Saving pennies, left and right (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Q3 and Q4 of 2008 will see some hectic changes in our private and professional lives. We'll have our first child, Marli will possibly quit her job and I'll be geting a new job with a whole new set of responsibilities. While my new job brings a big fat paycheck (meaning "money++") the new baby and the possible loss of Marli's income will definitely mean "money--". I'm fairly sure that my increased income will be able to cover the loss of additional income and the drain formed by the baby. However, to be safe I'm scrounging left and right to make sure of it.

I just cancelled my subscription to GamesTM, which I've had for a few years. On a yearly basis it's not a big expense, but I haven't paid real attention to the mag for quite a while now anyway. At least not as much attention as I used to pay

I also called Ziggo, our ISP+Telco+Cable company, in order to consolidate our products. We currently use their Z1 TV, Z1 Phone and Z1 Internet packages, plus the extended DTV package. By rolling the three Z1 packages into their all-in-one package (and taking the 800 kbps hit in bandwidth) we'll save about ten bucks a month.

Other things we're looking at for savings are our weekly groceries (which we ought to be able to keep at sixty bucks a week once the baby's here) and our monthly utilities bill.

The one thing we can't save on and that forms a steady drain on our money are taxes and Marli's college loan. They're rather annoying insofar that we don't see the direct benefits of them, but we're still paying them :) Ah well...

Posted in: expensive , life , money , saving , scrounging