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How to Save Money on Groceries

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Everyone is trying to figure out how to save money on groceries! Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly, and that’s before inflation. How to Save Money on Groceries. When I don’t plan, I make multiple trips to the store, eat out too often, and most certainly blow our budget.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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Looking for ways to save money on groceries? Groceries is one budget category that can get out of control very quickly. How to Save Money on Groceries. When I don’t plan, I make multiple trips to the store, eat out too often, and most certainly blow our budget. And I promise you that I do feed them–lol!

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Want a Month of Free Groceries? Stop Wasting Food | Kitchen Economics Link Up

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(I didn't compost the salad, because it had feta cheese mixed in) We certainly eat leftovers, but by the end of last week, we were (1) lazy and (2) lazy. Eating leftovers is one of my tenets of saving money in the kitchen but I am even guilty of wasting food at times. Set the leftovers up buffet style. Brown Bag lunch.

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Our Big Financial Goal for 2016

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We have a retirement to plan , our daughters’ college to save for, and many places to visit. Guidelines for 2016: 1. We will continue to save for travel and it is already part of our budget. We will cut back, but it is unrealistic for me to say we won’t eat out at all this year. Home Projects.

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How to Conduct an Effective Family Financial Analysis

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Everyone has the opportunity and capacity to save. It could be due to the lack of discipline in handling money or savings just getting depleted easily. If you really want to, one can come up with dozens of reasons why it is so hard to save. Imagine what your resources will be for tomorrow if you don’t start saving now.

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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

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I am totally paraphrasing the year, but had it not been for the money in our emergency savings, we would most likely have used credit cards to survive. By the end of 2007, our business gained back its momentum, but not before we practically wiped out our emergency fund with barely enough to get us through one more month.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

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2 – Save $10k in a savings account, specifically earmarked for medical expenses. We blew through our health savings account, and now need to save another $10k so we’re not caught off guard if another emergency were to happen. Save for a camper upgrade. If not, we’ll start saving in 2019.