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[quote=Anonymous]Back to the topic at hand.  I was never irresponsible with money but when I became a SAHM I actually became annoyed at my old self for the waste, so saving money and being minimalistic has actually become a sport to me.   Stay away from the stores like everyone said.  Target and any factory outlet shopping centers were my weakness.  How many cargo pants from gap outlet do you really need anyway?

Other things...
Wash clothes that I used to get dry cleaned
Line dry when the weather is beautiful, like today
Clean the house yourself and do your own yard work
Use ebates for everything.  Love my checks from them - I always use them to treat myself to a manicure
Sell unused stuff on Craigslist ( I love my clean basement!)
Limit buying toys - my kids don't even remember all of the stuff they have, it is ridiculous how spoiled they were, and even still are
Groceries are a huge budget suck, so now you will have time to go to multiple store.  Asian markets are great for produce, and limit whole foods trips
I still pass kids clothes to friends, but every now I and then I have a load of kids stuff tha I bring to kid to kid.  Might get me 30 or 40 bucks of fun money
We did have to reduce college savings so I need to work on getting that back up
In general, jus stop shopping.  It sounds obvious, but sometimes hard when you are bored.  I had a bad habit of buying several toiletry items at once and I never reall finish anything, so before I buy new hair gel, I empty the bottle first.  Same goes with lotions, bath gels, etc.
Read mr money mustache.  Even if you don't get as extreme as some of those people, it helps to keep perspective.

Good luck!
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