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15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out

Family Balance Sheet

But we still want to enjoy a meal out and do so about once a week, usually for lunch. It is possible to eat out without blowing your budget, it just takes a bit of planning and a few thrifty tips. 15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out. Got Kids? . Eat FREE on your birthday.

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5 Ways to Make Travel with Your Family More Affordable

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We thought eating in restaurants was a main attraction of travel because you get to try local foods. Even when eating out on the cheap, we were still spending hundreds of dollars on food. This is so much an ingrained habit now that even if my kids outgrow their food intolerances, we’ll still pack our food.

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Dining Out For Less

Shereen Travels Cheap

I usually keep a set of reusable utensils in my bag for food cart stops, so I'm helping the earth a little bit and have a better, more durable fork or spoon to eat with. Skip the kid's menu - If you can, try to avoid the kid's menu. If you can, split something with them or an entrée between two kids.

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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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Pack snacks, drinks, coffee, books, etc to take with you to hopefully prevent unexpected purchases. I enjoy Valentine’s Day, but it is on a Tuesday this year and my kids’ activities aren’t canceled due to the holiday. Invite friends over for a potluck/game night, instead of going out to dinner.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You get to enjoy all the cute moments and hand back the kid when they stink or act out! Boomers claim to have redefined many aspects of life – from open family dialoge to ways to influence politics, now are they redefining grandparenthood? My parents were somewhat more interactive with their grandchildren (my kids).

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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Tell us about you and your family. Amanda currently homeschools their three kids. She blogs about books at [link]. We realized that we wanted to travel as a family and the only thing keeping us from seeing the world was money. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living?

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Eat Dinner at Home & SAVE! | 31 Days to Find $1000

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You had to have known that this challenge was coming…I’ve taken away the drive-thru breakfast , then I told to you pack a brown bag lunch and now we’re eating dinner at home. For the record, I LOVE TO EAT OUT! But my oldest daughter has decided that she hates the kids menu. Always use a coupon.

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