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Money Matters - How to Build Healthy Financial Habits and Prevent Future Debt

Motherhood Moments

Or, instead of dining out every night, you may opt to cook at home more often. to online courses and one-on-one coaching sessions. For example, you need not go for expensive brands and the latest trends whenever you shop. Instead, you may want to check out thrift stores or buy classic, high-quality items that will last longer.

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Things We No Longer Use

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course you could always hang onto them until they become ‘collectibles’ Aprons. Who cooks at home anymore, many people eat out. Even if you do cook at home, have you ever worn an apron? Of course, many times they were for show as well. Be careful where you spend your money!

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4 Ways to Get Excited About Eating In

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We all know that cooking at home is better for both our physical and fiscal health. I get it, when you get home after a long day, you just want to sit down, relax, and have the food come to you. Topped with your homemade guacamole of course). And yet, so many struggle to make it happen.

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Four Easy Ways to Save on Basic Necessities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most restaurant-style meals are easy to prepare at home at a fraction of the cost, and you are able to control what ingredients are included. When cooking at home, try to reduce meat consumption to save money. Downloading a free app could save you hundreds of dollars over the course of your car’s lifetime.

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How this Couple Eliminated $180,000 of Debt in 12 Months!

Family Balance Sheet

After that, we paid off the remaining $20,000 of debt over the course of 9 months. While we were paying off our debt, my husband and I both had a realization about our home. We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out. So we would cook at home and take leftovers for lunch the next day.

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Cooking to Financial Success

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In my pre-tightwad days when I wasn’t cooking like I am now, our food budget shot up past $600 in one month, for two people! Fiscally, it’s smarter to cook at home. Cooking also teaches life lessons. Here are some tips to keep you cooking at home: Have food in the house.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Peggy : Something really cool being done today is that the stay-at-home Moms trade babysitting days so they can get some time off and give the kids a play day. Peggy: Oh yes!

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