Coupons Do Work

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Going out to eat? If planning on eating out this weekend 2/10 – 2/12-17 , then check out at what you can grab for free or cheap at surrounding restaurants in your area. . Chili’s : 3 course dinner for $10 is back! IHOP : All you can eat pancakes is back! KIDS EAT FREE DEALS: .

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Baskin Robbins Restaurant Cold Stone Creamery Freebies 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 6, 2020

My family’s finances have also been affected. It was during this time that I created my first Family Balance Sheet. As the Family Office Manager , I handle the day-to-day finances for our family and I needed a way to communicate our finances to my husband. Everything changed. I still use my spreadsheet to this day!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I have a loving spouse and am surrounded by family as well as online and offline friends and acquaintances. That said, I don’t eat out more than 10 – 12 times a year. I don’t eat red meat or even pork more than once a week or so. I do eat fruits and vegetables and am trying to up my servings of those.

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Food and Drink Quiz United States Food and Wine 188

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 8, 2014

My challenge is I need to reduce our bill, but not make everyone in my family miserable because there is no room for the occasional extras that make us happy, like a special treat or wild caught salmon or Kalamata olives. Get the family involved. Ask your family for suggestions. Refer to your family’s activity calendar.

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Meals Simple Menu Planning Menu Plans 186

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2011

When my family is at home, and we’re all tired, a warm meal on a cold day can revive us all. Cooking is also our family’s greatest financial tool. A family of two spending $40 on eating out once a week will spend $2000 a year. One of my favorite ways to pass a day is cooking from scratch.

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Cooking Cooking At Home Friends And Family Sale Budgeting 133

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Tell us about you and your family. We used my app to track our progress while we were paying off our house, and of course I ran a zillion different scenarios. Of course, as we paid off debts that gave us more money to put toward the remaining ones, so that made a huge difference as time went on. She blogs at The Debt Myth.

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Debt Debt Free Pay Off Debt Financial Goals 236

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

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. Here are some of my favorite recipes from the Family Balance Sheet archives: Grilled Salmon with Peach Salsa.

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Valentines Day Saving Money At Home Money 100

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

Tell us about you and your family. We have a family of 4. Farrah also has a kids t-shirt line that she runs out of the house called Lovely Littles Shop. We love to shoot photos and videos and focus on family and a healthy marriage. Drew hashes out how that will happen and the milestones to get there.

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Debt Debt Free Finds Home 100

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I am so impressed by the amount of biking and walking she and her family do, especially since it’s the functional sort, to get yourself from point A to point B. ” Sunrise on Lake Michigan I’ve moved a LOT – not as much as a military family, perhaps, but quite a bit for someone my age! Yes to both!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Of course, we like to have fun, too. We both like to eat out. Our cost of living is low because we bought a modest house with a modest mortgage payment, and an “expensive” dinner at the nicest restaurant in town still costs our small family of three less than $100 — including drinks, dessert, and tip.

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San Francisco Emergency Fund Money Utah 248

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. It sounds dreadful, but it is possible to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable. Cancel unused subscriptions.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Topped with your homemade guacamole of course). Save Money and Time with Once a Month Cooking Stop Eating Out! Tips to Curb Your Restaurant Spending 5 Ideas For Making Time To Eat At Home 10 Ways to Add Extra Produce Into Your Family’s Diet Cheap and Easy Picnic Fare. Please share! Go Frugal'

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Homemade Food and Wine Cooking Cooking At Home 180

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I cut the family’s hair. Eating out or going to a movie were once a year events. We especially never put anything consumable (like gas, food, eating out, movies and etc) on a credit card. We didn’t do that one, although we did have one morning a week Mother’s Day Outs at the local church.

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Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 1, 2011

Whether you are taking a ' staycation ' or a 'gocation', as someone recently called it on Twitter, we all need some time to recharge, connect with family and let stress melt away. Of course, your planning starts with where you are going. Are you staying in a hotel, a rental or with family? Vacations are supposed to be enjoyable.

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Vacation Saving Money Money Food and Drink 178

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

I discovered the term, Zero-Based Budget, when my husband and I took Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University home course many years ago. If you’re spending too much at restaurants, read: 15 Smart Tips to Save Money When Eating Out . Join my private Facebook group: Family Budgeters Unite!

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Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 28, 2022

If you are struggling with the rising grocery prices or maybe you need to make room for your family’s growing appetites, take a look at the following list and see what changes you can make to cut your grocery bill…and still eat really well! of Agriculture, a US family of 4 discards around $1500 a year on food waste.

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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 130

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 2, 2011

Get the family involved. On your designated planning day, pull out the family activity calendar. I've been lazy in the past and just planned for the work week and ignored the fact that we do need to eat on the weekends. And of course, don't forget to check the Recipes Tab at Family Balance Sheet for meal ideas too.

