Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 26, 2016

Because we only have a week to show results, and because savings account interest rates have been near zero each year since camps started, I have routinely given the jar 50% interest. Trepidation about having the grand-kids open a savings account. Both are now old enough to open a bank savings account.

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Coupons Do Work

MAY 17, 2016

Bank Rewards – Check with your local banks and credit unions as many of them offer money rewards for good grades as well ~ so fun! Alpine Bank Pays for A’s – Quarterly Drawing. First Southern National Bank Pays for A’s. Zions Bank Pays for A’s. First Southern National Bank Pays for A’s. The time has come.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 19, 2015

Would you like to end 2015 with a bigger bank account than you currently have? Yet, too often we make excuses not to save money, or we feel like our budget is just too tight to save. There are tricks you can use to save more money even IF your budget is very tight. Save all $5 bills that you get.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 31, 2020

I earned a free ham at my grocery store in December, so I baked it on New Year’s Day. I loaded up on their seconds and made my homemade sugar free applesauce. Related reading: How to Save Money on Groceries. How to Make Homemade Sugar-Free Applesauce. Yes, please! I like to keep homemade stock in the freezer.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 25, 2013

That final number will be your goal to save each month between now and November 25, 2013. I'm also offering FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet, click that link for more information. Our bank offers free change counting. I'm using a savings account that was used previously for another goal.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 24, 2023

All of your retirement accounts are included as assets in your net worth calculation. That includes 401(k)s, IRAs and taxable savings accounts. Skip the bank apps and see all your accounts in one place. Create my free account. appeared first on Savings Corner. Want us to do it for you?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

And they will see that you put money aside in savings. Encourage them to save. Take them to the bank and let them see you make your deposits. Buy them a piggy bank and help them remember to feed it when they can. Let them see your excitement as your own accounts grow and get excited with them as their savings increase.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 25, 2019

I had amassed $70 and thought it was a perfect addition to our Christmas account. In April, we received a small tax refund and I put $100 of our refund into our Christmas Savings account. I made enough to put $50 in our Christmas Savings account. I offer a FREE Christmas Budget spreadsheet to my email subscribers.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 25, 2019

I had amassed $70 and thought it was a perfect addition to our Christmas account. In April, we received a small tax refund and I put $100 of our refund into our Christmas Savings account. In May, I made money from a yard sale and put $50 towards our Christmas savings. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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Couponing 101

JULY 2, 2012

For Adults – Open a free Electric Orange checking account and earn up to $152 bonus. Earn a $76 Bonus: Open an Electric Orange checking account by July 3rd. For Teenagers - Open a free MONEY account, a bank account and debit card parents and teens manage together, and get a $27.76

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

Automate Your Savings Now that I had the baseline ($600 a month), the next step was to automate the process. I set up a standing order from my checking account to my savings on the first of every month, still at $600. So, whenever I banked my check at the end of the month, $600 automatically disappeared from my savings account.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

I had amassed $70 and thought it was a perfect addition to our Christmas account. In April, we received a small tax refund and I put $100 of our refund into our Christmas Savings account. In May, I made money from a yard sale and put $50 towards our Christmas savings. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 12, 2013

Personal financiers will frequently advise that you have an emergency fund of 3-6 months of expenses in your bank account at all times. Saving up this chunk of change can take a long period of time, especially if you have a high expense to income ratio, which many people do (especially if you’re paying down debt). .

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Couponing 101

JUNE 1, 2013

You can use it as a secondary account and link it to your main banking account. You could use it as a designated savings account, such as Holiday savings. Capital One 360 Checking: Sign Up, Get A $50 Bonus! is a post from Couponing 101.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Saving means that you deposit a sum of money, which you can generally add to over time, into an account with a bank, credit union, savings and loan or other financial institution. The bank uses your money for lending and pays you a pre-determined interest rate for that privilege. Save or invest?

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 25, 2019

I had amassed $70 and thought it was a perfect addition to our Christmas account. In April, we received a small tax refund and I put $100 of our refund into our Christmas Savings account. In May, I made money from a yard sale and put $50 towards our Christmas savings. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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Couponing 101

JUNE 30, 2014

For a limited time this week in honor of 4th of July, you can get a special $100 bonus when you sign up for a FREE Capital One 360 checking account ! Here’s what to do to get your $100 bonus: Head over to Capital One and apply for your fee-free checking account before July 3rd. There are NO fees and NO minimum balances.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 25, 2019

We received a small tax refund and as soon as the money hit our checking account, I transferred $100 to our Christmas Savings Account. If you have not done so, read the very first post: Introducing the Christmas Savings Club , and write a Christmas budget. April was a very easy month for me to find our $100. Easy peasy!

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Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 25, 2019

I had amassed $70 and thought it was a perfect addition to our Christmas account. In April, we received a small tax refund and I put $100 of our refund into our Christmas Savings account. In May, I made money from a yard sale and put $50 towards our Christmas savings. It was a pretty easy month to find the cash.

