Man, are you single too??? You sound alot like me. Its rough in this economy to make it on a single person income. I live in a small 1500 sq ft 4 bedroom, 2 bath 2 car, bricked house with a fireplace in a large Cul de sac lot. Lucky for me I have been in this house for 11 years now, so the payment is now cheaper than I can rent a decent 2 bedroom apt for, and I would not have a yard for my toys, trucks and dogs, so I have to stay here anyway. But, living in a 4 bedroom house by myself is not as easy as it seems, its more cleaning, the huge yards to mow etc, its a lot of work for one person then the finances too. I don't eat out at all. I just do it right and like you, I stock up on sales, break it down, freeze it, and I don't get sick of anything, beacause, I stocked up last week, on say pork, this week stock up on beef, next week chicken, kinda like you do. Its just so much cheaper to eat at home. My bad habit is Pepsi, it was on sale for .59 cents a 2 liter here for 2 weeks. I stop at the store on the way to work, and on the way back from work, and buy 8 two liters, so that was 16 a day every other day for 2 weeks, just to be stocked up. Cereal goes on sale for a $1.66 a box (3 for $5), or $1.25 (4 for $5), I buy the hell out of it, like 12 boxes or $20 worth, then I don't have to buy it for a couple months, and when I get down to 4 boxes, then I start watching the sales again, to stock up again before I run out. Its not hard to do, just takes a bit of planning. Sounds like you are very similar in cutting cost methods. I do that, to have funds to put the toys together. Most of my trucks have paid for themselves thogh too. I have collected 6 of these 80-86 trucks, and total cost to buy all of them was $1000, 2 of them for $100 each, and 4 of them for $200 each. Now, some of them were parts to put other together, but of the 6 I intend to have 4 drivers, and whats left of the other 2 will be sold. Its not only about saving the money or lack of money, thats part of the challenge to me. To see what type of vehicle for the least aound of money. This ugly 84 that I drive daily now, not joke, other than my time invested, the truck has paid me to own it. This is my 2wd 3/4 ton truck with the Turbo 400, rebuilt 454 and full float rear end. Its ugly, needs minor dings and dents fixed, and paint. It has a spot of rust on it about the size of a 50 cent piece in the passneger door. Sometime, I'll explain how its not only a free truck, but it has paid me to own it, other than my time involved. And thats the challege I like.
I think I have a $10 txt package that more than covers me for the month.. The $40 / month for internet on the phone, though, is not a "necessary" expense...
