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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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Our financial goals are still important to us and we want to hit them regardless of the rising prices. Related reading: 10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores. Credit Card Cash Back Redemptions in July: $196. However, once we paid off all of that debt, I started playing the credit card game.

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How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

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I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to not only help us get through current higher food and gas prices but also to help us achieve our big financial goals. As you can see from a recent night, we had PLENTY of food for dinner. My Frugal Shenanigans! Show me the money!

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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It was all consumer debt spread over 5 credit cards. With those principals in mind, we enrolled in a debt management program (DMP) through our local credit union and reduced our interest rates on all of our credit cards and began paying them off. We cut up our credit cards and never used them again.

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How to Avoid Impulse Spending

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Are you surprised when your credit card bill arrives at how much more you charged than you thought you had? We need to work together to set some financial goals and a budget for you so that you can resist spending money on items that really don’t matter in the long run. Figure out your cost of housing and food per month.

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Money and Marriage – How To Get And Stay On The Same Track and $999.99 Giveaway

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You may have different needs and desires and goals for your life. Perhaps he doesn’t like spicy food, but she grew up with it and loves it. Although my spouse and I didn’t do this, we got lucky and had similar upbringings in the money sphere and we grew to have common goals. If All Else Fails, Get Financial Therapy!

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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The debt included about $30,000 in student loans, some medical debt, IRS debt, and a small amount on a credit card. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. We still allotted a lot of money for food, but we were careful not to go too far over budget. Who initiated the debt free goal?

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Embrace the Negative!

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Warm weather, plentiful food to be had without working, few natural enemies and etc would have let us live in ease, but would we have grown? But how can you learn to use those negative experiences, and teach your children to do so as well to benefit your financial health? Set new financial goals for yourself. Free money!

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