Hi, mish, I just happened by your thread, and I see you are having money troubles (who isn't these days?). Kat, I believe mentioned Aldi as one place to try. I go there all the time, and although they mostly sell the basics, they are lots cheaper usually. And if you don't like a product they sell, they will give you your money back plus another product. It's mostly non-name brands, but we have tried most of them, and have had no problems, except with some weird kind of cheese that I thought would be good, but they don't sell it here anymore, anyway. Plus, they sometimes run a sale to get rid of the final few they may have of something, and I picked up five canisters of steel cut oatmeal for fifty cents each.
Also, Publix runs their buy one get one free sales, and with your coupons, you can really save some money. As for the cable tv, get one of those digital converters that they were telling people without cable to get when the changeover to digital took place. I got us two, even though at the time we didn't need them. Now when the cable goes out because of storms, we hook one of those up, and get our local channels, plus a few extra I've never heard of.
I've had to do what I can to save money, so we can pay off our credit card debt, and it is working, and we are beginning to breathe again. good luck vc
