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7 Clever Ways Moms Used to Save Money

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Imagine keeping the family afloat during periods of strife, such as WWII. This can ultimately lead to substantial savings that can go toward your financial goal and keep you from being wasteful. Here are a few family meal plan templates you can check out. This is especially true when it comes to bonding with the family.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 12.14.18

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I’ve had to bump up the budget over the years as my kids have grown and started to eat as much as adults. My kids ate like birds back in day and now they are famished every time they walk into the kitchen. Homemade Sugar Free Applesauce – this is a constant side dish for my family and it has NO added sugar!

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

years with no car (and two small kids!). 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. My own kids were born in different time zones, too – one in MN, one in OH. We lived for 2.5 The freedom was amazing.

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Ways to Have a Green Christmas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Food Waste Doesn’t Have to Be Inevitable. The amount of food waste that goes on at this time of year is shocking. You can easily cut back on food waste by just buying fewer ingredients, or meal planning to use leftovers. Christmas comes fraught with environmental issues.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). We also want to get our kids through college without them having loans to pay back, and we are 1 out of 4 on that so far! What’s your best frugal win?

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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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! Seriously, my kids claim hunger ALL.DAY.LONG. Institute a ‘Raid the Fridge’ Night.

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Christmas Savings Club | August Meeting

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That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army''s Adopt-a-Family program. You''ll avoid all sorts of duplicate purchases and reduce food waste too.

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