I suppose the good news is that I have been so busy with work since I am still actively employed is a decent excuse. But as I have discovered in the past... it's not how much money you make, it's how you spend it. So my resolution this year, starting a wee bit late on 3/3/09, is to go back to the basics of savings. Employed or not, this economy sucks and each dollar saved is a dollar back in my pocket to use for other necessities.
In the past several months, I have streamlined my phone/cable/internet into one bill, totally less than $150/month. Separated, they were running me $69/$78/$49 for a total of $196. That's over $500/yr. Plus, losing DirecTV and its subscription plans (MLB Extra Innings and NFL Sunday Direct) saved another $500/year.
We also combined our cell phones into a family plan. Didn't really save much but it did finally put us on the same service so we can do mobile to mobile for free.
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