A favorite blog post I've saved for 3+ years: The Cheapskate Guide: 50 Tips for Frugal Living

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10. I have always followed those guidelines.

I have one car, which is a '99 Ford Taurus. I have a smaller house, which is a mobile home that I own with only lot rent of $367 a month including water and garbage pickup. Rarely eat out and eat frugally at home because I am a vegetarian, and when I was working. I always brown-bagged lunch. I do not have any credit cards as I only use my debit card. I do cut my own hair because I was a wig stylist years ago and am pretty good at styling hair.

But I cannot give up my cable TV or cell phone. i have a land line phone and only use the cell phone for emergencies. And I cannot give up my sweets, as ice cream is my only indulgence. But otherwise, I am becoming more and more frugal because I was laid off in 2010 and now living on Social Security. I have some savings that I only use for emergencies, such as when I had an electrical problem caused by rodents chewing the wires. That cost me $565, so now I am having to pay a pest control person to kill the rats. And believe me, they are not easy to get rid of. You kill 2 and there are 3 more to take their place.