The Frugal Girl

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Monday A friend treated me to tacos, and Zoe ate her leftover burrito. Tuesday I got back late from an orientation about an hour away, so I popped by Panera and picked up dinner for Zoe and me, using a gift card from my credit card rewards. $0 0 out of pocket for me! I didn’t even cut up any fruit. It is what it is.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

MARCH 11, 2024

So I would suggest using this method until you have your spending habits under control, and then you can go back to the credit cards. Put Away the Leftovers Another way to increase your savings quickly is to try as much as you can to save money from your designated weekly budget. Limit the amount you use every week.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Noone ate the leftover corn, so I cut it off the cob and put it in the freezer to add to our favorite, Chicken, Black Bean & Corn Tacos | Slow Cooker Recipe. My August Grocery Clearance finds: I found lots of tea marked down to about 90 cents a box. As you can see from a recent night, we had PLENTY of food for dinner.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 14, 2011

FIRE Getters presents Top 5 Ways To Trim Our Grocery Bills! posted at FIRE Finance , saying, “We decided to optimize our grocery expenses and pull the strings on our food budget even tighter. So we spent some time researching on ways to cut down our grocery bill. Some of the strategies include freezing milk and eggs.&#.

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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…). They were the leftovers.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 26, 2011

Leftovers from last night’s dinner and some fruit work just fine. 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. Stop buying lunch every day. Instead, do a bit of planning and bring a lunch to work.

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For the Mommas

JULY 24, 2016

Create a weekly menu, then buy the groceries, and cook dinner every night. And as an added bonus, leftovers make a great lunch the next day. Stop using your credit cards. Credit cards make buying too easy and you usually end up buying too much when you use them. Save money by preparing your own meals.

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