Personal Recession Budget: What Goes Away?

Started by: Smithee     Mar 02, 2009     Total Views: 5,696     Total Votes: 14,869

There are a number of things you can do to trim your budget when times are tight, or even if you fear they might become tight. Click "yay" if you think it's something that should be removed from someone's budget.
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Gambling

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  749 votes

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2.

Premium TV channels

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  721 votes

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+541 pts

3.

Food of the month club (or the one for cheese, which is a kind of food)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  682 votes

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4.

GameFly (or other video game delivery service)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  701 votes

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5.

Expensive Coffee-Related Drinks

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  680 votes

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6.

Maid service

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  697 votes

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+459 pts

7.

Yard maintenance (paying someone else to do it)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  673 votes

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+419 pts

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Leaving electronics on all over the house

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  643 votes

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9.

Hold buying new car link

By: chuckiesd 3,203 points  report  465 votes

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10.

Fancy pet food

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  656 votes

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+314 pts

11.

Magazines

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  632 votes

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12.

New music

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  640 votes

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13.

New clothes

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  649 votes

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14.

Going out to the movies

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  639 votes

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+211 pts

15.

Newspapers

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  472 votes

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+138 pts

16.

Pay-Per-Views

By: correctthinking 65,093 points  report  173 votes

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+137 pts

17.

Premium/boutique groceries (e.g. Whole Foods)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  290 votes

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+106 pts

18.

Dining out

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  426 votes

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+98 pts

19.

Liquor

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  491 votes

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+95 pts

20.

Dry cleaning

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  298 votes

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+62 pts

21.

NetFlix (or other DVD delivery service)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  316 votes

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+60 pts

22.

Vacation

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  291 votes

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+37 pts

23.

Long-distance telephone service

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  289 votes

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+35 pts

24.

UNKEL BOOB!!!

By: correctthinking 65,093 points  report  1 votes

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+1 pts

25.

Sex

By: Westin62 14,700 points  report  6 votes

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26.

Books (for entertainment)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  289 votes

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-5 pts

27.

Hair appointments

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  285 votes

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-7 pts

28.

Fastest possible Internet speeds in your area

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  285 votes

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-27 pts

29.

Dinner parties (or otherwise entertaining guests)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  284 votes

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-56 pts

30.

Regular mobile phone service (vs. Pay-as-you-go)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  280 votes

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-86 pts

31.

Investing in the stock market

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  291 votes

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-99 pts

32.

Paying more than the minimum on loans or credit cards

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  291 votes

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-175 pts

33.

Formal education (for yourself or others)

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  289 votes

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-187 pts

34.

Preventive health care

By: Smithee 13,175 points  report  295 votes

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-223 pts
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Anonymous User Mar. 03, 2009  report  Yay Boo  0 pts

Stop Buying a car

Anonymous User Mar. 04, 2009  report  Yay Boo  0 pts

Stop buying lunch, start brown bagging

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