We cut back on eating out which we used to do all the time. Also taking cabs which I used to do regularly but don't now with the whole car seat situation. And I don't buy much for myself anymore as far as clothes, shoes, makeup, pretty much anything. When I do buy makeup/skincare now, I stick to much more inexpensive lines.
What about you?
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
I gave up shopping for clothes. I spent a lot of money shopping - partly because for awhile my FT job was retail lead so I got a 50% discount. Now I hardly ever buy clothes for myself.
papaya / 10560 posts
Yup I hardly ever buy anything for myself anymore. It's more fun for the kids anyway. I also don't take any trips for pleasure anymore.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
I try to limit spending on clothes, accessories, etc. for myself - or at least be more cognizant about it month to month. But now when I go out, I look for things for her anyway. 
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Entertainment, eating out, clothes, makeup, gifts!
honeydew / 7303 posts
Movies, going oit, eating out, clothes and makeup splurges. All my splurging goes toward LO now.
pomegranate / 3003 posts
We downsized our cable package, and rarely shop for ourselves, outside of necessities and occasional splurges. I used to be quite the avid shopper, so this was a nice way to save, for us. We cook more, eat out less, and generally entertain ourselves with free or frugal family activities.
grapefruit / 4400 posts
Movies and spending money on ourselves (clothes, hair, mani/pedi, etc.).
We actually eat out a lot more now, I think, because neither one of us has the energy to cook 
nectarine / 2220 posts
I think our entertainment budget decreased since we don't often get chances to go out without LO anymore. So far less spending on movies and out for drinks.
We started living on just DH's paycheck as "practice" when we started TTC.... which ended up taking almost two years to get pregnant, so by the time she was actually here, we were pretty used to how the budget would look.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
Eating out, clothes, hair cuts/colouring. We recently allocated an allowance for each of us and it's really helped.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Eating out and entertainment for sure. Also, we hardly buy any clothes for ourselves now.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
We cut back on fun stuff for me and DH - clothes, pricey electronics, expensive makeup, etc.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
We got rid of our DVR and fancy cable package--now we just have basic cable. We got rid of our lawn mowing service and DH just does it himself now. We also don't go out as much (dinner, drinks, movies), but that's mostly a product of having a baby/wanting to spend time as a family/not wanting to find someone to watch LO.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
Eating out...frivolous spending (shopping:me, sport gear: dh).
We planned on cutting back on travel as well but after cutting back in the above areas we had enough left over for a trip this spring which was a nice surprise
pomegranate / 3388 posts
Our entertainment budget is pretty much gone now. We no longer go out to movies or bars for drinks with friends except on very rare occasion. We also eat out a lot less, although we still do plenty of take-out b/c we're too lazy to cook. We upped our budget in other areas though. Childcare obviously, plus we also pay for more household services now b/c we don't have time to do them ourselves.
papaya / 10343 posts
We'll be cutting back on eating out, on big purchases (we usually do 1-2 big house purchases per year), and unfortunately on savings.
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
We go out way less for dinner and drinks. I also don't buy any work clothes/shoes since I stay home now
pear / 1812 posts
I don't really buy anything for myself anymore but spend way more than I ever did on myself on dd. Which is partly why we have our line of credit. Oops.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
eating out/entertainment is the big one. We still go to the theater, but not as often. We definitely eat out less, and we never ate out much! I buy less stuff for myself, too--I have to really want something. I'm not doing Crossfit right now, which saves a lot every month!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Eating out. We also don't have car payments anymore. I'm not sure what we're going to do once we need a new car...
grapefruit / 4903 posts
Eating out, entertainment, and cabs. All of those happened pretty organically though - it's just a different lifestyle!
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
Everywhere. We try to be more economic on groceries, do more about turning off lights and keeping the heater lower, don't eat out or pay for entertainment as much.
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