Absolutely! This week, for example, is a no grocery shopping week (except for absolute essentials). We have more than enough food in our freezer and pantry to get by. Pantry weeks also ensure that food doesn't get wasted.

One major way of cutting back is slowing down. I recently took a 1000 mile on 3 tanks of gas. Instead of taking a van, driving @ 70mph, we took the sedan and drove between 55 & 60mph. This made the trip less comfortable and longer, but a whole lot cheaper.

We've been tracking our spending for the last few months, and this month our goal was to keep grocery spending under $100 (3 people). This is our effort to learn to live WAY below our means. We're right on track for this month, and considering doing it again next month, with a new goal. Streeeetch!

We are trying to cut back on spending, but not doing a very good job. We've never been particularly spendy, so our biggest flexible expense if our grocery bill. My DH and I end up spending between $450 and $500/month on groceries, and we're desperate to get that number down so we can save more money. We're cutting back on organics (which we hate to do); eating oatmeal and eggs for breakfast instead of boxed cereals; trying to do more with beans as the center of the meal. We'll see how our October grocery bill turns out!

Although, we started just before the markets took a dive. More than anything we are just being better aware about our money and where its going. Nothing really got "cut" per say, but we are being much much more frugal about EVERYTHING and really asking ourselves if we really need what we are thinking about buying. More often than not, we dont need the item(s) and pass on it - saving the money and putting it to better use someplace else.

I wanted to wait awhile longer before starting potty training but can't afford to wait now. I need the diaper money to off-set the increases in other groceries. Disposable diapers are becoming a luxury in this economy. Not to mention environmental issues. Bottom line (pun intended) they got to go!

Yes. And working to pay off our debt. Should be able to do it in a year or so.

retired 5 years ago, have been watching every penny. Health, grocery, and home heating have been eating up my income. Picked up a loaf of bread and the price was nearly $4.00. Could go on and on, but you all know what I am talking about.

We are absolutely cutting back in all areas. We are driving less (not at all if possible), are eating at home, and forgoing paying for enternainment by using our local library extensively.

I can't imagine anyone not cutting back in this economic environment.

Yes, we have been cutting back big time since the beginning of 2008.

Food:
We've trimmed the grocery bill by 50% and quit eating out 2-3 times per week (now it's more like 1-2 times per month and we share a meal or go to less expensive places).

Entertainment:
We used to go to 2-3 movies per week. Now we don't go to any. Instead, we use coupons to rent movies for free or for very little (through e-rewards or by filling out blockbuster surveys).

Personal spending:
We've reduced our personal item budgets by 70%.

Other:
I've been trying to do additional things like unplugging electronics and turning down the thermostat, but haven't seen much of a change in the bills. Maybe because prices are rising?

Still looking for more places to cut, but it's getting harder.

While we didn't spend as much compared to many people I know, we still had A LOT of extra spending in our budget. We were basically saving 20% our our income and then spending the rest. I wish we had started doing this earlier because I'm very interested in early retirement and we could be a lot closer!

I have worked multiple jobs since 1993.I always work my base of 40 hours right now being monday thru friday 7am to 3:30-4pm then scoot over to 2nd job asap Boss is great saying come as soon as you can so I work 4pm-12 midnight evening week days this is a call center for a hospital system then weekends per diem for a nurse on call system for pediatrics.My fav word is free but 2nd is frugal so multiple jobs plus a team approach has allowed my husband and I to do this balancing act.We have paid off the mortgage,paid for college,paid for a wedding, paid off cars and now are almost debt free for credit cards.Taking longer than we thought but still on track.We are lucky to have health care coverage that is employer covering 75% then we kick in the 25% in pretax dollars.We get up early in saturday morning to go to our public market for eggs,veggies,fruits anything local produced.Coupons a standard, share buying groceries with daughter to take advantage of buy one get one or splitting quanity.All errands done on way to work or way home.Entertainment has to be free or a gift for a special occasion like birthday,Christmas.There is a budget for everything like car repairs(driving 1995 Toyota Camry 182K)Birthdays,Christmas,etc I run seperate budgets for each category out of the entire years income.The months that have 3 paychecks go into savings that goes the same for any rebates, stimulus checks what I call found money.My next goal is to purchase a chest freezer for 2009 since I cook in quanity on sundays and then during the week the meals are planned using local seasonal goodies.I am constantly looking for ideas on how to "cut back".Love the money/frugal blogs.

Not only am I cutting back -- grocery shopping with a list, purchasing what's on sale and more house brands, I'm already formulating a plan of attack for the New Year!

Yes. I can't even afford to explain how.

We've tried to make it as positive as possible, though, turning it into a game we call "The Week Without..." Each week we choose not to use something we normally would, for instance, the clothes dryer, movie rentals, or dessert. Nobody feels truly deprived, because they know what they're missing will come back next week and something else will disappear for a while. We've had some interesting discoveries, like how much we saved using no hot water in the washer and hanging clothes on the line while the dryer sat idle. It has also made us appreciate common, everyday things that we have that our ancestors did not; I do not want to go through "The Week Without Electric Lights" again!

I am cutting back on spending so that I can funnel more of my money into the stock market or realestate for long term investing. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for unattached money.

We are cutting back. I clip a lot more coupons and we don't eat out anymore. I work from home and try to drive as little as possible and group trips. We have cut out going to the movies and now just wait for it to come out on Netflix.

Yes, we've been cutting back. We buy store brand soda, clip coupons, only buy what's on sale, has a coupon or is really a necessity. We have cut back on eating out. We have been eating more hot dogs, mac & cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches.

My husband and I are also planning to scale back on Christmas this year and not buy anything for each other.

We've just started really setting ourselves a budget and have been looking at our past spending habits to figure out where to cut back a bit. This month's goal is to eat out less and allocate ourselves a discretionary spending limit of $25/week each. I'm really excited to see how our budget compares to our spending at the end of this month!

Yes. Definitely cutting back to be able to stay afloat. My wife and I have been trying to cut back, especially because childcare is very expensive here.