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The Final Day of 31 Days to Find $1000 ~ How Did You Do?

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75 from reducing our spending and declaring October a “needs” only month. $25 25 from our lower electric bill due to our Low Heat Challenge. Day 14: Reduce Your Grocery Spending without Sacrificing Quality. Day 16: Shop Thrift or Consignment Stores. . $50 returns. $57 57 from cashing in loose change. $55

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. Barter your gym membership!

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Can you answer this question, how much do you spend on groceries each month? If you do not know the answer, then there is a good chance you are over spending. The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals.

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5 Easy Budget Categories to Reduce

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And my absolute #1 way to save money at the grocery store is to PLAN OUR MEALS. If you make this one simple change, you will reduce your grocery spending substantially. When you walk into a grocery store with a plan, you eliminate impulse & duplicate purchases. All of which I regularly find at the thrift store.

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Ten Paper Products To Cross Off Your Grocery List | Kitchen Economics Link Up

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Are you looking for more ways to trim your grocery bill? Try replacing some paper products on your list with cloth and re-usable products that you probably have around the house and you will not only reduce your grocery spending, but you will also reduce your waste. Are you trying to run a more 'green' household?

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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Maureen saved hundreds by tracking her spending to see where she was blowing money. She cut her cable bill in half, rewrote her car and house insurance saving her $300, stopped the coffee runs, eliminated her dry cleaning bill. They Managed their Grocery Spending. Every penny she saved went to paying down debt.

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