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How We Frugal-ed in January!

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We want to live WELL, on LESS Money. This new routine only costs me $3 for the pick up and I’m finding it’s well worth it. Found Money in January: I have an old savings account that I hold on to, because it’s at the same bank as my kids’ savings accounts. Meal Plan. Yes, please!

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Where I found EXTRA Money in May 2021

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Oh well, I thought–I can sleep in that weekend. This money was put into my Christmas Savings account. February 2021 – I found $3433.68. In May, I had just taken a carload of stuff to Goodwill when the signs regarding our neighborhood yard sale went up. My husband had other ideas. He wanted to set up a sale.

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Frugal decisions.

Finally Frugal

Basically, the idea is to avoid a post-Christmas financial hangover by putting those extra dollars away in a special holiday savings account, thereby gaining a nice cushion when the gift buying season raises its expensive head once again; Second, how about starting a fund just for the car maintenance costs?

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Find out How Chris & His Wife Paid off $52,000 in 7 Months

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Then one day it all came crashing in on us in February 2011. We started to even wonder if we were out of our minds as well. We invest heavily into our retirement accounts and also into our kids’ college savings accounts. We were officially stupid with our money. That was the month we finally went broke.

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The Best Time to Buy Anything During the Year – Details

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Superbowl, Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, and Chinese New Year, February is an lovely month to stockpile your kitchen. Go for the large Haas avocados during February—they can be as low as $0.57. — yes some counties in Georgia are backwards, I, as well wish they started end of August or start of September.).