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[quote=Anonymous]I wanted to second the switch to mint mobile. But we did that (during layoff) on just one phone. Mint isn't great in some parts of US (in DMV just fine) and also failed when we traveled in France. So one spouse kept ATT and other went Mint. Kid on mint. The eating everything in pantry is a great tip--when we restocked, we re-stocked more frugally. Also, went through our rewards programs (credit card, grocery/gas etc) and maximized those. Grocery points for gas was one of our bigger savers that we still use post-layoff. Cleaned out closet: consigned some stuff through 529 in Alexandria (kids clothes) or donated (tax deduction was higher than cash from consign). We also cut a lot of opportunity spending (team photo purchase, commemorative sweatshirt). Like another poster, we tried to keep kids activities and were going to cut at the 6month mark if needed, but didn't get to that.[/quote]
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