Well this is timely. In the coming years I am going to be using a lot of these hints.. For the past 4 yrs it hasn't been too bad living on my disability I can't afford much but I could afford to buy most needed things. Well my brother is selling the house which means at first I had no where to live. A friend stepped up and said I could stay with her . Thank goodness cause I just couldn't find any place that I could afford. I was actually thinking about living in my car or buying a tent. People just do not understand that when I say $400 including utilities that is all I can afford and they send me notices for rentals in the $800 range. Well they are trying to help.
I figure I am going to be losing weight now since most of my money is either going to my friend, storage or my dog,good thing she is small and $50 covers her food for the month
I really am trying to look on the bright side.I have always shopped Dollar Stores and thrift stores. or made my own clothes and curtains and such. I do eat all my left overs but physcally can't do a garden anymore and really haven't had the space/place. I tried containers here but no light and my DB wouldn't cut back any trees. NO freezer. I do laundry about once every 2 or 3 weeks. Since I am not doing anything to get dirty I wear my clothes repeatedly and my pajamas when I am home and don't go out. I try to do all my errands on one day a month maybe 2 if I get tired. I don't like to shop so do as little as possible. My gas is going to double when I get back to GA since instead of living close to everything I will be living out away from most stores and such. I have never had money but I have always been able to work extra jobs to make more when I needed to. Not now. And being alone makes it even more scary.
No TV . Haven't watched it in 2 yrs or more. I use my computer and my DB has netflix. Well worth the $8 a month to me. Going to look into making my own soap since I like it so much better. And glass cleaner etc. It depends on what my friend will want to do. Here no one wanted to even try to use natural things.