Living High on the Low

Are your spending habits so foot loose and fancy free that they’re in desperate need of being reigned in?  On No, mine aren’t either.  And by that I mean mine are the worst.  I think you could teach a possum how to ride a bike easier than you could teach me how to budget money.

I keep telling the husband that I’m what’s holding the economy together - I’ve taken it upon myself to keep Kroger, Starbucks, JCPenney, Kohl’s, Starbucks, Target, Wal-Mart, and Starbucks alive and thriving.  I’m sweet, like that.

For my husband’s sake, I read an article about saving money.  Read the whole thing, too, and it didn’t hurt a bit. The article includes 20 pretty cool tips.  I even….are you ready for this….acted upon a couple.  One was Go through the house and turn off all electrical devices you’re not using.  There were about 5 lights on that weren’t necessary.  Eh, it’s a start - and I guess every little bit helps.   I could also do this one:  Replace light bulbs with CFLs, compact fluorescent lights. (I’m all over the electric aspects of cutting corners.)

Write a grocery list (and stick to it when you shop).  I’ll try….no promises, though.  That kind of takes the fun out of it all. 

There are some great tips, you might want to give the list a once-over. 

If anyone has thrifty tips of their own, by all means - please leave them in the comments.  Except of course, your advice involves avoiding Starbucks.  That’s the sort of desecration the delete key was made for.