Seven Little Numbers...

I've been doing very well with cutting corners. I don't get my hair or nails done, buy new clothes for me and rarely eat out. (when I say eat out I mean McDonalds or a flatbread sandwich from Dunkin' Donuts.) I've cut my heating/cooling costs and cell phone bill. I happily shop for staples at Dollar Tree and do a victory dance when I save big at the grocery store.
There is another way I can easily save about $35.00 a month. All I would have to do is turn off the service to my mother's phone line. Since she passed away there really isn't a need for the extra line. Each month I say that I'm going to terminate the service yet I haven't done so. The phone number has been around since my family unpacked their bags and moved into this home in 1955. Back then we had a yellow rotary phone that hung on the kitchen wall and another tan one that sat on the dresser in the master bedroom. I remember the phone company being referred to as Ma Bell and some phone numbers had letters in them. ("Staci, dial IV6-2344 for me.") While technology was rapidly changing, my mother held onto her rotary phone for dear life. I still chuckle over the day years ago when one of my young neices was visiting us. She wanted to call her grandmother. My mom gave her the go ahead to use the telephone. When her grandma asked later why she hadn't called little neice said, "I wanted to but couldn't figure out how to use nana's phone." Mom finally broke down and got a touchtone phone after I graduated from college in the 90's.
I'll have to challenge myself to turn the phone off soon...