Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 21, 2014
Eating out, while convenient, can be both expensive and time consuming. While most people think of eating out as a way to relax and save time, they typically don’t account for the time it takes to drive back and forth to the restaurant as well as the time to order, sit and wait for the food, and eat.
Family Balance Sheet
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
While my husband works hard to bring the money in, my job is to make it go as far as it can while feeding our family healthy meals. Today I’d like to share what works for our family. Having a routine keeps me scheduled so that I don’t forget to prep something and end up tempted to eat out. Muffins & other baked goods.
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Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 5, 2016
After working all day, we ordered take out for dinner. ” Dining out is a fun treat, but when you eat out too often it gets old and my sweet girl wanted a home cooked dinner. Lunches and snacks included sandwiches, leftover spaghetti, apples, oranges, yogurt sticks, cheese sticks, and Girl Scout cookies.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 1, 2021
If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more.
Coupons Do Work
MARCH 13, 2015
After her practice ended 6PM, we went to Subway for our one-in-a-while eating out meal. I was tired at this point from not sleeping well the night before) and 2 cookies. Ate half of that, drink 10 sips of pepsi, 1/2 of the cookie, came home, made some tea , drank it and went to bed. How has it worked for you ?
Couponing 101
APRIL 2, 2020
Sometimes, eating out of the pantry is the best solution. Eating from your pantry doesn’t need to mean heating up a can of beans over an open flame like an old-timey gold miner. Spinach Artichoke Enchiladas via Cookie and Kate. The recipe uses mostly pantry ingredients. It also calls for minced onion and garlic.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. 4 – Skip the AM drive thru and eat breakfast at home. 6 – Eat dinner at home. Our 12+ dryer stopped working.
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