When life hands you lemons add alcohol and stir!

[kat727]

YOu get a lot of channels off of the internet so you could cut the cable out and leave the internet for now. Are you still this far under with Gabe's help?

I know this sounds like a silly way to save, but I started to make my own laundry soap. It works just as well as the other stuff but I do keep a small bit of it handy if I have a tough stain. I make a 5 gallon batch at a time, it costs about 5-6 dollars to get the inital stuff but then you are only using small portions to make a batch and it last a few months at that.

I have also been going on some of the coupon sites and signing up for freebies. I am kind of blown away on your grocery bill since I usually spend about $400 a month on the 5 of us. It fluctuates a little but not too much. I can't stand ramen but my kids love it so yes it is on their food list. I have also cut out eating out to one day a week. My parents take me out one day a week and then I take a sandwich and fruit for my sack lunch.

I am also going to check out Aldi's and see if I can save at least on staples. I guess I am lucky because my kids love breakfast for dinner. I don't want to be one of those crazy coupon ladies buying 50 antiacids at a time because I have 50 trillion coupons.

My oldest came off of child support in July so it dinged a bit more than I thought it would. I am figuring it out though. You will too. I am sure we can all help you think of some ideas.

Big hugs, kat