Article: BRINGING UP BABY ON ONE PAYCHECK COMPROMISE, REDUCING LIFESTYLE CRUCIAL.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: ANA VECIANA-SUAREZ Knight-Ridder

When Irvonna ``Bug'' Jimenez decided to quit her job as a new accounts clerk to stay home with her children, she knew her decision would involve sacrifice. That didn't bother her one bit.

She and her husband, Bert, took the ax to their budget and quickly eliminated everything they could. Gone: the baby sitter, the cleaning lady, the dry cleaner, summer camp for the 6-year-old, expensive vacations, the chi-chi hairdresser, the shopping sprees.

``I buy in bulk,'' says Jimenez, a Margate, Fla., mother of five children, including two sets of twins. ``And I'm a big fan of consignment shopping. You can ...

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