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Menu Planning Menu Plans Economical Kitchen 138

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 16, 2015

We are now more committed to save money and we eat mostly at home, BUT we do enjoy at a few meals out each month. I shared our strategies in this post, 15 Smart Ways to Save Money when Eating Out. My husband volunteers at our local YMCA for a free family membership. It saves us $67 a month.

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Budgeting Budget Thrifting Thrift Stores 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

She hosts a You Tube channel, The Former Mrs. Jones , where she vlogs about budgeting, debt free living, and family life. Tell us about you and your family. After that, we paid off the remaining $20,000 of debt over the course of 9 months. We started cooking at home more, a big issue for us was eating out.

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Debt Debt Free Bath and Body Works Gas 100

Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

You don’t have to add your debit/credit cards, but if you eat out a lot you should because there are over 8,000 restaurants that offer up to 8% cash back! There are also eCoupons (my favorite of course). You can also invite family members to add their cards so the whole family can help out earning!

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

I have since interviewed 16 families who have collectively paid off over ONE MILLION DOLLARS in debt. Stacy and her family stayed home. ” Brian’s family packed their lunches, cooked meals at home, and shopped with a list to avoid overspending and wasting money. Eating out daily will add up.

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Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100

Saving Everyday

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

You don’t have to add your debit/credit cards, but if you eat out a lot you should because there are over 8,000 restaurants that offer up to 8% cash back! There are also eCoupons (my favorite of course). You can also invite family members to add their cards so the whole family can help out earning!

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College Money Credit Cards Kids and Family 68

Saving Everyday

JUNE 4, 2011

You don’t have to add your debit/credit cards, but if you eat out a lot you should because there are over 8,000 restaurants that offer up to 8% cash back! There are also eCoupons (my favorite of course). You can also invite family members to add their cards so the whole family can help out earning!

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College June Credit Cards Money 58

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Of course, this spending plan method only works in my family because our wants are fairly modest so we don’t exceed our income each month. Eating out a few times a month. Plan According to Priorities. Action figures, which my husband likes to collect. Travel, which my son and I enjoy.

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Emergency Fund Budgeting Budget Psychology 202

Saving Everyday

APRIL 2, 2011

You don’t have to add your debit/credit cards, but if you eat out a lot you should because there are over 8,000 restaurants that offer up to 8% cash back! There are also eCoupons (my favorite of course). You can also invite family members to add their cards so the whole family can help out earning!

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College April Credit Cards Money 55

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Read 11 Simple Menu Planning Tips to learn how to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable.

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Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

If you need to find some wiggle room in your budget, or combat the rising grocery prices, or maybe make room for your family’s growing appetites, take a look at the following list and see what changes you can make to reduce what you’re spending on groceries…and still eat really well! According to the U.S.

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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 113

Saving Everyday

JULY 6, 2011

You don’t have to add your debit/credit cards, but if you eat out a lot you should because there are over 8,000 restaurants that offer up to 8% cash back! There are also eCoupons (my favorite of course). You can also invite family members to add their cards so the whole family can help out earning!

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College Money Credit Cards Kids and Family 45

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 5, 2015

Tell us about you and your family. 2 years ago we were noticing our family was accumulating a lot of bad behaviors with our health, financial and quality time as a family. Soon after making that decision we found out our church in Chattanooga would be hosting Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. That was fun!

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Debt Debt Free Finds Finance 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

Hair cuts were done at home by a family member. There wasn’t a restaurant on every corner and people didn’t eat out much. Out of season produce, if available at all, was super expensive. Most families had only one car. There were no day care centers – women stayed home and raised the kids.

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Growing Home and Garden Radios Kids and Family 180

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 2, 2016

Tell us about you and your family. So whether that’s hiking across the beautiful Sussex Downs, growing my own vegetables or taking my binoculars out for a spot of bird watching I rarely spend much time indoors. Career-wise while I studied biology at university I came out to find very few opportunities in my field.

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Debt Finds Debt Free Pay Off Debt 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

MoneySmartGuides : The Real Cost of Eating Out – I was looking over my budget for the previous month and something stood out. After checking and rechecking and I discover the real cost of eating out! Young Family Finance : Appropriate Tip – Find out what an appropriate tip is when you are eating out.

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Credit Cards Credit Finance Personal Finance 220

Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I truly believe that family vacations are a necessity. This doesn’t mean every minute of your day needs to be planned out. Of course, dinner reservations, booking tours, and purchasing tickets should be done in advance. If you love going out for breakfast, it’s the cheapest meal of the day to dine out.

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Saving Money Money Travel Hotel 52

Nicoles Nickels

MARCH 12, 2012

How can I easily add more whole grains into my family’s meals? CHECK OUT OUR GREAT GRAINS FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU WILL HAVE LOTS OF WAYS TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO YOUR DIET. Tell me a creative and yummy main dish I could serve to family or friends. What products should I look for when shopping to help my family eat healthier?

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