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Christmas Savings Club | March Meeting

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On January 25, 2019, I started the Christmas Savings Club. The club is open to anyone who wants monthly accountability to save for a cash Christmas. This should cover my tentative Christmas budget that I based on what we spent in 2018. How did I do in March? How did you do in March? My monthly goal is $100.

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Where we found money in March 2021

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I have used the extra money to pay off debt, fund family trips, or build up our Christmas savings. Was I as successful in March… My total of found money in March: $747. …No, unfortunately, March was not as good, however, $747 isn’t awful either. Where did you find extra money in March?

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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Pre-coronavirus, I considered having 3 months of expenses saved in cash to be sufficient. Every night my first prayer is that this virus starts to mitigate, the curve flattens to a manageable level for our health care system, and lives are saved. Budget items we are temporarily stopping for now: EVERYTHING ELSE!

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Christmas Savings Club | March Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2013, I'm holding a virtual meeting for the Christmas Savings Club. The goal for this monthly accountability meeting is to give updates on our progress, motivate one another and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. How Did I Do in March? On with the meeting.

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Grocery Budget Challenge | February Meeting

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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. March’s Assignments.

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Christmas Savings Club | November 2019

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Today is the final meeting of the 2019 Christmas Savings Club! . On the 25th of every month from January to November in 2019, I held a virtual meeting on the blog to give updates on our progress, motivate one another, and help all of us save for a cash Christmas. My monthly savings goal was $100. It became a habit.

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The Final Grocery Budget Challenge Post

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Back in January I introduced the 2014 Grocery Budget Challenge. I really wanted to reduce our grocery spending for my family of 4 from the average of $634 a month in 2013 to a budget of $450 a month in 2014. The challenge did hold me accountable to my budget, because I didn’t want to report back here that I failed–LOL.

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