get us on a better footing in general. I just got off the phone with the cable company canceling the HD/DVR upgrade (we get standard cable as part of our rent) and renegotiating what we pay for our internet. In total that bill went from $58/month to $25. I figure we'd pay about $20-25 a month to get dial-up since we don't have a landline phone yet, so I'll just keep our faster cable internet at this renegotiated price (which has the taxes included) since I do make a little money through my online activities. It also helps tremendously with my couponing and saving money that way.

By the way, I spent $84 on food/household this weekend, but it would have been $316 without coupons. I was able to get what I needed, stock up on some items, get some free items to give to a friend in need and donate other freebies. Thank you coupons!!

Posted in Saving Money on Food (Food Storage), Budget Tracker | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Reducing the Budget”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
    August 17th, 2009 at 06:08 pm 1250528923
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    That's all good news. Keep looking for more ways to reduce your budget and it will all work out!

  2. MomEsq Says:
    August 17th, 2009 at 06:15 pm 1250529357
    1250529357

    Congrats on the success!

  3. Personal Finance Student Says:
    August 21st, 2009 at 10:05 pm 1250888703
    1250888703

    Thanks and you're right, Jerry, the advance knowledge is great. Our insurance is not affected, thankfully. I hope that I have budgeted our take home correctly. We'll receive our "new" paycheck this next payday.

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