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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

Family Balance Sheet

Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably recently, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. Saturday: I will be at a conference all day that will extend to dinner.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Living in Financial Excellence: Why Budgets Fail and How to Create a Successful Budget Many people attempt to do a budget and fail miserably. There are so many different ideas out there about how to do a budget and very little guidance on how to make them work in your life. ” Here’s her reply.

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Free Samples of Clear Ultra Shea Shampoo, Ruffies Trash Bags, and More!

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Free LearnVest Online Budgeting Tool. Free Download of The Do Hard Things Conference. Free BOB Book Early Reading Printables. Free CVS Alcohol Prep Swabs Coupon. Free Educational Apps for Apple Devices. Free Educational Apps for Kids. Free Fairy Printable Pack. Free Marie Claire Digital Magazine Subscription. Facebook offer).

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5 Ways to Make Travel with Your Family More Affordable

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I initially booked directly through Budget, and the cost for a large SUV for a week was $595. I got the exact same SUV (a Chevy Suburban) through a different Budget location for $390, a savings of $205 just for being a Costco member and using their discount program. Use hotel rewards. Ask for a better hotel rate or room.

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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the annual meeting, the members have to approve the budget for the year, which included the staining, a $60 a month increase in fees and no improvement projects. These members also never look at the budget, and didn’t initially understand that their pet projects weren’t in it. Don’t you hate politics!

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Why Buying Green Is Not Always Eco-Friendly.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I am all-too-often hearing fellow eco-writers talk incessantly about all the swag they picked up at one of the many “green” conferences they attend each year. That’s frightening. And it’s not a welcome trend. Pens, bags, pins, stickers, frisbees… When did they stop being environmentalists and become swag hoarders?

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

The other factor was an experience Jon had at a pastors conference before we were married. How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? We are both self proclaimed budget nerds so we both handle the budgeting and financial decisions equally. Budget Debt Free Stories Financial Freedom'

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