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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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How are you doing with the financial goals you made for 2023? Unfortunately, many people abandon their New Year’s goals by mid-January and everything goes downhill from there. The goal of Frugal February is NOT to feel deprived, but rather to find creative ways to get through the month without unnecessary spending.

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Frugal February

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How did you do with your financial goals in January? We have only one financial goal for 2019 and we made some progress in January. It was a great feeling to make that payment, and to continue the momentum I want to double down on our financial goal. The goal of Frugal February is NOT to feel deprived, .

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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I came up with strategies to help us pay for yearly bills, large expenses, and we were able to pay off debts. Personally, budgeting has allowed us to control of our money, reach financial goals, and start planning for our dream life. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. You can find that here: [link].

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Meet Carrie. She Paid Off $14,000 in Debt in 14 Months.

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After nearly a decade of working my way up the career ladder, I quit my small business accounting job to start my blog, Careful Cents. After my first marriage fell apart, I ended up with over $14,000 of consumer debt, made up of a car loan and credit cards. Who initiated the debt free goal? Next summer? Who knows!

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

When my brother and I were growing up, our parents didn’t have much discretionary income. We sometimes pick up bagels and coffee and take them down to a picnic table on the river. He says we were busy building the house and our careers and it was money well spent because it freed up our time. (We Just sayin’… 7.

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7 Clever Ways Moms Used to Save Money

Penny Pinchin' Mom

The post 7 Clever Ways Moms Used to Save Money appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Bad spending habits when grocery shopping often opens up the door to lots of impulse purchase buying—things that you may end up not needing or using until they go bad. That’s over 800 million people going without food.

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Vegetarian Living

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A few years ago, after eating a few too many turkey sandwiches and watching several tummy turning documentaries about the food industry, I became a vegetarian. I hear a lot of, “I could never give up bacon” (or beef or pork or whatever it is, though it’s usually bacon). I actually had to write out a list of foods that are vegetarian.