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Our quite wonderful and often over-caffeinated HR department tries to keep our spirits up not just by keeping us well-informed about benefits, opportunities, and resources -- and every once in a while throws out a light-hearted contest with a $25 gift card to various retailers as a prize.Yesterday, Martin Buckingham asked us all what the best non-work-related cost-saving idea was that we had heard or tried. It was late in the day, and I was a bit tired of editing, so I took the bait and got on a roll. Here's what I sent him. I freely confess that my middle class roots show, and it may help to know that like most Boomer Mahattanites, I split my time between a postage-stamp-size apartment and a modest cottage in NW Conn. 1. I?ve stopped spending, period. I buy dog and cat food ? everything else, forget about it. 2. Stopped using cabs -- except late night when safety is an issue.3. Am considering cancelling my New York Times sub, but I can?t bear to not support my favorite newspaper.4. Am questioning every single purchase like I did when i was 20.5. If I go to the movies, I?m not going to...

Full post as published by The Common Scold on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).