How I will pay for my D300

[ndsimm]

Interesting article about where your money goes...
some of these things I don't do, but the ones that I do "indulge" in I don't really think about. kinda amazing how a little here and a little there can add up...

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...AddUpFast.aspx

[JohnT]

My largest unnecessary expense is eating out, which we do way too much of most of the time. It always happens when the groceries run low, and I fail to go to the store like I should. It really is amazing how quickly--and quietly--it adds up.

[ndsimm]

$4 for breakfast + $5 for lunch x 260 days = $2340
and that's just for the cheap meals - not counting the times I go "splurge" on payday
so there's my D300 AND my Think tank case!

[mcphotography]

you said it! i've already cutout some of my eating out (except for my tuesday and wednesday tpf meeetups ) but i try and bring food or snacks with me for the rest of the week and it's already made a difference....it's the little things that get you....

here's my saving trick - works for me - might help someone else also....a prepaid credit card! i got my prepaid card from HEB a year ago - used one from before and did the same thing...anyways, i keep all of my spare change in a jar and at the end of the week i dump it onto the card - and leave the card at home....when i get to a certain amount then i know i can shop -- and it's great for shopping online - all of those ebay purchases - no interest charges to the real card - and so far i've gotten most of my equipment from "spare change" .... really helps that the card has a $5000 limit so i love to see how much spare change i can get it up to - i've hit $5000 once already

[123canon]

recently i found out that kids are not like lawns, you can't feed them twice a week and get by with it for very long so i had to resort to packing a lunch and drinking from the cooler. amazing what you save.

[pippin]

ok. going to have to stop buying lunch.

as of now.