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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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I have been doing my grocery shopping at a different GIANT store and I’m finding that they always have a lot of marked-down meat. I use the pesto as a sauce for hot pasta or pasta salad, pizza topping, and spread it over grilled chicken or fish. We use the bacon fat in place of butter or oil for eggs and sauteed dishes.

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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…enter 2023 We have not one, but two teenage high school daughters. We want to assist our daughters with their college expenses. We have a number that we want to save for each daughter. We used the snowball method to pay off our non-mortgage debts. My basement is still a mess. How will we make these goals?

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 10.20.17

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I cooked it in my Instant Pot (look for the directions on Monday 10/23/17), and used the meat for Tuesday night’s dinner. I put the rest in the freezer for later use in soups, enchiladas, and/or quesadillas. My husband and I had leftovers, one daughter had breakfast-for-dinner, and the other daughter had a can of soup.

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My Honest Review of Blue Apron Meal Kit Delivery Service

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My daughter has been begging me for several months to try Blue Apron subscription meal kit service. I’m the chief grocery shopper for my family, so why would I need a subscription service–it seemed so frivolous to me. We’ll use it for camping. My daughter is very eager to learn to cook. Prepping dinner.

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My Daughter’s Super Fun Birthday Party (At Home)

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Over the weekend, we hosted 12 other children to celebrate my daughter’s 8th birthday. So my daughter and I brainstormed. I used black writing gel icing for the ghost faces. My daughter saw this spider cake at Giant while she was grocery shopping with me. 14 kids altogether. She wanted a dance party.

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Save $2 on U by Kotex Products at CVS #ConfidenceUDeserve

For the Mommas

Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister; as women we wear many hats. Whether it is shuttling to kids to school and soccer practice, grocery shopping, paying bills, and taking care of family members, we have a lot of responsibilities and juggle a lot of tasks. Specifically designed for easy use. All opinions are mine alone.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s $29 Food Stamp Budget – I pay $30 a week no food stamps

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Gwyneth Paltrow posted on her facebook page : There are a lot of people who use Food stamps (now known as SNAP), and the reality is, food stamps or not, anyone can live on $29 a week. My daughter does competitive cheerleading and that itself is $3K a year (not including travel). I shop at the end of the season.

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