Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 30, 2014

Alcohol was dirt cheap in New Orleans, and transportation was a very small line on our budget in New York City. After all, you’ve got to eat! Even buying pre-made salads and entrees at the grocery store is substantially cheaper than eating out. Pack Snacks. Be careful not to pack anything too wet for snacks.

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Saving Money Money Food New York City 187

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 26, 2016

You can only cut so much from a budget, so to fill in our shortfall, we’ll need to also earn extra income by growing our small business and growing my blog income. This will also be the year that we clean out our clutter. We will continue to save for travel and it is already part of our budget. Home Projects.

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Financial Goals Goals 2016 Debt 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 14, 2013

We also don’t want to come home to a credit card bill. Create A Budget. Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. Include breakfasts, lunches, dinners and even snacks in your planning. We will be gone for 7 days.

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Vacation Saving Money Money Food and Drink 153

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 28, 2022

Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly, and that’s before inflation. However, it can be an easy budget category to manage, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. These are strategies I use weekly to help keep my grocery bill in line with our budget.

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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 130

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JUNE 14, 2019

Hopefully the traveling will calm down soon… we are very ready to be at home for several weeks in a row! Since our budget doesn’t increase just because we are traveling, here are a few things that we can do to keep to our monthly budget while traveling so much: Water.

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Travel Frugal Hotel Food and Drink 85

Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 3, 2023

To save money at home and keep some of your hard-earned dollars in the bank, we have some realistic ways to save money for you! Set a Budget Spending adds up quickly on any vacation, and overspending can add unwanted stress when all you should be doing is relaxing! Avoid holidays and peak travel times when prices can be inflated.

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Saving Money Money Travel Hotel 52

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 8, 2014

If there is one budget category that can quickly get out of control for me, it is GROCERIES. Over the holidays, I wasn’t as diligent with my meal planning and our grocery bill went over what I budget for food. Will everyone be home for dinner that week? Is it your child’s turn to take a snack to Scouts?

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Meals Simple Menu Planning Menu Plans 186

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 1, 2011

Create A Budget For Your Trip. Maybe you don’t want to cook at all during your vacation or maybe eating out for every meal is beyond what your budget can handle. We calculate the number of meals we are going to have and decide how many will be at home and how often we will dine out. Drinking water.

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Vacation Saving Money Money Food and Drink 178

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly. However, groceries is also an easy budget category to control, but it takes some planning, skill, and organization. Personally, if I don’t make a shopping list and plan my meals, my grocery budget is toast. According to the U.S.

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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 113

Shereen Travels Cheap

DECEMBER 16, 2023

I've used them for snacks, for dirty clothes, for leftovers and for receipts and brochures. That means you may not have room to pack it on your way home. Mesh pop-up hamper (laundry detergent) Whether or not I'm on a long trip, I don't like living out of my suitcase and I don't like mixing my clean and dirty clothes.

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Travel Hotel Sunglasses Phones 226

Saving With Shellie

MAY 23, 2013

A vacation may not be in the budget for your family this year but you’d be surprised how much you can do on a little. Here’s how I used a limited budget to send her family of four to Corpus Christi for four days. :: TIP #1 - Stock up on supplies before you go. Bring sandwich fixings, chips and fruit from home.

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Vacation Kids and Family Budgeting Budget 49

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2016

I use them regularly when we eat out at restaurants, and I will not shop at a department store without one, but grocery coupons are completely different for me. Groceries is a big budget category that you have the most control over. When I don’t plan, I am sure to blow our budget. Yeah, that is not me.

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Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 100

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

One of the moves we made, out to Seattle, the only way we could make our budget work AND have me be home with our young kids, was to not own a vehicle at all. Easiest – saying “no” to things that I’ve figured out don’t really matter to me Hardest – figuring out what matters!

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 192

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 17, 2018

You can only cut so much from a budget, so to increase our cash flow, we’ll need to earn extra income by growing our small business and growing my blog. I’d like 2018 to be the year that we clean out our clutter. However, there are a few things that we will not give up so I will need to include them in our budget.

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Financial Goals Goals 2018 Debt 113