To All: I'm late to the party, and this may sound really obvious, but I found the best way to not spend money was to not go into stores. It does help that I'm not a shopper by nature, and only go to the mall 2 - 3 times per year. I also have never been one to need "the latest thing", whatever it happened to be. When I was a SAHM we kept to a very strict budget and I made up a master
Walmart list (at that time ours didn't sell groceries too) and only went once a month. I would take my list and go through each item and if we didn't have enough to last a month I would buy it; if we did, I didn't buy it. I would look at our family calendar to check if there were any occasions that I needed to get a gift or card for and add any to the list. Then I would go
by myself - no kids - and get what we needed. And I didn't go again until the next month. Period. Saves money, time, sanity and all it took was a little planning, which I felt as a SAHM was my job. I even had "Domestic Engineer" listed as my occupation on our tax returns back then.
I NEVER go into convenience stores. When I buy gas, I pay at the pump. Keeps me from being tempted by gum, drinks, snacks.
I'm trying to find additional ways to save money so that I can increase our pitiful little savings account in case things continue to go south with the economy, and I'm not sure where I can cut. As far as writing everything I spend down, well, except for our routine monthly bills I haven't spent any money so far this month. We have the next step up from basic satellite programming, because we live in a rural area and it is the only entertainment we pay for. I only have a local landline (for reverse 911 and for when my son is home alone after school) and the lowest cell phone plan I can get and still have the family plan, and I get a discount on my cell phone plan through my employer. We use an aircard for internet, but that is paid by my employer so it's not an expense for us. I turn off lights constantly, keep our thermostat low in winter and high in summer, and we don't have any service contracts. We have a well so water is free and we don't have garbage service, so no costs there. I cook almost everything from scratch, so most of my groceries are just the basics. Just this morning my son asked if I would by fruit by the foot because it was "fun" and I told him to go find a stick to play with if he wanted fun, that junk is full of sugar and empty calories. I almost always only buy store brands or what's on sale, whichever is cheaper, and by sale I mean buying one of BOGOF so essentially it's half price. We use coupons but only on what we would buy anyway. We may go to the movies 2 - 3 times per year, and the rest of our entertainment does not cost money. I don't use my car unnecessarily and usually have at least 2 things to do if I drive, except going to/from work. We eat out about twice a month, and fast food is extremely rare. I drink tap water at work instead of buying a drink and never use the snack machines, and bring my lunch every day. And there's still more month left at the end of the money. I'm stumped.
We have had a few Fords. We had the smaller truck, an F150, and currently we have a diesel F350 that wasn't used once over the summer due to the price of diesel. 
That's a great idea. 
I still have 1 more January bday. It's been eye-opening.
That stinks! I am so sorry. I have been there and it's so painful to throw all that food out. Is any of it salvageable? 
My thing with DH is that he will pay for all of the food at the station and then I never see the cash. He just burns through it so for now the $25 per 48 hour shift is just going in the DH work food category. 
Wow- you have got your stuff together! I don't know where you can cut because you seem to be on track! 
Congrats on your upcoming wedding! I bet his not smoking is saving a ton of money!
