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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 05.29.15

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Monday: Sadly, all trips must come to an end and we spent several hours on Memorial Day traveling home. I heated up cooked chicken that I had in the freezer and just added some store bought sauce. I heated up cooked chicken that I had in the freezer and just added some store bought sauce. 8 Freezer Meal Recipes.

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Grocery Budget Challenge – April Meeting

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Lately when I see my bill at the check out, I’m shocked at how few groceries are actually going home with me. Also, my husband gets more involved with cooking since he loves to grill. The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

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School started after Labor Day and ended after Memorial Day. There were no online saving or bill paying services. People cooked and ate at home. They used aprons over them when they cooked. Heck, there were barely chain guards! There were lots of kids to play with (we were the baby boom after all).

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