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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 03.04.16

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My oldest daughter had to be in the pool for warm up at 7 am on Saturday morning. My other daughter swims in a different age group and they raced in the afternoon. One of my daughters was actually sobbing Tuesday night, “when are things going back to normal!” How I Use Pinterest for Meal Planning.

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How to Save on Food Costs When Traveling

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We used to think that a vacation wasn’t a vacation unless we had eaten like the locals and indulged in all of the local foods. In fact, eating out while on vacation got so expensive for us, especially after we had our first child, that we often had to cut our vacations short because we ran out of money.

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Eat Dinner at Home & SAVE! | 31 Days to Find $1000

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You had to have known that this challenge was coming…I’ve taken away the drive-thru breakfast , then I told to you pack a brown bag lunch and now we’re eating dinner at home. For the record, I LOVE TO EAT OUT! But my oldest daughter has decided that she hates the kids menu. Always use a coupon.

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What We Ate this Week on a Budget 11.13.15

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But we had a lot to celebrate this week, both my husband and my mother celebrated their birthdays and my daughters hosted some friends for a sleepover. We pretty much used up our entire restaurant budget this week, but we were able to follow some of. these 15 tips to save money when eating out. 8 Freezer Meal Recipes.

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Valentine’s Day Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

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Sure, we’d love to eat out and have someone else prepare and serve our food, but that would involve a babysitter and a food tab. We include our daughters with dinner, because pink and hearts–it’s the official holiday of 6-8 year old girls everywhere. Use the Good China. Unplug from the Outside World.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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It was a scary time for us. And I was pregnant with our youngest daughter, so what should have been a joyous year was quite a stressful one. What got us through financially? I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive.

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8 Tips to Help You Save Money While On Vacation

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Using only cash while on vacation will force you to question each purchase, especially when it comes to spending money on unnecessary souvenirs--you won''t want to waste your cash. We told our daughters that they could set up a lemonade stand at the yard sale to earn their spending money. Make a list of expenditures. Create A Budget.

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