Saving Everyday

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Add your loyalty cards (Kroger, Publix, CVS, etc…) and any debit/credit cards you use (see tip below). You want to be sure to register all of your store loyalty cards and credit/debit cards (Don’t worry, it’s perfectly safe and secure). There are also eCoupons (my favorite of course).

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College November Money Credit Cards 59

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 10, 2011

When I first signed up I registered our credit card with the account and my CVS and Safeway card. When you purchase those items, instead of getting the saving off your purchase, you get it deposited in your account. You can also stack these with manufacturer coupons. Then once a month I load all the eCoupons available.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2011

Here are some examples: Stop eating out on the weekend. If you’re lacking on equipment front, check out Amazon for some great deals on appliances. Buy cheap groceries. Rather, buy groceries when they are on sale and have coupons. Buying generic groceries compared to name brand also saves you money.

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Coupons Do Work

APRIL 14, 2015

Here is an article I Wrote in 2013 that I am going to repost on how I survive on a $30 bucks a week on my grocery bill for the whole family : Question: can you survive on $200 a month grocery shopping for the whole family? I paid it all in cash (try not to pay in credit cards…). That usually last for the whole year.

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Saving Cents With Sense

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

If you have kids, have student loans, want to go back to school, or know someone that does, you want to know about and start using Upromise , which helps you save for college by doing things you are already doing : Shopping, Eating Out, Buying Tickets, or Fill Your Gas Tank.

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Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Personally, I like having an overall budget because trying to keep track of what we spend every day stresses me out. We usually go with one empty credit card, put everything on that ONE card so it’s easy to keep track of, and try our best not to go over our spending goal. Be sure to check first.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 20, 2017

medical bills, a small credit card, both of our cars, and student loans. out and it gave us the momentum we needed to focus on all of our other. We tackled our small credit card balance, then our. talked about what went out that day, what was coming up, or if something. because we aren’t eating out.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 1, 2011

Are there reliable grocery stores at your destination? 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 also keep a change jar in the kitchen that accumulates quickly through out the year. How much can you pack in your vehicle?

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Vacation Saving Money Money Food and Drink 178

Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

I would highly recommend the American Express Prepaid card to Nicole’s Nickels readers. Because you can only spend what you put on the card it would be an easy way to set an overall budget or even a budget for a certain something, say eating out or grocery shopping and then only using the card for that purpose in a month.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 16, 2015

We paid off $36,000 in student loans, credit cards, cars and a bit of medical debt. We gave up eating out, cable, driving as many places. So I take the clothing or grocery budget and stretch it as far as I can. We are what some might call homesteaders, we raise our own chickens and garden. What kind of debt was it?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. But, I can’t believe people are making big bucks telling other people how to control their spendthrift ways, or sharing how to shave a few cents off a grocery bill.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

You know you shouldn’t be using credit cards all the time. But there is no way you are going to give up cable, the cell phone, eating out or your gym membership. Send your spouse to do the grocery shopping. You spend until the money runs out and then you put your purchases on your credit card.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

Many years ago, our cash flow sucked, we put Christmas on a credit card, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay for a large tax bill. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. You can’t cut back on your rent or mortgage payment, but you can find ways to save money on your groceries.

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Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A family picture with my parents His degree took 5 years, and during those 8 years of essentially being a 1-income couple with kids after 10 years of being a 2-income couple with no kids, they’d racked up $30k in credit card debt because they didn’t adjust their spending to their change in circumstances.

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

When her grocery envelop was empty, it was empty until pay day. They Managed their Grocery Spending. I have always stressed that groceries is one of the easiest budget categories to reduce. Maureen used coupons and money-saving apps, like Checkout 51 and Snap, to save money at the grocery store.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 2, 2016

Firstly, I was offered a better-paid job but needed a vehicle to get there, so I took out a loan to buy one. At the same time my credit card debt was slowly creeping upward too thanks to my minimal income. That meant no vacations, no new clothes, no eating out, nothing. Initially it all seemed fine.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

And this is just on a mortgage, not including any credit card or student loan debt. Grocery shopping wisely – We shop at affordable stores, shop the ads/sales, and menu plan. Using coupons for eating out. What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt.

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