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[quote=Anonymous]Organize. You already have most of the stuff you want to buy. 
Write things down. The next month you can clearly see that you could have gone without such and such a thing. 
Make a budget. If you go over it one month, you got to cut down on spending just as much the next month.
Write down every time you wanted to buy something, but didn't and how much you saved.
Come up with 10 things to do that are free. Going walking in neighborhood/trail and picking up trash gloves, bag) is a good one in my book. I also tell the kids that we are going to look for treasures. See what you all find that people have lost. You don't have to touch them, pick them up and bring with you, just make a note.
Simplify your life. Don't make it more interesting by going from a restaurant to a store to amazon spending money. The crap is going nowhere. China makes more of it. Consider stores to be the storage for your things. There's almost nothing we need that can't wait besides medicine.
Sell your scrap gold. Cold is gold. Invest the money in top 10 s and p stock on a down day. 
Use youtube to learn something for free. Macramee is cool if you have young kids- something for hands.
Best place to start is so different for different families. We live on $4k a month after taxes, because we really don't need much. My home already full of crap.
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