Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 1, 2015

Choose Thrift First Challenge. In 2015, the monthly challenge will be the Choose Thrift First Challenge. We will be challenging ourselves to resist buying retail and instead choose thrift by borrowing, buying second hand, or making do with what we already have. New Year’s Resolution: Cook More Often! |

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2015 Money Debt Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

4 – Skip the AM drive thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. 6 – Eat dinner at home. Try freezer cooking. Here are my freezer cooking tips and recipes. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

Emergency Fund 100

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Are you looking for some gift ideas for the foodie or cook on your gift list? Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl. Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again.

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Martha Stewart Cooking Bread Baking 127

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 6, 2016

Take them to work in your brown bag lunch, or choose one night a week as, “raid the fridge night” You’ll appreciate the night off from cooking. Brew your coffee at home and take it along with you in a travel mug. Choose thrift first. Brew your own coffee. You will save about $2.50 You will save about $2.50

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Saving Money Gift Cards Money Giveaway 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

There were no day care centers – women stayed home and raised the kids. Working from home usually meant selling stuff door to door. Toni home perms were prevalent. Hair cuts were done at home by a family member. People cooked and ate at home. They used aprons over them when they cooked.

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Growing Home and Garden Radios Kids and Family 180

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 21, 2015

We have 2 girls that I am home schooling this year. As a family, we love cooking and spending time together. When we had our first child, we both agreed it would be best for me to stay home as long as possible. Nine years later, I am still at home! We still look for bargains and shop at thrift stores.

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Debt Debt Free Las Vegas Finance 100

For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

Shop around at garage sales, thrift stores and online classifieds for furniture and other household items. Create a weekly menu, then buy the groceries, and cook dinner every night. Find all kinds of fun activities you can do at home. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference. Brown bag it to work. Plan ahead.

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Frugal Lives Frugal Living Frugal Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 49

The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Most of my evenings/weekends are just hanging out (largely at home and in the yard with my family). Luckily, my little is starting to enjoy some of these activities – like picking the peaches from our tree, grocery shopping, baking/cooking, and gardening and I love spending time with her doing these activities too! Dinner is dinner!

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Virginia Kids and Family Library Frugal 181

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 29, 2024

When college was looming, my parents offered to let me live at home cost-free while I was in college, as their contribution to my higher education. Similar to many others, we pack snacks & cook on trips. We have several food intolerances/needs so cooking is just mostly easier/cheaper. As a young 20 something, that felt big!

Arkansas 178

Arkansas Frugal College Kids and Family 178

Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

You may call it by other names such as prudence , sparingnes s and thrift , whatever your choice may be it always means the unwillingness to squander goods and spend money unnecessarily. This time of year I always overbuy on the bargain tomatoes and quick freeze them whole, using them for cooking throughout the winter. Frugality.

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Art Frugal Painting Home and Garden 40

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

Instead she started making her own coffee and ate breakfast at home. ” Brian’s family packed their lunches, cooked meals at home, and shopped with a list to avoid overspending and wasting money. Tracy cooked meals ahead of time to freeze. This one simple move helped her save over $1200 a year.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100

Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Publix Tearpad or Best Meals Happen at Home Coupon. 1/5 Campbell’s Condensed Great For Cooking Soup Coupon. $1/5 1/5 Campbell’s Condensed Great For Cooking Soup Coupon. $1/5 1/1 Bertolli Pasta Sauce Best meals Happen at Home Email or tearpad. Publix Deli Cooked Sweet Ham 12 oz., oz Publix Coupon exp.

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Publix Betty Crocker Pillsbury Campbells 40