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Tegleg · #30 (**permalink**) 09.13.2008, 11:15

My hubby always unplugs everything when we are going to be away for a day or two to save a lil money on electricity.

One thing I have been doing differently is online bill paying everything I can, the price of stamps just goes up & up.

The cost of food is getting insane, I have started only buying meat on sale & stocking it in the freezer, I manage to keep a fair selection of meats so my family doesn't go crazy eating the same thing over & over. Alot of the grocery stores will have a little clearance section for meat that is just past it's prime. You can get some fair savings if you catch it just after they set it out but inspect it closely to make sure it isn't too far gone. Some of the meat they set out there looks downright scary!

We have cut back as much as we can on traveling due to gas prices. I finally broke down and traded my old falling apart Malibu in on a Kia Spectra with much better gas mileage. I have to commute for work and my daughters dr appts so we try to combine all out of town errands in with that. It's tough after working 13 hours to go to go to places located in the city I work but it beats paying gas for another trip.

Still, it seems to be getting harder & harder to keep up.

Tegleg