Coupns! Coupons! Coupons! My husband just shook his head the other day when I came home with 6 bottles of laundry detergent that only cost me $1 each. I even find coupons for horse feed occasionally.
We dropped our landline phone and only use cell phones, like so many others have said. We have minimum cable TV and seldom rent DVDs or go to the movies.
We live in AZ so we use the clothesline alot. I keep the swamp cooler set to 80 in the summer and I set the furnace to 55 in the winter. I don't care if they complain! They can wrap up in a quilt to watch TV.
We discontinued trash pick up and take our trash to the local landfill. Have replaced all the light bulbs with energy miser bulbs. Always turn off the computer when not in use.
I also dilute all the shampoo 50% with water and I buy generics as much as I can. Thrift shops are your friend as is freecycle and craigslist.
Since we live in the country we try to combine trips into town and run multiple errands at one time. We drive fuel efficient cars and have parked the Ram pick up.
Our lifestyle used to be easy to maintain on two incomes. Now my husband works 3 jobs and I work 2. Who says there is no inflation??