The best place to start is by evaluating your bills. A year or so ago, my husband and I sat down and looked at our monthly bills. We decided that paying close to $100 a month for cable/internet/phone "bundle" was not something we could afford to do. We both had cell phones, so we didn't NEED a home phone.
Cable was hard to give up at first. It wasn't that I missed all those channels, because a few months prior I had lowered our package to include only family channels. My son loves cartoons. The hard part was giving up my "TIVO" box. I actually have to watch commercials again!! I was surprised at how many channels I can get with just plain ol' rabbit ears. PBS kids is, of course, my son's favorite. I must confess, we did sign up for "Netflix". Actually it started as a gift, and then we just kept it. It comes in handy when we are out to dinner and my son gets bored. He can watch a show on our phone. Man I wish I had something like that when I was a kid!!
Internet, well that was something we decided we couldn't live without, at least for now. We did change carriers and got our bill lowered for three months. So with all the changes we made, we saved around $70 for three months. Even after the three months, we are still saving $50 a month. That is half a week's worth of groceries!!
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