About a month ago, my husband and I--sick of looking at our very-low bank account balance and lamenting the fact that we are always broke--decided that to save money we would get rid of cable TV.
We had
AT&T U-verse for the past 6 months or so and we loved it, but since we canceled internet, (we can
tether with our fancy
MyTouch phones, so no need to have AT&T internet), the bill seemed a little ridiculous to pay for cable only. We still have our
Netflix membership (just switched to DVD by mail only, so we only pay $7.99/month), so we can watch full seasons of
Entourage and
Californication.
And with
Hulu we can watch many of our favorite shows, like
The Office. We're really not missing much. Plus, I find that I am a whole lot more productive, I go to sleep earlier, I read more, and James and I have more "real" conversations. (Not just conversations about what we're watching on TV).
I was one of those people that always had the TV on for background noise more than anything else, (
I've read this is a sign of ADD, but who knows). Since
recent research has shown that babies under 2 really shouldn't watch TV, it is also better for Jones that we got rid of cable. Now we listen to
NPR and music on the radio a lot more instead of the TV.
The one thing I do miss is
Jeopardy--it was the one show we watched pretty religiously, and full episodes are not available on Hulu.
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| I miss this--I mean, it is "America's Favorite Quiz Show," after all... |
Anyone know how I can still watch
Jeopardy without cable?
What about you--have you given up anything to save money lately?
XO, B
