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Dining Out For Less

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I know there are a lot of Americans who try their best to only dine at restaurants they recognize when they vacation, and that's very odd to me. Choose a meal to eat "at home". A quick trip to the grocery store is not only fun, but can save you money over dining out. We've found a lot of cool restaurants this way.

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What We Ate this Week on a Budget 11.13.15

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We pretty much used up our entire restaurant budget this week, but we were able to follow some of. these 15 tips to save money when eating out. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We went to a Hibachi restaurant and used a coupon. It was still a pricey meal, but we did come home with leftovers. We ordering pizza.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 03.04.16

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” Dining out is a fun treat, but when you eat out too often it gets old and my sweet girl wanted a home cooked dinner. I did too and on top of that we officially blew through our restaurant budget. Friday: Leftovers from Thursday night. I don’t blame her.

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8 Tips to Help You Save Money While On Vacation

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Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. Before your trip, calculate the number of meals during your trip and decide how many will be eaten in and how often you will dine out. Create A Budget. We will be gone for 7 days.

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How to Save Money on Groceries Without Coupons

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I use them regularly when we eat out at restaurants, and I will not shop at a department store without one, but grocery coupons are completely different for me. Designate one night a week as “raid the fridge’ night to get rid of leftovers. People either love them or hate them. Yeah, that is not me.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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4 – Skip the AM drive-thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive-thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. For ideas, read: 5 Make-Ahead Breakfast Ideas. There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends.

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10 of My Favorite Travel Items

Shereen Travels Cheap

I've used them for snacks, for dirty clothes, for leftovers and for receipts and brochures. I don't go out for every meal if I can help it. I generally show up at my destination and take a trip to the store on the first day to shop for breakfast foods, because that's the easiest meal to make and the least exciting to me to eat out.

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