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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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How are you doing with the financial goals you made for 2023? Unfortunately, many people abandon their New Year’s goals by mid-January and everything goes downhill from there. So I am declaring a Frugal February. The goal is to be extremely intentional with our money, so we can put more toward our financial goals.

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Frugal February

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How did you do with your financial goals in January? We have only one financial goal for 2019 and we made some progress in January. It was a great feeling to make that payment, and to continue the momentum I want to double down on our financial goal. So I am declaring a Frugal February. Find free fun in Frugal February.

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2019 Christmas Savings Club | February Meeting

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You don’t need to figure out what you buying, but try to confirm how much you want to spend. How Did I Do in February? My monthly goal is $100 and I’m happy to say I found the money this month. Find your monthly savings goal for March and any shortfall from February. How did you do in February?

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Choose Thrift First | February Meeting

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In 2015 I’m challenging myself to rethink purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. We have some hefty financial goals this year and this is just one more way for me to squeeze more from our budget. February Update.

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Best College Student Credit Cards of February 2024

Savings Corner

Having good credit will be important down the road when you want to buy a home or get a car loan, but there are even more immediate benefits. That’s OK — the main purpose of student cards is to build credit with the goal of qualifying for better cards down the line. But if such spending becomes a habit, it will be costly.

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2019 Christmas Savings Club

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This month’s assignment: (to be completed by February 25.). You don’t need to figure out what you buying, but try to confirm how much you want to spend. Step 3: Start saving for the first month and have the money set aside by February 25. Stop back on February 25th and let us know how your month went.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I also find that setting goals makes a difference. The only secrets we have from one another is when we buy each other a gift. We wrote down a list of our current expenses, our current goals, and where we are at. Squirrelers asks us how much we had to work to buy that? Watson Inc. We actually just implemented this.

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