Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 27, 2017

Everyone wants to eat clean but is hard to do without shelling out a ton of cash. The benefits of eating clean for muscle building are endless. Eating clean on a budget is doable, though. You can get good, clean organic chicken breasts at decent prices that won’t break the bank. Finding Cheap Protein.

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Cleaning Cheap Fuel Bank 100

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Here’s a peek at what we ate this week on our budget. I’ve had to bump up the budget over the years as my kids have grown and started to eat as much as adults. Thursday: Clean Out the Fridge Night! 2-3 carrots, cleaned, pealed, and roughly chopped. 2-3 celery stalks, cleaned and roughly chopped.

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Budgeting Budget Food Waste Kids and Family 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

8 Action Steps for a Frugal February: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for February. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. If you’re new to writing a budget, read: How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!) For a list of budget categories, read: How to Start a Budget.

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February Frugal Financial Goals Goals 130

Shereen Travels Cheap

MAY 11, 2024

They are the ultimate in budget dining, because they are basically a mobile kitchen. Find sustainable restaurants While not always budget-friendly, I try to look for restaurants who use local and seasonal foods. Eat at food carts Another way to save on meals is to eat at food carts. those savings are passed on to you.

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Travel Recycle Recycled Recycling 229

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Every week I share what we ate on our budget. Currently I try to maintain a $500 monthly grocery budget for my family of 4. Sunday: Dinner was “clean out the fridge so nothing goes bad” night. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We went out for dinner to celebrate my oldest daughter’s tenth birthday.

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Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 12, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. Sunday: Leftovers – we cleaned out the refrigerator. I tend to get a little lazy in the summer time. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Grilled chicken over spinach salad.

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Budgeting Budget Homemade Freezers 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 1, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. I roasted the pork and the sweet potatoes on the same baking sheet for easier clean up. This week, I made one of my favorite Cook Once, Eat Twice meals: Roasted Pork Tenderloin. It is my favorite cut of pork.

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Budgeting Budget Leftovers Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 27, 2015

How I made the frittata budget-friendly: I bought a ham before Easter when the price dropped to $1.49 50 a piece, so I brought several home, cleaned and chopped them up and stored in a freezer bag. I baked it and and chopped it up and stored in 1-2 cup portions in freezer.

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Budgeting Budget Meals Freezers 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 24, 2015

Every Friday, I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. This week, due to meal planning burn out and maybe a bit of laziness, I did very little shopping and instead planned many of our meals from what I could find in the freezer.

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Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 5, 2014

How often do you find yourself purging your closets and cleaning out the garage, selling or donating things that you bought on a whim and never really used? There are a lot of ways that we humans waste money but these are the hugest budget drainers. Men are as guilty of this as women are.

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Budgeting Budget May Lunch 245

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts? My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. Our budget is currently $500 for my family of four. Although my kids are young (9 & 6), they truly eat like adults, truly.

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Budgeting Budget Homemade Kids and Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 29, 2011

Stay within budget this holiday season with up-cycled Christmas gifts. Take an afternoon and clean out all your closets, search the corners of your basement and attic for new, nearly new or usable, unwanted items. 5 Budget Friendly Ways to Bring More Life to Your Apartment. So, have you up-cycled before? Christmas in July.

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Cycle Budgeting Budget Christmas 199

Couponing 101

MAY 30, 2019

Chase a shared passion by volunteering at an animal shelter, helping clean up a park, serving food at a soup kitchen, or any other service activity you can come up with. The post 6 Free Date Night Ideas for Romance on a Budget appeared first on Couponing 101. Date night is about who you’re with, not how much you spend.

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Budgeting Budget Activism T-Mobile 85

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2012

Buying cleaning supplies for your house can be expensive, and you have to buy different products to clean different things. So, even if one cleaning product isn’t very expensive, having to buy a dozen of them can be. If you use rags to clean instead of paper towels, you will save a lot of money. What can you use it for?

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Cleaning Green Homemade Paper Towels 199

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 12, 2015

For some reason those open windows awakens our need to spring clean, so take this time to get your financial house in order too. 7 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances. Clean Up Your Office Space. For more spring cleaning tips, don’t forget to read 20 Spring Cleaning Tasks to Freshen Up Your Home. photo credit.

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Finance Cleaning Financial Goals Goals 100

Shereen Travels Cheap

APRIL 17, 2024

I used a half sheet for these few items that I've taken on trips before and they were fresh and clean at the end. As you can see, there are no visible suds, but you could see that the clothes were getting clean, as the water was dirty, and I rinsed until it ran clear, then squeezed out as much water as possible.

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Laundry Travel Machines Clothes 214

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

“How to Live Large and Have Fun”, “How to Spend Millions on Credit and Never Pay a Dime”, “Live Large and On Charge…Cards”, “Living High on the Hog: The Art of Budget Busting”…these are all titles of fictitious books, but they might as well be bestsellers. Many consignment stores have high standards for the goods they sell.

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Saving Money Money Budgeting Budget 221

Koupon Karen

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Thorough preparation, including surface cleaning, repairing, and priming, sets the stage for a high-quality finish and long-lasting results. For homeowners in Raleigh, the choice may depend on budget considerations, desired project outcomes, and the complexity of the painting job.

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Painting Saving Money Money Raleigh 52

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

OCTOBER 2, 2015

“Cleaning my makeup brushes is my favorite,” said literally no one ever. And if you also take care of your skin, you know cleaning your brushes often is necessary to keep bacteria from building up on them only to be smeared all over your face where it will irritate your skin, cause breakouts and, potentially, infections.

