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Destination Date Night: Parisian Valentine's Day

Shereen Travels Cheap

If you haven't planned anything yet, it's okay, there's still time to get the most coveted reservation, the one at home with your sweetie. I wrapped our TV stand with a rose garden backdrop , because we watched a few videos of a Seine cruise. Valentine's Day is already next week. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day, if you celebrate.

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Put Your Budget on a Diet: Saving Money by Living Medium

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

“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. Yes, that means that you cannot stop at the drive through on your way home from work.

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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. In 2022, I wanted to do a major purge of our home , and that lasted until about January 15 of 2022 when I reorganized our kitchen cabinets. There are a few things that we will not give up so I will need to add them to our budget.

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5 Steps to CRUSH Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker

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Being self-employed, we felt we needed more than Dave’s recommended $1000 starter emergency fund that he outlines in his book, so our first step was to save a bit more for our home and office. Also, we needed to make some much-needed repairs to our home and office that really couldn’t wait until we paid off six figures.

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Friday Links – Bachelorette Weekend

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We are heading out hiking and then some yoga at a local park and then on a river boat cruise in the evening. Check them out: Good Reads From The Blogosphere: Do you think you can place a tangible dollar value on the what a stay at home mom is worth? SBB at Simple Budget Blog wants you to consider Cutting Back Household Expenses.

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Create your debt freedom plan

Family Balance Sheet

Stressed out, we ventured into Dave Ramsey’s online Financial Peace University home course for help. But $1000 was not nearly enough money to cover sudden emergencies in both our home and business. We celebrated both occasions with a family cruise that we paid for with cash. I cried for two days–lol! DONE November 2019.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

Family Balance Sheet

In 2014, the Grocery Budget Challenge encouraged us to keep our grocery spending in line and to be creative with our meal planning so that we do not over-spend. Weekly Meals on a Budget. Maintaining a grocery budget is a weekly process for me. When I blow off meal planning, I blow up our grocery budget. I Should What?

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