not buying more stuff, and paying your bills seems to work.

Yeah thanks, fellow ex-unemployed victim of the system who should understand a little bit of what it's like. I haven't bought new anything or gone out to eat or gone to the movies or gone snowboar...

It's sucky when you have a job making a lot of money and you spend some of your money and maybe you even put things on credit cards because you think, hey, i have a great job! And then you lose th...

yep. I was all, "Hey I've got a great job with more money than I've ever seen, and my crappy '89 Grand Marquis's transmission just disentegrated, maybe I'll buy my first new car ever!" and then 9 m...

you know what's great? CarLoan + Rent + StudentLoan + Commuting = AllMyPay

Yep. I know it. So again, didn't mean to sound whiny and complainy. I just know you must know what I'm going thru. Lol remember we lost our jobs within a week of each other.

At least it's cool to live with your best friend so you can just sit home and hang out and entertain each other and don't have to spend money. :) Or asking people to come over and bring food works...