How's the economy affecting you?

Talking with a Wall Street Journal reporter last week about how the current economic madness is affecting single women head-of-households. Here are some thoughts.

• living on credit cards
• increasing debt
• cutting even non-frivolous expenses - e.g., not doing home repairs as soon as discovered b/c of expense
• searching for bargains in food prices--single women don't normally have time for that but need now to consider everything
• eating out less often or not at all
• going out less often or not at all - single moms especially--going out is doubly expensive b/c of babysitting
• considering bankruptcy
• hanging onto less than desirable jobs b/c no others available

What else are you doing that's different?