Like many people I know, we are trying to cut costs. After looking on the internet I have been able to find an abundance of information on frugal living, from feeding a family of 4 for a month on an incredible $200, to baking your own bread and making your own laundry detergent & cleaning products. But how realistic is it for the average person who wants to cut food costs, but who either cannot or does not want to hunt for their own meat or buy an entire side of beef at a time?
On the flip side, I have also seen many segments in the news and television programs that promise you ways to cut your budget in half. I patiently wait through the entire news hour for these amazing tips only to be given advice like, "don't buy pre-cut and packaged fruit, make your coffee at home instead of buying several a day, bring your lunch to work instead of eating out everyday" . . . etc.. But what about those of us who are already doing the obvious and still looking for ways to cut back?
So, since I am not a hunter and I have never ever had enough money to spend on eating out everyday, I am beginning a quest to find my personal happy medium.
I am going to put some of the more practical sounding ideas to the test and let you know how they translate into reality.
Now I'm off to make my own laundry detergent!
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