Shop around for savings with the companies you deal with now

When you are looking to save money - look in your own backyard. What do I mean by that? I mean look at your own monthly bills. For example do you have a cell phone? Does the cell phone company you have offer cheaper plans than you have now? If so switch to something cheaper. Does your own car insurance company offer discounts for automatic monthly payments from your checking account, mine did and I got a $220.00 savings a year because of it. Shop around using your own monthly bills. Call those companies to see what discounts they offer.