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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I’ve recently re-started the series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget , because I missed the accountability and I had several readers ask for its return. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. My husband is not a big fan, so I plan this easy dinner at least once a week or every other week. Garden Salad.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts? My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. Our budget is currently $500 for my family of four. Although my kids are young (9 & 6), they truly eat like adults, truly.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Our two daughters love the holiday too. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. Yes, I'd love to eat out and have someone else prepare my dinner and serve me, but that would involve a babysitter and a food tab. Now we save money, but still celebrate our marriage and our family. So for us, they are included in our festivities.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

My financial binder holds my monthly to-do list , my yearly goals, our Family Balance Sheet , our family budget, and our business budget and statistics. I had to chuckle when I saw my training calendar from 2004, the year before our first daughter was born. I wrote "Loser" on June 24 and the funny thing is I remember doing it.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

We include teacher gifts into our Christmas budget every year, but I also want my children to be part of the gift giving process, whether they craft a card, make an ornament, or write a poem. This idea came to me from my daughter’s preschool teacher many years ago. What We Do: Like I mentioned above, I budget for teacher gifts.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

daughter's school was still canceled. She needed and wanted her mama and I realized that I needed to get over my anxiety that nothing was going to get done and just be in the moment comforting my daughter. We had a snow day on Wednesday. And while it was fairly mild compared to last year's Snowpocalypse.my She had me at caramel.

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MAY 5, 2015

Feeding your family healthy doesn’t have to break your budget. My daughter and I regularly eat my green bowties with whatever vegetables we feel like that day mixed in. If you’re a peanut butter fan like me, check out my 20 ways to eat peanut butter for more yummy ideas! It’s cheap, healthy and delicious!

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