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[quote=Anonymous]Make it a habit to look at store circulars and buy some of what is on sale, esp. dry goods. Sure it won't be as good as extreme couponing but you will build up a supply of things at home to the point where you will not have to pay full price for those things again. For example if you are starting to cook and you know you eat pasta and you see pasta on sale for $1/box, buy 4-5 boxes -- they won't go bad and will eventually get used and it will be a saving over going to the store they day you want pasta and paying $2/box. Same concept basically works for all non-perishable household goods -- there is no reason to be paying full price for them the moment you need them, rather than saving $1 here and there, which will add up to a few hundred over the year.

You mentioned Amtrak -- when I was taking it a lot to go up to NYC, I used to "compromise" with myself. The Acela is 45 min faster but if I was just visiting and was not time sensitive, I would take the Northeastern -- at least in 1 direction; it takes 45 min longer but the difference over the Acela can be $60-100, sometimes more. You do that 1-2 times, you have enough "saved" to splurge on another Amtrak ticket. And if you have been sitting in the train for 2.5+ hrs, another 45 is typically not that much of a sacrifice.[/quote]

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