With an unpaid internship and my diminishing savings due to my 2-month trip to Southeast Asia I am forced to come up with creative ways to save money. Going through my expenses from previous months I had to face the facts. I was spending a large amount on booze, this includes Happy Hour, the occasional night cap with a friend, beers at a baseball game and my Friday and/or Saturday nights. My second expense was food, going out to lunch, dinner, Sunday morning breakfast, and my afternoon caffeine kicks.
To solve expense number 1, I have quit drinking for 30 days, not a sip of alcohol. I am on day 10, sometimes the peer pressure is tough (Oktoberfest last weekend) but I have stayed strong and have saved a significant amount of money just in the past week.
Expense number 2 solved, I go to the grocery store once a week, typically on Sunday. I also go onto KingSoopers.com to see what the specials are for the week and even print out relevant coupons. This is actually fun, I go on a mini scavenger hunt in the supermarket looking for the coupon items. On my lunch break I ride my bike to my apartment and make lunch, luckily I live close or else I would purchase and nice new lunch box and pack it everyday. As for the afternoon caffeine kicks, I have learned to live without them.
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