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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

Family Balance Sheet

One month in for the year! Unfortunately, many people abandon their New Year’s goals by mid-January and everything goes downhill from there. Assign a budget category to each transaction, so you can add up what you spend on food, fuel, clothing, self-care, etc. 3 – Cook/Eat from the pantry and freezer.

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Spring Cleaning Tasks to Get a Head Start On

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you plan to re-organize your closet and drawers, take the opportunity to go through your clothing and sort it into “keep”, “discard” and “donate” piles. This also helps keep my grocery spending down, as I am using up ingredients that I already have instead of going to buy new ones.

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