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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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Assign a budget category to each transaction, so you can add up what you spend on food, fuel, clothing, self-care, etc. 3 – Cook/Eat from the pantry and freezer. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. Use up all of those odd ingredients.

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Frugal February

Family Balance Sheet

Assign a budget category to each transaction, so you can add up what you spend on food, fuel, clothing, self-care, etc. 3 – Cook/Eat from the pantry and freezer. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. Use up all of those odd ingredients.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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Write down any events/holidays/activities that will require funds for the month that you are planning, along with a projection of what you’ll need. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. I list tons of ideas: How to Slash Your Grocery Spending .

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