Can't Sleep

This whole frugal kick has me wired. I hope this isn't a sign that I'll soon burn out on this, too. This is the way I work.

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My brilliant idea: Find 100 different ways to save an average of $.25/day. It's a bit ambitious, I know. But I already have a few ideas.

• Stop using so many danged lights. I've unscrewed a few light bulbs in our upstairs bathroom already. Our vanity has seven bulbs. The blazing light is wonderful for applying makeup, not so wonderful for anything else. So I unscrewed all but two. It's a bit dingy in there, but I don't live in the bathroom, so I think I can deal.
  
  Our dining room light fixture has five sixty-watt bulbs. Meals are like interrogations, especially since we have 7-foot ceilings. Maybe that's why the toddler is sometimes so unhappy at mealtimes. She thinks we're going to force the newest location of her Cheerio stash out of her (under the couch cushion is a favorite). If I unscrew two or three, it'll help. It will irritate my obsession with symmetry, but maybe after a while I'll cease to notice.
  
  I've figured that if I turn on no light during the day and reduce the number of bulbs in use when we do need lights, we'll save about $.50/day. I get depressed without lights blazing all over the place, but maybe this will force us all outside on occasion. Couldn't hurt to try for a few days, right?
  
• Wear clothing for two or three days, unless it's soiled or smelly. Hanging it up at night instead of tossing it in a wad next to the bed should let it air out. I don't see many people during the day, so I don't much care, but I don't think The Guy wants to go to work smelling like a gym sock. $.26/day
  
• Put the toddler in training pants instead of diapers for at least two changes a day. $.35/day. Added bonus: may prod her in the direction of potty training.
  
• Insulate upstairs radiators and turn down thermostat. Our thermostat is upstairs, which is like a furnace through most of the fall, winter and spring, while our downstairs is more like a meat locker. I will invest in thermal underwear. Don't know what to do about my feet, which are somewhere between "ice" and "hand of a Dementor" when it's cold, but I'll figure something out. I avoid footwear as much as possible because I have the world's most screwed up feet, but maybe some extra wide, thick-soled slippers will do the trick. $.50/day.
  

Four things at an average of $.40/day. That's a good start, right?