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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 203335" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Whew! These are some great tips. Here's what we've been up to.</p><p></p><p>- Downsized our car to one that's smaller with lower payments, lower insurance, and 1/2 the cost for gas</p><p>- Pack lunches for work AND prepare snack packs for anytime that we're going to be out at meal time. That way we have food on hand and don't have to buy out. (This is mainly because of husband's diet, but it has saved us hundreds)</p><p>- Now that the cold weather is here, I'm cooking lots of crockpot soups and stews</p><p>- During the boom time we stocked both of our freezers. We are now eating through the contents, so we only have to buy perishables such as milk, cheese, eggs and some fruit/veg. </p><p>- Don't buy a lot of pre-packaged foods</p><p>- Didn't turn on the air conditioner at all this summer. Haven't turned on the heat yet. When it gets cold, we bring in some wood from the pile in our backyard and have a fire</p><p>- Chain together errands as much as possible. Costco, No Frills, Canadian Tire and Wal-Mart are all clustered in the same shopping district, so it's fairly simple to get most errands done at one shot.</p><p>- Last winter husband and I did all the snow removal ourselves. We have a long driveway so it's tough sledding, but hiring the bulldozer guy is just too much money. We plan to do the same thing this year.</p><p></p><p>A few other things I've been doing...</p><p>- I've been trying to find smaller clients and more of them for my work. The big companies I work for have started laying off contract staff. This way I have smaller jobs to backfill.</p><p>- Taking on some tasks myself that I would normally hire people for (website design and maintenance, putting together marketing materials, etc.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 203335, member: 3907"] Whew! These are some great tips. Here's what we've been up to. - Downsized our car to one that's smaller with lower payments, lower insurance, and 1/2 the cost for gas - Pack lunches for work AND prepare snack packs for anytime that we're going to be out at meal time. That way we have food on hand and don't have to buy out. (This is mainly because of husband's diet, but it has saved us hundreds) - Now that the cold weather is here, I'm cooking lots of crockpot soups and stews - During the boom time we stocked both of our freezers. We are now eating through the contents, so we only have to buy perishables such as milk, cheese, eggs and some fruit/veg. - Don't buy a lot of pre-packaged foods - Didn't turn on the air conditioner at all this summer. Haven't turned on the heat yet. When it gets cold, we bring in some wood from the pile in our backyard and have a fire - Chain together errands as much as possible. Costco, No Frills, Canadian Tire and Wal-Mart are all clustered in the same shopping district, so it's fairly simple to get most errands done at one shot. - Last winter husband and I did all the snow removal ourselves. We have a long driveway so it's tough sledding, but hiring the bulldozer guy is just too much money. We plan to do the same thing this year. A few other things I've been doing... - I've been trying to find smaller clients and more of them for my work. The big companies I work for have started laying off contract staff. This way I have smaller jobs to backfill. - Taking on some tasks myself that I would normally hire people for (website design and maintenance, putting together marketing materials, etc.) [/QUOTE]
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