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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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Winner Winner FREE Chicken Dinner! Once again, GIANT of PA offered a chicken dinner with 3 sides and rolls for only 350 gas points. The value of the meal is $18, but the cash value of the 350 gas points for my vehicle is about $5.95–a great price for a dinner that I don’t have to cook! Plasma Donations: $420.

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10 Ways to Save at Giant Food Stores

Family Balance Sheet

Some recent examples were, Use 400 points for salmon ($9 value) and 350 points for a fried chicken dinner. This dinner was a $16 value. Charity Donation: Redeem your points for a good cause. Every 100 points you redeem is a $1 donation to our supported charity. Examples of recent Special Offers. This equals $6.80

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2022

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I have the main dish for three dinners. Plasma donation: $350 –I took a break from donating plasma. In fact, my late donation was in October 2021. The plasma location was very busy and short-staffed in the fall and I found myself spending more time donating than I wanted to. Yes, please! I transferred $20.95

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How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

Family Balance Sheet

For starters, I didn’t donate plasma this month and that is usually my biggest source of extra cash. My Thursday dinner plan is now Clean out the Fridge Night! As you can see from a recent night, we had PLENTY of food for dinner. Another month of 2022 is in the books and another month of frugal-ing. My Frugal Shenanigans!

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Giving: Does It Always Have To Be About The Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Whether you are asked to donate to charity , or whether your cousin needs a little help with his finances, we often get hung up on whether or not we have enough cash to help out. Donate items : Since my son is an only child, his clothing doesn’t get a lot of heavy use. We usually send him home with the leftovers.

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What We Ate this Week 04.08.16

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Dinners: Sunday, 3/27: Easter Sunday – we ate Easter dinner at my parents house. Monday, 3/28: My mom sent us home on Sunday with Easter dinner leftovers. We love this dinner and it is SUPER easy to make. We had a fun, but exhausting day and grabbed dinner on the ride home. I didn’t have to cook!

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Thankful Thursday | I am not qualified

The Frugal Girl

We can pray for peace, we can donate to (reputable, responsible) organizations that can help the suffering people, AND we can focus on doing good right where we are. So, deep breath. Part of that for me is facilitating a thankfulness practice here. I have concluded that nursing school life just requires a lot of efficiency and hard work.

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