Re: OT - What wouldn't you give up?

Can't give up the car because it is the only way we can get my husband to
dialysis and doctor appointments. We have a Saturn and a Buick, and the
Saturn is used for everything that my husband need not join me in doing.
Would if I had to, but would hate to give up cable and the Internet. His
medical supplies have to stay.

We already don't drink coffee or bottled water, and have no pets to take
care of or credit cards to pay off. We shop at Aldi's instead of Kroger's
and use coupons if they are for things we ordinarily buy anyway. We have
switched light bulbs and I use the hibernation feature on the computer. We
run the dehumidifier in the basement less often. When we can, which isn't
often, we use generic drugs instead of brand names.

We buy clothing and shoes only when weight loss makes it necessary. We
recycle with the city, and I give our aluminum cans to a gentleman in the
neighborhood who collects them. We re-use and re-purpose as many household
items as we can. I stopped buying quilt fabric and batting.

I tried buying local produce, but found it to be more expensive than what we
can get at Aldi's. Unfortunately, we never put our banking information on
the computer, so we do use stamps to pay our bills which, thankfully, are
few.

There may be more, but those are what I can recall at the moment.


"Judity" <Judity01@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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With the cost of almost everything going up, a recent discussion
thread on Amazon.com asked the above question. I am curious enough to
ask that question here. Also, in what ways are you trying to save
money?

As for me, my two "must have" items are milk and quality cat food.

I already save money on gas since my previous car used higher octane
that Blue Satyr does.

I use my well water for some things, but buy drinking water. Instead
of spending over a dollar for a quart of fancy bottled water, I spend
25 cents per gallon from the Glacier machine outside the grocery
store. I buy Sunny Delight juice, and the containers are recycled
just for this purpose. Right now I have around 40 gallons I use on a
rotating basis.

All my bills are paid online, so I rarely have to buy stamps.

I love iced coffee, but refused to spend all that money for a
Starbucks. I make hot coffee at home and put a larger container of it
in the refrigerator to chill. One hot days like we're having now,
there's nothing so cooling as delicious iced coffee.

Any of you willing to answer either of the two questions above? You
might give the rest of us some good ideas.

Judity
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