Some of the things done over the last 3 years:
-Switched much of grocery shopping to Aldi
-Got rid of land line and now using Ooma (had to replace 2 boxes, 1 of which was covered under warranty, still a big savings)
-Still have no cable
-Rarely go to restaurants, unless work related
-Using Savers thrift stores for used clothing and shoes, I like their organizing stuff by size compared to other thrift stores where sizes are all mixed up.
-Use Costco and Sams instead of mall stores
-Use Amazon instead of mall stores
-Do majority of car maintenance, had to back off a couple times when wife's car needed work and I was on business travel
- Organized some vacations to be tied into end of business travel, saving one airfare, and some hotel costs for wife as she tours while I work, wife has gotten to Florida, France this way.
- Continued staying in the same small house purchased a couple decades ago instead of upgrading
Increased savings from 40% to 50% of gross income
-on the downside, 2 years ago rented storage for some of the stuff that was taking up too much space in the house, I need to work on this.