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JimmyJazz:
no but in all serious I actually rely on coupons. It seems insane to all my friends but saving coupons from newspaper clippings is a great way to save cash. Just be sure to get to the grocery store before they expire and you can get tons of good food for mad cheap. No one else does this besides me and some grandmothers so please people, spread the word!

Lunchbox:
I have made a rule that every meal can cost no more than $10. I shop every day on the way home from work, so it's easy to monitor. This is pretty easy if you don't use meat, or if you use less expensive cuts or just cut down on the amount of meat you would use (get 300g instead of 500g for two people). I also try to get leftovers out of that $10 meal so that I can take lunch the next day. I also don't buy coffee or snacks at work anymore, and instead use the supplied tea, milk, fruit, chocolate and bread we get at work.
My boyfriend thought it kinda funny that I worried so much about penny-pinching but yesterday we found out that we have to move house, and it's going to get a lot tougher for the both of us.

tania:
cut take out and restaurants out of your diet altogether. never eat anything ever again that you haven't prepared in your own home. buy food on sale or use coupons. eliminating takeout can be frustrating when you're busy and have time commitments, but you'll be surprised how much the savings rack up when you cut all those little things out. instead of getting coffee and breakfast/lunch at school, i prepare lunch and coffee in the morning and bring it to school in containers and a travel mug and it costs about 1/2 as much. i get by on approximately $35-40 a week pretty okay. i am not a real adult though

tania:
also: make a budget and stick to it! i don't think a lot of people do this. i make a budget at the beginning of every semester that factors in exactly how much my job will pay me and how much all of my expenses for the next four months will cost and then i stick to it like my life depends on it (which it kind of does).  if the budget you've calculated for that week or month says you can't buy it, then you can't buy it, period. it's really hard and your fun bucks will all but disappear into oblivion but on the plus side i'm one of the only students here i know who's actually managed to build up and maintain a pretty impressive savings account despite being a pathetic broke-ass university student so it really does work, in my experience.

Papersatan:
yeah the Sam's club thing didn't seem worth it the last time I checked it out.  Things I looked at at the time: tuna fish, peanut butter, canned fruit/veggies, cheese.  What I found with all of them was that they were not really cheaper per unit because they were name brands and I usually buy generic.  Pasta might be worth it there, or rice, but I just get that at an Asian food store. But if you go with disposable diapers that might be your savings right there. 

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