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[rainswolf]

I'm practicing my "Graduate school budget" and I keep going about $100 a month over...and I have to start it for real next month! What are some budget tips you've discovered? Of course, I'm going over in the "food" and the "miscellaneous" categories!

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I should have a second doctorate in "cheap"

[fountaingirl]

Here's some of the secret squirrel tricks I figured out over the years. Please note that some require that you not be overly proud, and may make some folks say "yuck

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[jimotron]

Amen to all of the above and especially farmers markets!

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[max_j]

5. If you are a video addict, go for the month pass at Blockbuster or similar. I don't spend a lot here, but I have friends who do and it adds up to an alarming bill at the end of the month. The $25 for the month pass is a deal if you are coming home with four movies per week.
Or, you can do a monthly deal at Netflix.com for between $10-20/mo (depending on how many movies at a time you want), and they'll ship to your door. They have a two week free trial. They also ship fast and have a wonderful selection of movies.

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[westlin]

often community libraries have dvds or videos as well. And get friends with good collections so that you can swap them around...