Living Cheap

I used to open up my mailbox every day and nervously check the mail. The bills just didn’t seem to ever end. I never seemed to get ahead with paying anything; as soon as I’d mail a payment, I’d get another bill. The fact was that I was living paycheck to paycheck and pretty much beyond my means. My husband and I made it a new year’s resolution to save money and start living cheap. Sure, we had to give up some things. In all honesty, we had to give up a lot of things. When you’re living cheap, the luxuries of eating take-out food once or twice a week seem completely ridiculous. Within a month, we found ourselves saving at least $25 each week by skipping the pizza and Chinese food.