cutting back
cutting back
Looking for ways to have extra pocket change?
Here are measures some Valley residents are taking:
food
Packing a lunch, instead of buying.
Going out for dinner, coffee and ice cream less or eliminating it all together.
Using more economical grocers.
Developing grocery budgets.
Buying from restaurant value menus.
Planting gardens.
Not buying bottled water.
travel
Slowing down on the road to save gas.
Planning trips to cover all errands at one time, instead of making multiple trips.
Vacationing with out-of-town family, rather than splurging on a trip to Disney or other resorts.
Creating weekend trips or day trips for summer vacation.
entertainment/technology
Changing to cheaper cell-phone plans.
Canceling land lines and using only cell phones.
Switching to a cable plan with fewer channels or ditching cable all together.
Going to the library to borrow movies and music, use Internet, read periodicals and more.
Limiting nights at bars and clubs and bringing only a certain amount of money to spend.
Going to the cheap theater or renting movies.
other
Following professional advice such as budgeting plans.
Combining laundry loads, rather than separating into whites, colors and darks, as well as using cold water.
Turning down the furnace.
Shopping at thrift stores and dollar stores.