Cutting Expenses: Part 2

Today I went to the apartment complex office to sign my lease renewal. I was absolutely dreading it. Knowing that I'd be "agreeing" to a $75 rent hike just made me sick. I sat in the office, the property manager got out her paperwork, and then double checked her numbers. After plugging in a few numbers and adding things up, she realized there was some "wiggle room" with my rent. Instead of paying $75 more in rent, I'll only be paying $65 more. It's amazing how $10 difference made me feel. However, I'm still going to act like I'm paying $75 more in rent, but I'll just put that $10 in savings. I still need to work on dropping my cable bill and insurance. Once all that is taken care of, I can add up my total "savings" and put the difference in savings. Somehow, I know all of this isn't going to be a lot and I'll have to find a summer job. Still working on that!