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Cleaning Makeup Inexpensive Wedding 94

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 11, 2015

It’s not too late to pull a holiday party together for Christmas or New Year’s and you don’t have to blow your budget. To make clean up fairly easy so that you can enjoy your guests, I have found really cute and inexpensive party supplies, paper plates, cups, and napkins at the dollar store.

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Christmas Budgeting Budget Swap 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 3, 2012

Here is a list of foods that you don’t have to buy organic (some people refer to it as the clean 15 ) as they are not heavily sprayed with pesticides making them healthier options. This way I can focus on my health without breaking the bank and staying on budget. This doesn’t have to be the case. 1) Asparagus .

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Budgeting Budget Finance Desserts 213

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 4, 2016

Personally, cleaning out my freezer was the most enlightening. The post Day 4 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Budget: Pantry Challenge appeared first on Family Balance Sheet. And hopefully, your next shopping trip won’t be as expensive, because you’re using food already in your kitchen.

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Groceries Grocery Budgeting Budget 100

For the Mommas

JULY 17, 2016

5 Ways to Make Living on a Budget Fun. If you think words like budget and fun don’t belong in the same sentence, you may need to shift your thinking on budgeting. Sure, living on a budget isn’t as fun as taking a great vacation abroad, but it doesn’t have to be depressing either. Create a budget accountability group.

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Budgeting Budget Making Craigslist 40

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

8 Action Steps for a Frugal February: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for February. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. If you’re new to writing a budget, read: How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!). For a list of budget categories, read: How to Start a Budget.

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February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Fashion Without Guilt

JANUARY 21, 2013

Making sure to clean your makeup brushes regularly is “very important” Cleaning your makeup brushes can prevent break outs and infection the can form on your face. Keep your brushes clean will save you a lot of headache. HOW TO CLEAN YOUR MAKEUP BRUSHES.

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Makeup Cleaning Film Lays 70

Motherhood Moments

DECEMBER 26, 2022

> NEW YEAR CLEANING Sort through your house for items you no longer use, and either donate for a tax reduction, or sell for extra cash! > > REVIEW YOUR BENEFICIARY Add a beneficiary or review your accounts to ensure your assets go where you intend. > Jeff has been with Direct for 15 years.

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Personal Finance Finance Money Debt 100

Shereen Travels Cheap

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

I wanted to give you some alternatives to expensive items that may not be in your budget or you may just rather spend more money on your actual trip than just getting there. The filter fits in the straw, so if you decide to fill your bottle with another cold liquid, you can take it out until you empty and clean it and use it for water again.

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Gifts Travel Saving Podcasts 241

Saving Cents With Sense

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Check out my simple tips for creating a budget friendly Thanksgiving below: 1. Although you may save time on clean up, you’ll end up spending more money for the convenience. Just ask those cherished loved ones to help in the clean up and you’ll also save on time! Break out the good dishes. Not looking forward to all the dishes?

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Thanksgiving Budgeting Budget Friends And Family Sale 102

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

DECEMBER 19, 2015

As a beauty connoisseur and writer, I went into pregnancy excited and faced with beauty challenges, like finding clean skincare and makeup options for my changing skin. This applied during pregnancy and sticking to solids and neutrals like grey and white, proved to have the utmost versatility, while helping me stay within a budget.

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Budgeting Budget Old Navy Beauty 75

Coupons Do Work

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Hop on over to Amazon where you can get this 792-count pack of HUGGIES Simply Clean Unscented Baby Wipes for $9.55 shipped after you clip the 20% off coupon and then choose Subscribe & Save (on the right) – that’s just 1¢ per wipe!

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Huggies Cleaning Baby Amazon 100

Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

” Robert Kiyosaki I dare say there isn’t a soul on this planet as frugal as a mom on a budget. Make Cleaning Products at Home Did you know that you could make cleaning products right at home? No, I’m not talking about starting your own Mr. Clean company, although that would be great.

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Saving Money Money Mom Used 52

Motherhood Moments

MARCH 5, 2023

Planning meals ahead of time will help you stick to a budget and make healthier choices when it comes to food. Develop a House Cleaning Routine A cleaning routine should ideally keep your home tidy without taking too much of your precious time. Plan Your Meals Meal prepping can be a great way to save time and money.

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Parenting Money Finesse Organic 130

Shereen Travels Cheap

APRIL 27, 2024

While I'll ask friends for recommendations, I'll also ask people I meet while out and about, like my Uber driver, or staff at my hotel when I meet them in the elevator (cleaning staff mostly, because they are the regular people who have to budget and don't get anything for sharing those special spots.

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Travel Las Vegas Museum Flowers and Plants 187

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

5 Action Steps for a Mindful March: 1 – Write a budget/spending plan for March. I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. If you’re new to writing a budget, read: How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!). If you need encouragement and guidance with your budget, join my private Facebook group: Family Budgeters Unite!

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March Financial Goals Budgeting Budget 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

My Thursday dinner plan is now Clean out the Fridge Night! Much to the dismay of my kids, I’ve declared Thursday nights during the school year as Clean the Fridge Out Night. I cleaned out a large filing cabinet and was stuck with a big box of documents that I didn’t feel comfortable just throwing in the recycle bin.

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August Frugal Green And Frugal Financial Goals 130

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 11, 2016

My grocery budget doesn’t just include food, but also household goods, paper products, and cleaning supplies which unfortunately can take up a chunk of the budget.

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Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Not everyone is and professional sessions don’t always fit into people’s budgets. Cleaning Services. If you are a… neat freak …neat person who loves to clean, offer home cleaning services. Gift them a certain number of weeks of home cleaning. Some other cleaning ideas: window washing or car washing.

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Christmas Gifts Home and Garden Flowers and Gifts 130