<prompt> Human: I tried posting for financial advice in the past in AskReddit, but I didnt get many responses.I need help figuring out how to budget better, as well as trying to downsize and decrease our bad spending habits. ANY advice, even if its brutal and honest. Id like to have money to buy my parents Christmas presents this year...Heres my situation:Im 22, f, living in MI. I am currently the breadwinner, making a whopping 8hr at my part time job about 30 hrsweek. Im supporting my recently unemployed partner, as well as our 16 mo. old daughter. We were recently separated sparing details for rrelationshipadvice, and this created a lot of financial strain on both sides. We have just gotten back together in a small but affordable 1 bedroom apartment. Heres a basic list of our expenses: Rent- 525, Utilities 4 months behind...- 600, Medical expenses him and me- around 2,400. Our only luxury is our internet acess which is around 30mo, Cell phone bill- 60mo. I have two cats, who create about 20-30 in costs for food, litter, and catnip mice toys. Baby Expenses- about 100-200 in diapers, toys and new clothes. And finally- 20mo. for our coin-slot laundry machines. No cable, and his parents pay for our gas money in exchange for him painting their house as well as various house work although hed happily do the work for free, and theyd happily throw us gas money anytime. We receive foodstamps, so groceries are NOT an issue with our budget. We have no health insurance my daughter does, free until shes 19!. Also, we BOTH have just one bad spending habit- he enjoys video games, and I enjoy the occasional coffee splurge or thrift store binge neither of which weve been able to afford for MONTHS. Our daughter is always our priority, she always gets clothes, food, doctor visits, anything- BEFORE we make any other purchases or pay off any bills. Should we cancel the internet? Sell our laptops? Halt buying ANYTHING, or just reduce the habit? Weve considered donating blood twice a month each 40 each session. ANY advice is appreciated. Thank you, reddit. Edit 1: I know Im not In a place to give away money, Id just like to give her some money as a Christmas present- hence the December goal, trust me she will needs it almost more than we do. Everyone else will get homemade presents. If we arent in a good place yet, bills paid off, some money in a savings, then I will wait until her birthday.Edit 2: What Im actually looking for is how to reduce the bills we already have, and budget our spending better, however suggestions for temporary odd jobs are more than welcome! Any subreddits like this one I dont know about are also welcome!Assistant: Put the cats in a good home. Theyre costing you 20-30 a month that you just dont have right now.Your daughter doesnt need new toys and clothes. At 16 months shes not growing as quickly as she did last year so the clothes she has should last for a while, and when she does outgrow them you shouldnt spend a fortune on new ones. Also, I have an 18 month old son, and Ive bought him a wide variety of toys, but most days hed rather play with a plastic cup and empty cardboard box. Otherwise, your problem isnt spending, its income. You need to make more money. That is the single biggest thing you can do to help your situation.Human: Ill see if my partner can find some temp work, well have to hire a full-time babysitter if that be the case family is unable to help in this area. Ill see about finding a good home for at least one of the cats, the only problem is that I wont give them to a shelter and risk them getting put down. Ill try calling some no-kill shelters if it comes down to it.  <response>: I am cheap as hell and I support you not giving up the cats unless you can find a good home. Animals are family too. 