Official SS Poll: What do you do to eliminate bills / cut down expenses?

What do you do to eliminate bills / cut down expenses?

  • Make your own ______ (e.g. bread, laundry detergent, shampoo, etc.)

    Votes: 43 68.3%
  • Maintain a vegetable / fruit garden

    Votes: 53 84.1%
  • Raise my own livestock

    Votes: 42 66.7%
  • Use discount coupons

    Votes: 21 33.3%
  • Recycle / Repurpose

    Votes: 53 84.1%
  • Buy at Thrift shops

    Votes: 45 71.4%
  • Can / Preserve / Freeze your own

    Votes: 52 82.5%
  • Cook at home and avoid eating at restaurants

    Votes: 55 87.3%
  • Others: (Please specify)

    Votes: 17 27.0%

  • Total voters
    63

Wannabefree

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Hanging by a thread!! Only 12 more days till this (allegedly) gets easier.
 

frustratedearthmother

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Concentrate on the savings - that would help me for sure. I'm so cheap I quit smoking when cigarettes hit $1.00 a pack, lol. That was a looooong time ago! Just think what you can do with allll that extra money. Do something special just for you...pamper yourself...have a goal and look forward to the reward!
 

Wannabefree

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What I can do with all that extra money is pay these bills that have been staring me down for months....
 

lcertuche

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I quit 4 years ago Easter after going to the hospital with chest pains. My blood pressure was sky high and I couldn't breathe. Now I suffer the side effects though with COPD.
 

Lazy Gardener

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Burn wood most of the year instead of using oil heat. Home repairs: hubby does all of our electrical and plumbing, some automotive. We built our home, have been mortgage free for years. Not spending the money in the first place is a great way to save money. We made 2 incubators, current DIY project is: refinishing a solid maple night stand that I plucked off the burn pile at the town dump. I'm an avid dump picker.
 
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