[meaghanchan]

I guess I don't really have much of a strategy beyond 'track your spending, look back at it at the end of every month, see where you can cut without feeling deprived'.

For example, at the end of August, I saw I'd spent $280 on groceries- for one person! I examined why that happened (internet grocery service that let me buy stuff without having to actually carry it home let me buy a lot more) and devised a strategy to cut that one expense (go to grocery store myself- weight of groceries keeps me from buying too much). In September I spent closer to $100-$120 on groceries.

I do that in every category that I feel I'm spending too much money on.