Friday, April 1, 2011

Pinching pennies


I'm a penny pincher. I always find the cheapest items, clip coupons, buy one to get one free, and love the clearance section! I recently decided to track my spending just to see where every dollar is spent and where I can cut back to save more money. The first month I started this I was pretty shocked to see that I spent 25% of our monthly income on food alone. I couldn't help but wonder how great of a job I was actually doing pinching pennies. So the next month I was much stricter with meal planning and I only allowed myself to step into the grocery store once a week. The result, I cut the amount I spent on food the previous month in half! So now I'm really on a mission to see where else I can spending. How about you? How do you find ways to save money and cut back on spending?