the only resession i am concerned with is the one at my house... save where
you can so you can spend where you want...

you know luxuries like utilities, medications, and the occasional box of
crackers? Lee
"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> sf > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:52:43 -0500, "Polly Esther"
>
>>> We've been really surprised since we retired at how much our cost of
>>> living
>>> dropped since we don't do so much eating out.
>>
>>Oh, man.... I wish that was the case for me. I have to concentrate on
>>lowering my cost of living now because my income is less.
>
> I'm not retired, but I alternate between working at home and working
> at a jobsite. When working on site I really have to proactively
> concentrate to not eat a lot of meals out. But I've been getting
> much better about it (yeah, bad consumer, feeding the recession
> by under-spending).
>
> Steve