Wow these are all great ideas....
that's what were doing now to get out of dept. here are a few samples of the budget that i have for home for the next 8 months until were out of dept. Hope this might help someone..
1. i have a strick budget.
2. i have a list when i got grocery shopping, only buy what WE NEED to live on.
3. Bills and baby come first.
4. Dinner movies.going out at all, is out of the question until were out of dept.
5. we skipped presents for our Birthday / anniversery etc.
6. pay off credit cards first...
7. This is the one i HATE, no extras, like clothes, shoes, shopping, unless you need it..... i had to give up getting my nails done, my tans, well there is always next year maybe
But were getting the bills paid off, so i can't bitch to much.. these were some of the reason we got into dept.. so i had to give up stuff to, especially with a 7 month old child at home....
Hope some of these help someone...
and forgot the most important one, when i go shopping i pay CASH for everything now....