The Frugal Girl

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WIS, WWA | I had no plan

The Frugal Girl

What I Spent I went into this week with absolutely no menu plan…I was just winging it all week long and still, we didn’t eat out at all.

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WIS, WWA | all Safeway

The Frugal Girl

This is better than endless nights of eating out, but definitely not as frugal as an organized trip to Aldi. I spent $63 at Safeway, spread out between an embarrassing number of trips. What I Spent So I went to pull together my grocery spending for the week and I realized that it’s all quick trips to Safeway.

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Meet a Reader | Lina from Germany

The Frugal Girl

And eating out wasn’t the exception for me then. We don’t eat out often, but I like to cook. But a lot of things which I would call luxury here in Sweden were very affordable for me when living in China. Taxi rides, tailored clothes, and massages, just to name a few. No lectures, no seminars, no real interactions.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

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Even if we don’t end up using all the food we buy, it’s cheaper than eating out. What is something you wish more people knew? I wish people knew that a lot of being frugal involves experimenting.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

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days I was there – I only needed to eat out for 2 dinners during the whole trip. When I got to my destination, I bought a quart of whole milk and some trail mix from a grocery store. That covered 2 breakfasts & 3 lunches plus snacks for the 2.5