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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. Over the years, I have found money through rebates, refunds, and online sales. However, once we paid off all of that debt, I started playing the credit card game. Marked down meat!

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Richard of Frugality Magazine , where he shares frugal living tips for financial freedom. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? In total I estimate I paid off round $40,000 worth of debt, though depressingly a fair chunk of that was just interest.

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How We Frugal-ed this Week: 10/12/18

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Every Sunday afternoon, I plan the meals and do my grocery shopping for the week. My most recent favorite deal was when I bought 5 sour cream containers for 17 cents each by stacking an Ibotta cash back rebate with a store sale. Read: Earn Cash Back with these 4 Simple Grocery Apps. Our mission: Live WELL On LESS Money.

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Find Out How Olivia & Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage in 33 Months

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Olivia. We are both planners and despise wasting money on debt/interest, which is what led us to pay off our mortgage as soon as we could! How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it? We paid off a total of $118,000 debt. What inspired you to get debt free?

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10 Reasons You’re Broke

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Sure you know you are in debt over your head. So you continue to get further in debt as you continue to spend. What is the one thing you are refusing to give up that would help you pay off your debt? You shop to feel better. You shop to release stress, to be someone else, to escape. You have bad money habits.

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31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending: Day 1

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It does take some planning though, but not tons of time, and this month we are going to incorporate strategies to simplify meal planning and your grocery shopping trips. Instead you’ll have a stocked kitchen, happy bellies, and new habits and strategies for grocery shopping to help you stay within your budget every single month.