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5 Budget Destinations for May

Shereen Travels Cheap

Here are 5 places that can help you do more with a smaller budget: New Orleans, Louisiana With both Mardi Gras and the Jazz Festival (over on May 5th) both out of the way, New Orleans is heading into a quieter time, meaning you can really explore the city without a million other people. Not everything is sand and sea though.

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How to Budget (and Pay) for Yearly Bills + a FREE Speadsheet

Family Balance Sheet

Not sure how to budget for your once-a-year bills? But let me show you how to budget (and pay) for yearly bills with a strategy I’ve used for years. Our Story: April is always a very expensive month for us. Typically in April, I write checks that total in the mid-four figures with everything combined.

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Grocery Budget Challenge – April Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. How Did We Do in April? How did you do in April?

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Christmas Savings Club April 2019

Family Balance Sheet

This should cover my tentative 2019 Christmas budget that I based on what we spent in 2018. I’m challenging myself to find the cash outside of our budget. How did I do in April? April was a very easy month for me to find our $100. I don’t know if there will be an easier month than April. Easy peasy!

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Grocery Budget Challenge | March Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. My wins in March: I stayed within our budget of $450.

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Grocery Budget Challenge | July & August

Family Balance Sheet

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. My budget is $450. April Meeting.

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Christmas Savings Club | April Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

I''m still offering a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet, click that link for more information. How did I do in April? We have made gift giving a line item in our budget since it can be a budget buster unless it is planned for. I transferred $115 to our Christmas account in April. $15

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