In an attempt to try and save money this year, we are only going to the store once a month and really watching our food budget. We also try to keep the heat turned down when we can. It's been a cold winter here and sometimes we just add more warm clothes and blankets. We also have quit shopping as much and only buying things we need. And we rarely go out for fast food anymore and we rent DVD's instead of going to the movies.
If you belong to a group like Freecycle, oftentimes folks there give away their unwanted DVDs and VHS movies. Or, if you can, pawn shops usually have decent selections of movies for a couple of bucks. My spendthrift hubby, of course, goes to Wal-mart to buy his movies new (I've tried, but I can't cure him of this habit.) If he likes them, he'll be able to watch them over and over. If he doesn't like them, we have a son who's always happy to take them.
This is for sandy63. When my friend told me that she didn't rent DVDs because she can't afford to, we worked out a system. When my family rents a DVD, we almost always watch it that very same night (we don't plan things like that ahead of time very often). We usually get to keep the movie for at least three days (sometimes more if it's an older movie). When we rent a movie, we let her know. She picks up the movie from our house when we're through, she watches it (sometimes having friends over to her house to watch it with her), and she's in charge of returning it to wherever we rented it. It doesn't cost us extra, and the burden of getting the movie from us and returning it to the score is hers. If she were to be late in returning the DVD (which she never has done), she would be responsible for the late charges. The system works out well for the both of us. You might try working something like that out with a friend of yours.
For our entertainment, we have chili parties serving regular and white chili. Rented dvd's for party night or card parties and we have an awesome evening with friends for very little money.
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