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2019 October Club Christmas 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Earning a sub-poverty-level income for decades as a Catholic priest, he focused on his investments in his free time, and was worth nearly $1 million when he died. One way to do this in a two income family is to live off of one income and bank the other. Figure out what you need to live and put the rest in a secure account.

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freestuff.tv

MAY 18, 2011

Here are some secret tips in creating a budget that can rejuvenate your personal finances and become debt free. Continue making savings automatically: In order to follow the budget and make sure that you get the best results out of it, start saving money religiously. Budgeting is the ultimate way to financial freedom.

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Couponing 101

JULY 2, 2013

For a limited time this week in honor of 4th of July, you can get a special $100 bonus when you sign up for a FREE Capital One 360 checking account ! Here’s what to do to get your $100 bonus: Head over to Capital One and apply for your fee-free checking account before July 3rd. There are NO fees and NO minimum balances.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

You can get a personal loan from a bank, credit union or online lender.Personal loan amounts are from $1,000 to $100,000, and they’re typically repaid over a term of two to seven years. Compare any loan with interest-free options. Using a car, savings account or other asset as collateral may get you a lower rate.

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Couponing 101

JUNE 27, 2013

Don’t forget about this awesome opportunity to earn an easy and FREE $50! Capital One 360 is currently offering a $50 bonus when you sign up for a Capital One 360 electronic checking account. You can use it as a secondary account and link it to your main banking account. is a post from Couponing 101.

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Couponing 101

JUNE 11, 2013

You can use it as a secondary account and link it to your main banking account. You could use it as a designated savings account, such as Holiday savings. Capital One 360 Checking: Sign Up, Get A $50 Bonus! is a post from Couponing 101.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 15, 2013

I view each month’s bill – whether it be from the water company, the electric utility, or the natural gas provider – as a way to gauge how well I am doing in my efforts to both conserve energy and save money. How much money do I get to keep in my bank account this month? Did I use less power than last month?

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I haven't embraced a paper-free lifestyle yet. Although, I don't bother keeping month end statements any more, because our banks have that information on line for the last 5 years. Major Category: Insurance - My sub-files are Auto, Health, Health Savings Account, Home-Owners, Life. What is your method? Thanks for reading.

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Couponing 101

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you keep your money in a piggy bank or under your mattress, it’s stagnant. If you keep your money in a high-yield savings account, you might be able to get around 2% interest. You work for your money, so why shouldn’t your money work for you? The value of your money is likely to decrease as inflation continues.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 30, 2012

The secret to financial success is actually saving small amounts regularly, even just $5 or $10 at first, and then putting these savings to work for you. Your money works for you when it is earning you interest or adding value so don’t leave it sitting in your everyday bank account. Grow Your Money Put your money to work.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 22, 2011

When you are young and many years from considering retirement (and not earning much), it’s tough to save money. But I have discovered no softer pillow than having money in the bank for emergencies. Aim to save about a year of your basic living expenses in a simple savings account (no risky investments here).

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Saving Everyday

APRIL 24, 2012

Starting January 2012, we set up an automatic withdraw to a new “vacation savings account” of $25 a week. In years past, my goal each year was to pay for our trips entirely with ”free” money! Buy everything you can online so you get FREE cash back for your purchases. Ebates Cash Back = $48.30.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2016

” Recently Go Banking Rates conducted two studies on savings rates with startling results. Almost 70% of Generation X have less than $1000 in personal savings account. *. of Generation X report a retirement savings account balance of $0.**. Start Saving for your Emergency Fund TODAY!

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Coupons Do Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I remember I had spent $800 Dollars (that was the USD amount as they had converted it for me) and I didn’t have that money in my bank account. Join on-campus clubs and organizations, you might be able to get free lunches and dinners several times a week. Free Soda/ Pop (for Michigan people). Washington Post.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 4, 2016

Today’s Debt Free Story is a guest post from Chris Peach. It’s a word that we had always been afraid to use, and it was a word that would also set us free. Andrea and I jumped in the car and drove down to pay our last payment to our local Bank of America. Take the Free Money Peach Budget. That’s crazy, right?

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 1, 2014

I have many ways for you to start saving, including couponing, but before you become overwhelmed with the idea, here are 10 tips that are simple, easy and will make you one savvy shopper in 2014, so you can start saving more. 10 Savvy Ways to Save in 2014. Pay yourself first with a savings account.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In the video below, learn more about how investing harnesses the power of compound interest, and differs from saving. High-yield savings accounts Online savings accounts and cash management accounts provide higher rates of return than you’ll get in a traditional bank savings or checking account.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 12, 2013

I further simplified my life by making some changes to my banking. We had several different accounts and it seemed I was always juggling from one to another. I kept one checking account as the working account and had my salary paid automatically into it. Simplify your life to make it better by using some of these ideas.

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