It seems everyone is looking for ways to save money and for me I don’t over spend therefore it was real hard to focus on what I could lower and what I could get rid of. While sitting at my house trying to determine my budget I figured out that I pay for both a house phone and a cell phone, I pay for cable but barely watch it. I love having my news channel but reality is it wasn’t worth having if I was paying a huge bill for just one channel. My kids love their Sprout and NickJr stations but reality is Summer time is coming and there is no need to sit in front of a TV watching cartoons when we can run in the backyard and be creative with crafts.
I decided that I would save a good amount of money each month by simply removing my cable and house phone from my monthly bills. I have unlimited coverage on my cell so I can text and talk whenever, wherever and for as long as I want for the same monthly price. Since I do enjoy watching TV on occasion I signed up with Netflix and have it set up to stream live through my Wii. I still get DVD’s as well since my bedroom TV has a DVD player and so does my daughter’s TV in her bedroom. Weekends are when my daughter enjoys being able to stay up watching a movie in her bedroom so Netflix was the answer to the solution of ensuring we still have new things to watch on a rainy day or late night weekends. The price of my house phone and cable combined minus the cost of Netflix end up still saving me near $70 a month which is a big chunk of change to save.
Overall I am happy with my decision but wish I had more bills to remove from my budget. I haven’t been a big spender, ever, and the only other thing I can think to do to save money is quit smoking and so I journey to find a way to quit smoking cigarettes not only for saving money purposes but for my health as well!
Question for thought: Have you had to remove “extra” bills to save money in your family due to the economic situation of the world? How hard was it for your family to do?
We gave up our satellite a while ago. We have DSL, so we have to have home phone service. Plus, I want that in case my son needs to call us if we’re not home. I love Netflix too, it’s so great to be able to stream movies and tv anytime!
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What a great way to save more money. It seems that nowadays the house phone doesn’t serve much purpose since most of us has cellphone already. As for me, there isn’t much I can cut as I am not a big spender also. All the best to quitting the cigarettes! You’ll surely enjoy better health.
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We gave up cable a long time ago to save money. It is really hard to cut some stuff out. I think I need to take a look at my budget again and cute some more out.
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