How are you dealing with the economic crisis? - Page 2

GoldenRivet · 01-28-09, 11:14 PM

NAME 10 THINGS YOU ARE DOING TO DEAL WITH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IF ANY:

My wife and I have recently paid off all of our credit card debt (thankfully)

However, within the past few months we have adopted several changes to help deal with money crunches should they hit us (hard or harder than they already have).

1. Any glass container from the refrigerator which once contained salsa, mayo, pickles etc etc is now being thoroughly washed out and placed in the cupboard to be used as a drinking glass.

2. We have recently disconnected our Dish Network

3. we have recently discontinued our bottled water delivery service.

4. We have completely discontinued our basic phone service with AT&T (we use our cell phones almost exclusively anymore)

5. We have hidden away all but one of our credit cards, and we have hidden away both of our bank cards for a six month period.

6. I have closed off AC/Heating vents to the two least used rooms in our home.

7. We have started using the air conditioning or heating only between about 6pm and 8am

8. We have started cooking large dinners on Monday night, and then we eat left overs almost exclusively until the following weekend.

9. We have begun to purchase bargain brand items only in most cases.

10. Community Dinners... Once a week we will get the whole family together to eat one massive dinner into which everyone contributes a food item... then when the night is over we each take a little bit of each home to the freezer/fridge (this can cut the grocery bill nearly in half)

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	How are you dealing with the economic crisis? NAME 10 THINGS YOU ARE DOING TO DEAL WITH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IF ANY: My wife and I have recently paid off all of our credit card debt (thankfully) However, within the past few months we have adopted several changes to help deal with money crunches should they hit us (hard or harder than they already have). 1. Any glass container from the refrigerator which once contained salsa, mayo, pickles etc etc is now being thoroughly washed out and placed in the cupboard to be used as a drinking glass. 2. We have recently disconnected our Dish Network 3. we have recently discontinued our bottled water delivery service. 4. We have completely discontinued our basic phone service with AT&T (we use our cell phones almost exclusively anymore) 5. We have hidden away all but one of our credit cards, and we have hidden away both of our bank cards for a six month period. 6. I have closed off AC/Heating vents to the two least used rooms in our home. 7. We have started using the air conditioning or heating only between about 6pm and 8am 8. We have started cooking large dinners on Monday night, and then we eat left overs almost exclusively until the following weekend. 9. We have begun to purchase bargain brand items only in most cases. 10. Community Dinners... Once a week we will get the whole family together to eat one massive dinner into which everyone contributes a food item... then when the night is over we each take a little bit of each home to the freezer/fridge (this can cut the grocery bill nearly in half) __________________