Saving

What I’m Able to Save So Far.

Since I’ve started this blog a month ago I’ve looked at ways to save money to help pay down my debt.  Here is what I’ve come up so far:

Cable TV - $63.75 a month
Broadband Internet - $18 a month
Satellite TV - $62.94 a month
Car Insurance - $35 a month
Eating breakfast at home and bringing lunch […]

Brown Bagging It.

For the longest time I’ve eaten out for breakfast and lunch during the work week.  Didn’t seem to be that big of a deal.  3 dollars for breakfast, 4-6 dollars for breakfast.  Bur since I’ve turned over a new leaf I’ve decided to re-think the whole breakfast and lunch thing.
So for the past week I’ve […]

Switched Car Insurance, Saved Half.

Continuing my quest to slash expenses to have more money to pay off my loans I decided it was time to switch my car insurance.  When I got my first vehicle many years ago I got the same insurance carrier as my sister and I haven’t changed since.  Since the current coverage term was expiring in […]

Bye Bye Satellite!

The following is a reprint of a post that I made from my old blog Getting Out Of The Poorhouse:  To find out why, see here.
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 I’ve lowered my cable TV and broadband internet bills by a combined $81.75 - next is the satellite bill. 
I signed an 18 month commitment with my Satellite provider 21 months ago […]

Reducing The Cable Bill Part II: Broadband Internet

The following is a reprint of a post that I made from my old blog Getting Out Of The Poorhouse:  To find out why, see here.
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Yesterday I talked about how I was able to cut $63.75 off of my cable TV bill by cancelling my HD cable package, using a pair of rabbit ears, watching shows […]

Reducing The Cable Bill Part I: HDTV

The following is a reprint of a post that I made from my old blog Getting Out Of The Poorhouse:  To find out why, see here.
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I love TV, I love the internet.  I love HDTV, I love broadband.  I love them so much I throw a ridiculous sum at them every month, $140.65 to be […]

Want to Save Money? Don’t Buy the Sunday Paper

The following is a reprint of a post that I made from my old blog Getting Out Of The Poorhouse:  To find out why, see here.
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Can’t get by without the paper?  Fine.  At least don’t look at the ads.  Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA(RIP).  These were the things that I looked forward to in the Sunday […]

Weekend Project…Light Bulb replacement.

The following is a reprint of a post that I made from my old blog Getting Out Of The Poorhouse:  To find out why, see here.
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Pay of debt.  Save money.  Reduce your expenses.  Seeming as I’m probably the last pf blogger on the planet that still uses regular light bulbs, I felt it was time […]