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How can I save money?

Have you seen that weekly money savings thing floating around? It's where you save a certain dollar amount matching the week number. Well, I don't like the idea of trying to save so much at the end of the year, when we're trying to spend it on gifts. So I modified it to my liking. This change makes it so that you save about $200 a month for the whole year. You could also do it backwards, starting with $52 at the beginning of the year, finishing with $1 at the end of the year. That one's not bad either, but with my crappy paychecks from low hours lately makes that difficult for me. I attached a PDF copy of the three options I've discussed, as well as a secondary set that doubles the amounts. I'm leaning towards attempting the alternating double amounts so I can save almost $3000. I realize that this option doesn't work for everyone, but with my typical paychecks, I think I can pull it off. I'm going to print it out, put it on the fridge, and attach an en...