Liz Pulliam Weston, provides some great tips in “50 Ways to Trim Your Budget”. Some of my favorites were:

• Eliminate premium channels from your cable or satellite TV service.
• Group your errands for better gas mileage.
• Give up a vice (smoking, drinking, soda, salty snack foods).

The most stupid way to trim your budget: Ask friends and relatives for hand-me-downs. Now that’s ridiculous!