I haven't changed my spending either. When I need something, I almost always comparison shop if it's something other than groceries. Even for groceries I look for what's on sale or has coupons. At the Co-op where we shop there are different things on sale every month so we usually stock up on the sales items that we know we will use. We bought a case of laundry detergent that was on sale and got an additional 10% case discount - I'm still using it and we bought it about a year ago. We also get case discounts on the dog food we buy at the feed store. Every little bit helps!
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