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How to Slash your Grocery Spending in 31 Days

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Or maybe you’re trying to build your emergency savings account, or save for a vehicle? There is one place to look for extra money that maybe you haven’t considered–your groceries. You might be surprised and realize that YES, it would be possible for you to slash your grocery spending and still eat well.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build an emergency fund. To kick start your emergency fund savings, take the next 31 days and challenge yourself to find $1000.

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Spring Cleaning Tasks to Get a Head Start On

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This also helps keep my grocery spending down, as I am using up ingredients that I already have instead of going to buy new ones. Ensuring that your appliances (large and small) are in good condition and are well maintained helps them last longer, which can save you money in the long run.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Our emergency fund has saved us countless times and it will save us once again with the truck. If you can’t answer with the word, CASH , then please, set yourself up for success and build your emergency fund. How much can you save just by cutting out non-essential spending? 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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How to Achieve Your Financial Goals (tips from the achievers)

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They pay off mountains of debt and scream about debt freedom, or maybe they save gobs of money in a record amount of time, or they have considerable success with their new small business. Her 2017 goal is to save $20,000 in cash. Elle and her husband paid off a car loan and saved cash for their next car. goals to get us there.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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I’ll continue to offer additional money saving tips, ideas, strategies and recipes like I always have, but I have some new themes that I will be starting next week. In 2013, The Christmas Savings Club encouraged all of us to save monthly so that we could have a cash Christmas. How We Saved. My Themes for 2015: 1.

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