What Have You Given Up To Pay A Debt?

I gave up cable...its been very depressing...also gave up my Wendy's cravings(I am pregnant) which really sucks

If I tell you that you have given up the right thing because it is saving your life (Wendy's that is). Cable is becoming more of a necessity than a luxury. I had to go without cable once because I couldn't afford to pay the bill. I liked to have cried. It was very depressing. But once I got it back, I vowed never to let it go again!!! :lol:

Wendy's use to be so good but after a long time without it, you lose interest in it. Fast food that is.

I have been reading a lot and I figure once the baby gets here I wont have much time to spend in front of the TV anyway..Besides I still have my PS2 and I can buy one game a month at Game stop for 10-20 bucks-way cheaper than my 200/mo cable bill..As for wendy's-never even liked it til i got pregnant so I figure I can do without it...

I had to give up smoking and drinking pepsi to pay for some vet bills. That may not seem like much, but I drink a lot of pepsi. Between the two I saved about $150 a month.

Once the vet bills were paid I went back to the pepsi, but not the smokes . . . .

When you stop drinking sodas, you can also lose weight. For men anyway. :lol:

LOL I hear ya Gougah..I have a vet bill now for about 200 bucks but my vet lets me make payment arrangements because I have been a client for years and have always paid my bills (see I am responsible)

Ah cigarettes...a vice I had to give up on October 23rd when I found out I was pregnant...

I didn't lose any weight from not drinking pop, but I'm on the thin side already. Also, since it coincided with quitting smoking the two probably cancelled each other out.

Leah - Yeah, vets are soooo expensive. I ended up having to switch vets. I'd been taking my dog to the same vet my family had gone to for years, and they diagnosed my pug with a hepatic insufficiancy. Since I love my dog and would do anything to help him, I kept taking him in to try this or that. Finally, they gave him some regular antibiotics. Turns out he didn't have liver problems, just a bad infection. Whole thing costed me $800 when it could've only been $60.

Congrats on the pregnency!!!

Thanks Goudah! Do you have a german shepherd? Cuz hepatic insufficiancy is generally a disease only found in GSH-I spent over 5 grand one summer on my dog trying to find out if he had that problem cuz he was a 65lbd GSH(come to find out the only think the little butthead will eat are little ceasers and I have to feed him like 14 a day because of his size) He now weighs 85lbs. Sure wish I would have found that out before I had all the tests run and then taken him to the internist but he is my baby so of couse I had to do it...I am the same way with my kitties
All vets are expensive but I am so picky about who treats my pets that I could nevef switch..My vet is super good to me..If I have an emergency he gets me right in

I have a pug . . . . Yeah, the whole diagnosis made no sense. I ended up switching vets over that, the vet my family had gone to for 20+ years. But he was getting old and about to retire, and I ended up finding a great vet. I actually interviewed a few in my area. The vets probably thought I was insane.

And my pug has so many food allergies that I have to cook him meals. He's gotten so spoiled that he has actually uped his nose to a steak and carrots with rice!!! He prefers chicken . . . . And he eats about a 1lb a day. My 20 lb dog eats about twice as much in a day as I do!

Wow that is a wierd dx for a pug...but the food allergies are not that uncommon for pugs
Trust me, my vet probably thinks I am crazy..I did come visit my kitty while she was in the hospital everyday...Who do you know that would do that?

I would . . . . Luckily my guy has never had to stay in a hospital . . . But he's my baby. That's him in my pic. But no, I do not dress him up. That was a one time thing for halloween, and i took it off him right after I snapped the pic because he didn't like wearing it. I'm not the type to try to dress up animals.

And the new vet I took him to agreed that it would've been strage for him to have a hepatic insufficiancy. She said that would've been her last quess . . . .

When I used to smoke (20+ years ago), I gave up name brand for store brand cigarettes, but that wasn't to pay a debt though, it was just to save money. Many times I have given up things I need in order to buy things my daughter needed (what mom hasn't done THAT).

Leah---don't deny your cravings for Wendy's (save it for a treat)

Goudah:

You have reached more than 1000 posts!

LOL well I usually don't get those craving until midnight so now that my hubby is working third shift..I won't be able to go get them

The thing is with cravings is next week it could be pickles and sardines. :shock:

I did reach 1000 posts . . . . Thanks for noticing!!

I've never been pregnant, but I say go for the cravings . . . . Sometimes you just need to treat yourself!

I gave up cable and internet (bundled) because I couldn't afford it anymore when I had to buy my car and my car insurance jumped due to having full coverage instead of just liability. (From $60/mo to $340/mo for car and insurance - ghack!) ---- my old car broke down and was having so many problems I'm actually SAVING money in the long run - my expenses were just periodic previously.

I cried.

Now I still don't have cable but I have internet and a NetFlix subscription, so I'm doing okay. At least I have entertainment, and the Netflix is WAAAAY cheaper than cable.

LOL...sardines and pickles eh? Lord I hope not...

I have found cable to be a rip off anyway...I would much rather read a good book although I am going to miss the History Channel...

LOL...sardines and pickles eh? Lord I hope not...

I have found cable to be a rip off anyway...I would much rather read a good book although I am going to miss the History Channel...

shouldn't this topic be in the pub? I thought that was where discussions of any subject were meant to go.

Congratulations, Goudah! We'll be welcoming you as a new Debt Hall of Famer soon!

We gave up cable for about six months. We have tons of VCR tapes that we bought/recorded over the past few years (Thank God they still sell VCRs!). We started watching them. It's been so long since we've seen some of them, it was like watching them for the first time. And then, of course, there are those movies you don't mind watching three or four times.

Back in late 90's when oilfield slowed down,we gave up direct tv among with a few others until my industry picked back up.

I use to go get my hair cut once a month and use to have my nails done, but quit doing that....still cut my own hair, well at least my bangs and do try to tip some of the rest of my hair. Have not been to a beauty shop in over 5 years! Also cut my husband, son's and daughter's hair. My husband and I will put off getting things for ourselves to pay bills and get what is needed for our kids.