Cutting Back Saves

Fact, American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Have you ever thought what you could save by cutting one smal thing our of your life? As Americans we tend to over indulge whether it is food, clothing, automobiles, you name it.

A classic example of over indulgence are the portions of food we receive when we go out to dinner. Resturants load our plates filled with food and we eat until we are stuffed. They give us options of small, medium, or large, not to mentiontall, grande, or venti size coffees. Using myself as an example, I tend to cook for a family of 10 when there are only 2.5 of us and as a result we eat leftovers for several days before I freeze the last of it.

Ever heard of a clothes horse? You know the person who has no more room in the closet and is over flowing into other rooms with shoes, clothing, accessories....they have more then enough outfits yet you will find these people at the mall. In some cases, over indulgence turns to hoarding. Hoarding can be unhealthy in many ways.

A friend of mine who is a professional organizer worked for a client who held onto everything of her children. Every piece of paper, award, art piece, etc. This person had 18 boxes of stuff for each year of the child's life. Now it is nice to hold onto things, but there is a point where too much is obsesive.

My question to you, what is it you could cut back on to save your household money and how much would you really be saving? For me, my daily trip to Mickey D's for coffee ($1.49 x 360 days = $536.40 saving per year)

We would love to hear your ideas so send us an email.

Sincerely,
The Editor