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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

I cried for days and we celebrated the occasion with a family cruise a few months later. However, I will re-focus on my meal planning/grocery shopping routine to try to get this number down. Sidebar: Restaurants are also a budget buster for us, and I will be extra diligent in this category as well. Get out the shovel!

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5 frugal grocery shopping habits.

Finally Frugal

People are often amazed (my own family included) that I can subsist on a grocery budget of $100 or less each month. Here are my five top tips for bringing a frugal mindset to the grocery store: 1. Don't go to the grocery store hungry (and for the ladies: try to avoid going when that ole PMS rears her insatiable head.

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Central PA Staycation Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

I’ve teamed up with over 50 bloggers from across the United States to put together this list of budget-friendly staycation and travel ideas from different parts of the country. The island also offers other activities, such as an arcade, batting cages, miniature golf, a train, and The Pride of the Susquehanna Riverboat cruises.