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Studying grocery store sales and going to Wal-Mart and invoking its price-match
deal.
Cutting cable and using Groupon GRPN +0.02% for going out to movies, the library for
books, and Redbox for renting movies. That also cut the advertising we were
exposed to so we didnt know what we were missing out on most days, Barrientos
says.
Shopping for the best deal on insurance. They found a policy that would take
payments automatically from Anas check at work, saving them $1,130 in a sixmonth period.
When dining out, they split entrees and drank only water.
When gifts were required, they got creative: For a baby shower, they donated
their organizational and decorating skills instead of buying presents. For birthdays
they made a happy birthday dance video. For Christmas they took a photo and
made their own cards.