Category Archives: Budget Cuts

Cheap Home Manicure and Pedicure

I mentioned in an earlier post that manicures and pedicures were cut from my expenses because well, they’re expensive. This doesn’t mean that I chose jagged nails though, I just decided to do simple manicures and pedicures at home. Besides being able to sit at home in my pajamas, it saved me quite a bit [...]

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How to Save on the Phone Bill

I cancelled my land line a long time ago in order to save money and rely on my cell phone for all phone calls. It occurred to me, while sitting on the phone for 40 minutes with AT&T, my cell phone service provider, that if you’re not careful, a cell phone can cost you more [...]

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Looking Good While Broke

What we look like and what we wear aren’t the most important things in life, but I do believe, as vain as it sounds, that looking good and feeling good are directly related. And unfortunately, whether a person is clean and put together, affects how others think of us as well. Believe it or not, [...]

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My Surprise Savings Account

I just realized that there was one more budget cut that I had completely forgotten about. I quit the disgusting, unhealthy habit of smoking…5 months and 5 days ago to be exact. I have heard of people that took the money they would’ve spent on cigarettes and saved it and then rewarded themselves at the [...]

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