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Money Matters - How to Build Healthy Financial Habits and Prevent Future Debt

Motherhood Moments

Or, instead of dining out every night, you may opt to cook at home more often. If you want to know how much you need to tuck away for retirement, some online calculators can help give you a ballpark figure based on factors like your current age, salary, and desired lifestyle. Invest in yourself. Diversify your investments.

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Make Life Better For Yourself: Take Good Care Of You

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

By cooking at home you save money, eat a more balanced and nutritional diet and get the enjoyment of being in control of creating what you and your family eat. They just give you empty calories without any nutrition and are the main causes of obesity.

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Giveaway: Finish Quantum & Le Creuset Baking Set

For the Mommas

I don’t like to give a personal testimonial, because quite frankly if I don’t use it, I am not going to pretend I do. We cook at home almost everyday. I am not the neatest cook. In my coupon classes I talk about stockpile management and confess that I never have enough Finish. Finish is different.

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McDonald’s vs. Fresh Foods: Which is Cheaper?

Saving With Shellie

One of the main arguments people give for just getting Fast Food is that it is cheaper and quicker than cooking at home. This graphic shows the cost and nutrition of a meal for four at McDonald’s versus two different home cooked options. Plus request a Saving with Shellie Coupon Class in your area!

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Peggy : Something really cool being done today is that the stay-at-home Moms trade babysitting days so they can get some time off and give the kids a play day.

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

Family Balance Sheet

I had also been teaching one class a quarter at a local career college so I increased to two classes a quarter. And I cut back on lifestyle – cooking food at home, taking the bus to work vs driving and paying for parking, etc. I didn’t really have to give up a lot while I was getting out of debt.