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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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If you haven’t already done so, NOW is the time to start mapping out and budgeting for summer. To help you plan your summer, I have added TWO summer freebies to my subscribers’ only page: a 2022 printable summer calendar and a summer budget spreadsheet. Budget your summer fun! Our Trip to the Shenandoah Valley, VA.

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Grocery Budget Challenge | July & August

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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 July & August? March Meeting.

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Grocery Budget Challenge: May & June Meeting

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Ok, Ok, let’s talk grocery budget! 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.

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Christmas Savings Club | July 2019

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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. I also earned $20 from Ibotta and $7 from Ebates, and found $23 within our May budget. In June, I was rather uncreative and pulled the $100 from our monthly budget.

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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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We’ve seen higher grocery and fuel bills lately, so we’re upping our frugal game to help the budget. July was another stellar month for marked-down meat. My Total Found Money for July: $816. Finding extra money is a game for me and July turned out to be a stellar month! Winner Winner FREE Chicken Dinner!

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Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Up-cycling is the Answer

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Stay within budget this holiday season with up-cycled Christmas gifts. Christmas in July. 5 Budget Friendly Ways to Bring More Life to Your Apartment. Take an afternoon and clean out all your closets, search the corners of your basement and attic for new, nearly new or usable, unwanted items. So, have you up-cycled before?

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Christmas Savings Club | November 2019

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This should cover my tentative 2019 Christmas budget that I based on what we spent in 2018. I challenged myself to find the cash outside of our budget. However by late summer, I found it easier to set aside the money directly from our budget. I also earned $20 from Ibotta and $7 from Ebates, and found $23 within our May budget.

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