Whats it save to you?

In the spirit of cutting corners, Hubby was looking through the bills yesterday when he happened upon something interesting. . .

Call Waiting Caller ID - $6.95 a month.

Hmmmmm. . . Call waiting caller ID? Barely anyone even knows our home phone number anyways, much less calls us at the same time as the other three people who know the number. We have been paying for this service since we moved to Phoenix 2 years ago, which equals $166.80. I wonder if this is something we can get rid of.

And it is.

I called the Cable company today (with whom we get a smokin deal on cable, internet and phone), and had them cancel call waiting caller id and our sports tier (because all the games we want are on local channels anyway, really) and saved us about $15 a month. Or, as they say in the car insurance commercials 'Over $180 a year!'.

I can't believe we have been paying for things we don't need, and never even stopped to look what they were. Just went on paying like the good little suckers we are. I am going to start scouring our bills item by item. Every little bit helps. Maybe this recessive economy thing is a good thing - it will keep us budget-friendly and on our toes. See, the glass is always half full!