Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 14, 2013
Finish your purchasing from the list, go home, and think over it. Eating out harms you in two ways. It is always costlier than eating at home, and it makes you fat, no matter whether you are buying a quick snack at a fast food restaurant, vending machine or a convenience store. Carry Snacks. Do the same for books.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Skip the pizza and constant eating out. New editions of texts are churned out quicker than the old editions can be read, and the new prints rarely offer more than a fresh cover and sometimes an extra chapter. Cut your textbook expenses to a fraction by renting or buying used books in older editions for a fraction of the price.
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For the Mommas
JULY 24, 2016
Rent instead of own. If you calculate your mortgage interest, the cost of insurance and maintenance, buying can be much more expensive than renting. And if you rent, save money and then invest the difference. Eat out less. One of the biggest expenses you probably incur is eating out.
Family Balance Sheet
MAY 14, 2013
Every year, we split the rent on a beach condo with other family members to make a week away affordable for everyone involved. Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. For dinner, we''ll plan to eat in on 5 nights and eat out 2 nights.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
Eating Out. Use coupons, children eat free specials, and discounted restaurant gift certificates to save on meals. Look at the pattern of how money was spent in prior months eating out. If eating out two to three times a week costs the family one hundred dollars, become ruthless at reducing that amount in half.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
We thought eating in restaurants was a main attraction of travel because you get to try local foods. Even when eating out on the cheap, we were still spending hundreds of dollars on food. We began cooking all of our meals at home. When we traveled, we packed a cooler full of food to eat on vacation and while on the road.
Saving Cents With Sense
MAY 25, 2012
The trick to a perfect staycation is to remember that you are still vacationing, even if you are staying at home, so try to keep household chores, projects, and business interruptions to a minimum. Just because you are at home, doesn’t mean that you should be on call to the office. enjoy eating out at new restaurants.
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