[MouseWife]

I agree with that, iSm. Like I've told people on food diets, if you cut out everything, make everything bad, you'll end up like the guy in 'Chocolate'. {but darn it, not everyone knows what I mean when I say that....}

GD~ I get the tracking thing. Similar to an eating diary. I doesn't have to be a big deal, but, keeping track for a while, it makes you aware of where your money goes. Lets you see where you might be blowing it without even noticing it.

Argh, the car. That is currently our biggest expense. New male driver in the house. Bought him an older truck but it was still a gigantic leap in our insurance payment.

Back when the company offered it to the Hubster, he took the trolley as they paid for the monthly pass. Now, they don't, but he has a free parking spot. He also had riden his bike to work, that was a great way to save money but the traffic was becoming so dangerous, well, he drives.

What you said, iSm, that is true. If you always think you don't have money, that isn't really a good thing, either. It can hold you back from accomplishing things or having something simple that you think is out of your reach. That is how I think and it really sucks. But, I do the bills. Sometimes I've gone out of that 'box'. That is how he now drives a new car {for the first time in his life} and we have purchased some new appliances.