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Eating out sometimes 4x a week (over a $1000/month) 
Bought a 2yr old minivan instead of 3yr leases on a luxury SUV (savings of $800+/month)
No more dry cleaners (saved $100+/month)
Slashed grocery bills more than half ($300+/month)
Cancelled Country Club ($1200/month)
Decreased cable bill by ($120/month)
Cut out many designer bags, shoes, clothes ($300+/month)
No more daily Starbucks or lunches out (saved about $100/week)
Spa days scaled down to 2 pedicures a month at a nail salon ($200/month)
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How on earth did you afford all that on 150k?!  [/quote]

We actually made about $260K/year about 8 years ago, before I quit after baby #1 came along.  I also was reimbursed for all my travel expenses and I racked up major air miles and he racked up Amex points so all our vacations were free.  We also had no kids yet (up until #1 of 3) and already owned a home (still have mortgage, but it is reasonable since we sold 2 townhouses in the prime real estate market for our down payment.)  Lots of money to spend - and unfortunately we did.  Looking back on it, I realized we just pissed money away to live the "DC Metro dream."  Blech, it makes me sick thinking about it.  Wished it would have went into a college fund for my kids.  [/quote]

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