In this moment of recession, what are you giving up mostly?

I'd vote for other, these are things I really like. Example, a math book(I love math).

EDIT: Oops, I accidently did'nt vote on Books and Magazines, Did'nt see that one. My fault

Well I don't have a car or will be needing one soon. We're aren't going out much but we still go to movies.

I checked:
Travel/vacation (no big trips here... though that is a little hard to avoid in this area)
New car (in all hopes)
Technology (even though I want that new iPod Nano... :P)
Dining out
Video games (yeh yeh, I know....)
Other (so vague it just might work!)

I checked everything except local driving and magazines!! Sadly, my list could be much longer...all shopping in general, expensive coffee, hobbies, recreation, few name brand meds...on and on. Most perks like car washes and dry cleaning is out...that all done by me.

Yuck, what a depressing poll!

I checked...

Travel/Vacation
Dining Out
Clothing
Movies
Other

I had to check them all. We have no extra money since we now spend about $600 a month just for gas to get my husband to work. When we moved into our house 6 yrs ago, it was just around $120 dollars.

But what hurts the most is the video games (of course!) I am saving my nickels and dimes to get VV3 and hope I get it before the new game comes!

The phone new clothes, nail polish, makeup... I cannot wait til this recession is over!!!

With these hard times, it has been especially difficult here. My wife's job was Real Estate related and when that took a dive, so did her wage. It was cut in 1/2.
My families favorite past time was to go out to dinner. If I didn't want to cook, "Hey! Let's go out!" I cannot remember when or where our last dining out experiences was. I had to cancel my Big Fish Game Club. Cannot afford $7 a month. Most everything I buy at the grocery store is on club card. "Woohoo! Mac&Cheese for a buck a piece!" I haven't even been able to keep up on regular oil changes. I also couldn't tell you when the last time I washed my truck. I hate washing vehicles because I wind up getting so detailed, it takes me all day. I used to take it to a car wash but that hasn't happened in several, several months. Also here in SoCal, we have water restrictions. No watering your yard, washing cars, no outside water what-so-ever from 9am to 4pm. My busy times are from 6-9am and 1:30 till after sundown. Thankfully there was one day a week or so where it rained for a few hours. I got out there and wiped the truck down, in the rain. I said "HA! You cannot fine me for using Mother Natures water! "

Thank goodness my dad's a mechanic...
We had to give up some BIG vacations because of money (I really wanted to go to Australia, but my parents can't afford it now), and other, like a private school.