Monday, January 9, 2012

The 23 Day Frugal Living Challenge - Day 4

Some of the ways that we are reducing household bills are:

1. Haircuts for the kids are only done "professionally" about once a year.  The other times I trim them up myself. And I must say that after 8 or so years of giving the boys a trim I think I have gotten decent at it.  LOL!  J & I on the other hand still go about once a month or so to see our hair people.  

2. Cooking from scratch is another way we try to save.  I not only believe that it saves us money but it is also healthier for us too.  

3. We cancelled our home phone service.  I think it has been about 3 years since we had home phone service.  With both of us having a cell phone and having a 3rd as a back up for the kids or a sitter we just weren't using the land line enough to make it worth the cost. 

4. We also cancelled our DirecTV service about 1 year ago.  I personally don't miss it.  With programs like Hulu Plus, Netflix & Vudu being built into our Blu-ray player i don't really see a need for cable.  And if we wanted to get real ambitious we could get an antenna for the TV and pick up local stations.

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