You are all right. It takes alot of will power to just do what you have to do to make it through. The towel idea is funny. I just got 4 new towels at JC Penny using a $10.00 off cupon. They were originally $8.00 but on sale for 3.99 then with 2.50 off each towel I was able to pay 1.49 for each towel. Grand total of 5.96 for 4 new towels that could have costed 32.00. I had so many strings on my old ones it was becoming a menace in the wash. Especially when they got twisted in my underclothes. I should be thankful, I have an okay job, a roof over my head, food on the table sometimes(groceries run out before appetites do), a car to drive that isn't completely a wreck, but I compare myself to everyone who seems to have it all. I can't take public transportation there is none where I live. I would like to move closer to my work but my kids are in school here and it just seems too much to move them. They are teenagers and their friends are their life. Until they graduate I am sure I am stuck here. Your right graduation is a year off but I hate to be the parent who always scrimps while other kids parents splurge on their kids last year at home. I have to quit comparing but I am guilt ridden when it comes to my kids. I feel guilty they live with a single low income parent. Oh well. Life goes on. Thanks for the advice. I will cut my old towels into wash cloths. I have been using my credit card on gas and I just today decided to start paying cash. I get a discount for cash. Now I will just use credit if it is an emergency. I just have to make myself. Wish me luck. Oh yeah, I will work on the winter issue when it comes. Maybe the heater thing could work. We'll see. Keep me posted on funny ways to save. It makes me feel better.