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This Week’s Grocery Recap 05.28.16

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I like to keep the Annie’s on hand for a quick lunch or snack for the kids (and my husband). I use the baking soda in the laundry. I used the chicken for the wraps, Wednesday night’s meal, and sandwiches for lunch. Saturday: We will be dining out with friends. lb bag of baking soda, total spent $18.60.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 05.29.15

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This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. We packed our lunch, and ate dinner with the troop at the hotel. We dined on pizza, carrots and dip, and Girl Scout cookies for dessert. We ate lunch and dinner on the road. 8 Freezer Meal Recipes.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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My challenge is I need to reduce our bill, but not make everyone in my family miserable because there is no room for the occasional extras that make us happy, like a special treat or wild caught salmon or Kalamata olives. Over the holidays, I wasn’t as diligent with my meal planning and our grocery bill went over what I budget for food.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Consider setting the money aside in a savings account that isn’t immediately accessible and doesn’t have an ATM attached to it, to avoid any impulsive non-emergency spending. It is NOT a spending account. We use an online account like, Capital One 360 (my referral link). 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free

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Acadia’s advice is to be creative and think about your talents and gifts and how you could use them to make extra money. Acadia’s husband used his handy skills to fix up their home that they eventually sold for a profit. Jenn and her husband sold stuff they were no longer using and put it towards debt.

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