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[quote=Anonymous]Would love to get ideas for what else we could be doing as everything just gets more and more unaffordable.  I really didn’t used to think about it this much for the last two years have been brutal.  I’ll start:

- Used to eat out twice a week, now we eat out twice a month (take out only). Cook 7 nights a week but meals have gotten less complicated because who can realistically cook that much?

- started buying frozen afterschool snacks (tater tots, chicken tenders) and don’t let the kids stop at Starbucks or Boba place or whatever more than 2-3x per month

- Decided to drive our car until the wheels fall off. New cars are insane.  When did that happen?

- started buying all basics (socks, underwear, basic tees) on Amazon.

- only shop for clothes off season and on sale.  Have bought some basics from Target and Uniqlo.  Saw a fairly basic sweater at J.Crew for $350 and almost laughed out loud.

- only reading books from the library

- no more sporting events for entertainment (we used to enjoy basketball games)

I would not have considered us to be in a difficult financial situation even two years ago. Our jobs are thankfully stable.  But neither of us got pay increases this year because of cost cutting.  It just doesn’t feel sustainable.   [/quote]

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