I’m a new driver and my parents won’t let me go anywhere without a cell phone for safety reasons. We have cut back on cable tv and we are also considering completely eliminating our home phone since my mom, dad, sister and I all have cell phones. Another thing we’re doing is just trying to be conscience of simple things like turning off the lights, turning down the thermostat, using less hot water and car pooling. Haven’t seen a huge difference yet but it’s kind of taking the financial edge off. We can’t eliminate our internet because I’m taking online classes and also do most of my work over the internet. We also haven’t blown any money on video game systems and new games. We also got rid of one of our music programs since we were paying for two separate ones for our downloads.

Already got rid of cable, saves us about $40 a month and it’s just a waste of time anyway.

I could stop using I-Tunes too, but I have so many gift cards from Christmas. After those run out I’m done buying new music, radio is good enough to get me by.