When you Make a Change, Make a Plan

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The guest post I wrote for Daily Money Shot was about making choices, about understanding the trade-offs between what you want, whant you can afford, and what you’re willing to give up.
For a very long time, we have had HD cable with an HD DVR. Even when the husband was laid off and we were in our crash budget phase, we kept the cable. This summer, we have decided to give up the cable.
And then, of course, it turned out to be cheaper not to. We’re no longer HD or even digital. We certainly don’t have a DVR anymore. But, we still have the most basic cable, because somehow, it is cheaper for Comcast to sell me two products combined than it is to sell me just one of them. In fact, I would pay $300 more per year to have just internet access and no cable. I’m still not really certain how that make sense.
As it is, though, we’ve cut our monthly bills by about $100. That’s actually pretty significant.
As usual, though, we have a plan for the money. Some of it will go toward maintaining our Netflix account at the one DVD and unlimited download level. Some might go to Hulu Plus (though since we still have basic cable, that’s less likely).
But mostly, it will go into savings, to help insure we have a cushion with the husband being in school full time and not working.
We have enough to pay for his classes out of pocket, but with little wiggle room. This gives us the wiggle room.
And in the end, I still get football, even if its not in HD.