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I got rid of a lot of dead weight today! Amazing!

January 4th, 2012 at 04:34 pm

A little while ago I canceled my cable TV service and downgraded my cable internet to 'standard'. The prorated bill for this month is $69 but next month it will be $60 plus the one time fee of $45. The month after that it will be just the $60 or so. Wow, what a change that will be from the $116 I've been paying!

$56 a month is nothing to sneeze at and not having cable TV will encourage me to read more and get out of my apartment more.

I also canceled a $45 every three months subscription to a website I access but only occasionally. No need if I don't use it!

Then I went to Netflix and changed my membership to streaming only and cut my expense there by $8 a month.

The total for those three changes comes to $79 a month! When that's added to not spending, on average, $258 a month on cigarettes, the total is astounding at $337! A month! Yippeee!

Ladies and gents, that's half my rent! Or a nice sum of money to split between charity and my vacation fund.

Wooohoo, what a way to start the new year!

Posted in Goals and Objectives | 8 Comments »

8 Responses to “I got rid of a lot of dead weight today! Amazing!”

  1. CCraw Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 05:01 pm 1325696486
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    That's alot of extra money a month...wow, way to go!

  2. twest Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 05:06 pm 1325696803
    1325696803

    Congratulations! That is awesome!

  3. ceejay74 Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 05:26 pm 1325698011
    1325698011

    Wow, you're on fire this year! (I would say "you're smokin'," but, well ... Wink )

  4. Mary Ann Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 05:36 pm 1325698571
    1325698571

    Girl, you are something else! I'm impressed.

  5. dmontngrey Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 06:26 pm 1325701603
    1325701603

    Feels great, doesn't it? Good for you! Big Grin

  6. DeniseNTexas Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 07:05 pm 1325703905
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    Thanks, y'all! It does feel great. I'm going to get really serious about this for the first time in awhile and see just how much I can get rid of/save/simplify. It isn't like I've been struggling a lot but the slow time of year is upon us and our hours at work are being cut and that means less money coming in. To keep up/beat that there needs to be a lot less money going out and I'll do what it takes to get me there.

  7. PNW Mom Says:
    January 4th, 2012 at 08:49 pm 1325710197
    1325710197

    Congratulations! That's awesome! Smile

  8. frugaltexan75 Says:
    January 5th, 2012 at 01:12 am 1325725936
    1325725936

    You go!

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