For starters, continue to save and organize your receipts for your contributions, job-related expenses and large ticket expenses, such as home improvements or a new vehicle.
From books to Smartphones and many items in between, opting for pre-owned items can help cut back on big ticket expenses.
Still, it was a big-ticket expense she would have been hard pressed to meet without help.
Health is the only big-ticket expense item in the US budget that is growing, so it is not only crippling for the economy, but on its way to become unaffordable too, he says.
When it comes to big-ticket expenses like travel and homes, Ms. Seles watches costs assiduously.
Ms. Péan estimates that her show will cost her about $15,000, not including many of the higher-ticket expenses, like site rental, makeup and hairstyling, paid by sponsors she has already lined up.
As a result, superintendents and school board members who once focused on big-ticket expenses like pensions and health care are now analyzing smaller mandates, like a 2007 law requiring districts to give employees paid leave for breast cancer and prostate screenings.
Foster had a small group of deep-pocketed alumni he could call on for help with big-ticket expenses like a new furnace, but the smaller donations he coaxed from the middle-class graduates were the school's real economic engine.
Albert Pirro's legal team, in turn, argued that Mr. Pirro was too busy and aloof a businessman to keep tabs on mundane bookkeeping details, and that his high-ticket expenses were routine for someone who counts Gov. George E. Pataki and Donald J. Trump as friends.
Make brave, wise and bold choices around the big-ticket expenses in your life -- housing, transportation, health insurance and taxes.
Think of potential big-ticket expenses that you may need to save for, such as a larger car or even a larger house.
