I've decided to eat out less and cook at home more often. I've been looking up recipes and have taken some inspiration from Great Depression era cooking. I have access to seasonings still so I can take something like a Hoover Stew and flavor it up as well as use slightly better ingredients for more flavor. It's cheap, pretty tasty, filling, and lasts a while.

I'm fortunate I have a regional grocery chain and don't have to shop at Wal-Mart or Target for my groceries and some toiletries. For everything else though, I gauge heavily "Do I need this at all?" I've reached a point where I'm not spending as much as I did and working to pay down debts as well as save.