<prompt> Human: So Im a waiter at a big chain restaurant. Despite the size of the chain, my town is small. Business fluctuates largely, but of course Friday and Saturday are the busiest days. My fiance and I budget together and have joint finances. She goes to school and has work study- 300 dollars a month max. 10 hours max per week, 7.25, but she obviously cant work when school is closed. I want her to be able to focus on school but I struggle with the rest of the bills. Between us we have a bit of bills, some of which are divided between us and our roommate whos parents cover 85 of his bills.They go: everything is our share of the totalRent : 340Electricity: 60Water: 40Groceries: 200 I like to think were good at keeping this down but we should probably get more fruit in our dietFull coverage Insurance for 2 paid off cars: 75 Hellz yeah, USAAGas: umm, maybe 100 total. We dont drive very far daily and we carpool. Furniture bill minimum: 35Replacement Laptop Bill minimum: 25New old broke phone: 20 plan but that is covered for a year due to a contest I wonPropane: ? First year in new house with propane, but I live in the mountains so its COLD. I may turn it on soonSo Im going into winter with a minimum of 895 of bills per month. Plus whatever propane is. At work, I make tips but only when I serve, which is currently only maybe two to four days a week. This coming week Im screwed. Im only scheduled 3 days and Im hosting which is minimum wage. When I serve consistently, say, 4 dinner shifts a week, I can bring home an easy 300. Times 4 is 1200 plus my fiances 200 to 300 is lets say 1450. So Id be golden. But Im not serving that consistently, and Im not golden. I need help. The end of the month is coming and its all about to start over. For this month Ive paid off everything. On the first, Rent, insurance, and the bill for the phone are all due, totaling 425. I have 300 left right now and Im hosting read: not serving until at least next Wednesday read: no take home cash, only paycheck moneyWhat can I do? I have no credit card debt and Id like to keep it that way and I had to replace the laptop for school. Can I make extra money? Am I missing something somewhere or is there something I can change? I feel like I spend so little... 900 a month for two people seems low to me and I cant figure out how to lower it or what steps I should take from here if I cant make up the remainder by the first. Is there anything I can do? Extra money maybe? I have a solid truck and a chainsaw... I have a rifle and ammo There is a bounty on coyotes here and I have a good head on my shoulders, or Id like to think so. Can anyone help me put myself on stable shores? Maybe I need to approach my boss and figure out why Im not serving very often? I have all positive feedback. Anyways. Text over. Thanks for making the read to this point guys!  <response>: This will sound crazy at first, but if at all possible, have your GF get a part-time job doing a shift or two per week as a CSR for a local retail fuels company that sells propane. They all desperately need winter help, and she should have no problem finding such a position.People have no idea how little LPG actually costs - It has hovered under a dollar for a few weeks now. It will of course go up probably by 50 in the winter, but that largely doesnt matter, because...Retail fuels companies typically offer product to employees at a rack plus discount oversimplified, but if you know enough to correct me, youll know what I mean. In essence, that means instead of paying 3-5 per gallon, youll pay that under a dollar price plus some fixed amount to cover expenses in the 0.50 to 1.00 range, still way below full retail price. 