Cost Savings Euphoria!
So despite the media chirruping that the “economic crisis is OVER”, really, folks, it’s not over. Not by a long shot. Recovery is a long and arduous process.
Like, you know, gaining weight is easy, losing the weight takes work.
And so, as we continue to deal with life, and money and everything that entails, The Good Man and I have been taking a look at expenses.
How freaking grown up of us. *sigh*
The first focus of our ire is Comcast. We have only the most basic of analog packages. It’s been fine. Cable goes right into the back of the TV and there you go. But recently, Comcast required us to get a box so we can receive digital channels. (they keep deleting analog channels as a way to force us over)
Trouble is, the box screws up the signal. It pops and pixilates and blacks out. If we unplug the box and plug back into the TV, no issue. The box is a piece of #$%^.
And really, we don’t watch that much regular TV anyway, other than baseball games, and the SF Giants season is ovah.
Soooo.
We ordered a digital converter for regular rabbit eared signal, and we are cancelling Comcast.
Oooh man, I can hardly wait to make that call.
As a primer, I called AT&T yesterday. I have a long and colorful history with AT&T. (work related…long story)
We hardly use our landline phone anymore, so I whacked all extra services, left just local on our line (for 911 calls or emergency use, we can still get incoming calls) and also got assurances they’ll keep our DSL rates flat.
I cut $53 a month from the bill! That is more than HALF of what we were paying!
Woooooo! Really, it was heady, adrenaline rushing fun!
Now I’m looking at everything trying to figure out how we can save.
Can we use a smaller trashcan? That would cut the trash bill.
Can we wear extra layers and set the heater at a lower temp?
Can we reduce water use?
Should be buy a generator and go off the grid?
Should we live in a shack with no running water and an outhouse and I’ll wear a hooded sweatshirt and write my manifesto?
Wait. Back the truck up.
Let’s not get carried away.
Update: I called up Sirius radio, I love my Sirius radio, and got them to knock over $70 off my annual renewal. Amazing what “I’d like to cancel” caused them to do! Yay!
