As much as I detest the greens , I ' d still be very happy to see the Democratic Party fail and disintegrate . You don ' t have to be a conservative or even like Trump to see how crooked they are . They gotta go . <| sep |> Back in July I finally decided to reduce my overall spending . I started using a budgeting app and really thinking about every penny I spent . Now I actually think about each and every purchase . Do I need it ? Do I really want it ? Is it on sale ? Is there an equivalent product that ' s just as good but less expensive ? I ' m also not much of a meat eater and prepare most of my food from scratch . I don ' t scrimp so much that I ' m feeling deprived because that approach would certainly backfire on me . Being really careful allows me to send money to my daughters at university . I have really good motivation to stick to my budget .