I really need to find some ways to cut back on my monthly expenses. I’ve all ready switched my cell phone service to another provider at a much lower price a few months ago. I got myself a nice new cell phone, with a lot more features and minutes for $20 a month less, which I am very happy with so far. And instead of getting my hair cut every 3 months, I’m stretching it out to every 5 months, which is working out just fine, I’m finding out. I gave my insurance agent a call to see if I could get my insurance rates down any, that didn’t work, but I did try.
So now it is time to see what I can do with some of my other monthly expenses. I was told that if I called my current cable TV provider and asked them to see what they could do for me in order to keep me a customer or lose me to Satellite TV, that they would give me some options that might help the situation. I don’t know why I found myself talking with the most uncooperative customer service rep that I’ve dealt with in a long time. She just wouldn’t budge and I ended up telling her what I thought of her and the company that she is working for and told her that I would no longer need their services by the end of next week. That will give me time to research the different Satellite TV companies that are in the area and get myself signed up with a company that will best fit my needs, wants and my shrinking budget.
With the price of gas going up so quickly these past couple of weeks, it is becoming harder and harder to keep the bills paid. And each time I go to the grocery store I’m seeing it harder to pay for all that I’m wanting and needing to buy. I even use coupons and try to only buy things that are on sale, but it’s just getting really depressing.
Next step will be calling my credit card companies to see if I can get them to ease off a bit, maybe reduce the interest rate for me. I’m not getting my hopes up though. I tried that a few years ago and wasn’t a bit successful. I was very disappointed with that whole task. But I’ll try and give it a shot once again, I gotta do something at this point because it isn’t going to get any better any time soon.