[rob62521]

Here are a few things I can add:

In addition to using the library for books, you can check out magazines which makes you a winner two ways -- no subscription price and no worry over what to do with the magazine after you've read it.

I make my own coffee and carry it in an insulated cup to work. I bought a reasonably priced bottle and put my iced tea in it for lunch.

Eat breakfast at home before you go to work instead of hitting the drive thru or the donut or bagel shop.

If your family likes homemade bread, invest in a reasonably priced bread machine and then make it from scratch with flour and yeast and whatever else the recipe says instead of buying the boxed bread mixes.

Trade videos with friends.

I buy cheaper cuts of meat and use that crockpot a lot! I usually have leftovers and I use them for lunches or even parts of other meals. If you cook a pot roast and have some left over, cut it up, save the broth, and put it with cooked noodles in a day or so and you have a wonderfully filling homemade meal.

I don't buy cookbooks -- I either borrow them from the library, ask friends for recipes we've tried or look for them on the Internet.