Before you buy anything you want, why not sell something first? Your garage and closets are full of stuff you no longer use. So before you go to the store, stop. Put off the purchase – first, take some clothes to the consignment shop, or take a picture of something you’re no longer using and put it on Craigslist. It doesn’t take very long. As soon as it sells, apply the money to the purchase you were going to make. Now you’ve saved on something you wanted, and gotten rid of something you didn’t.