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Dining Out For Less

Shereen Travels Cheap

Choose a meal to eat "at home". A quick trip to the grocery store is not only fun, but can save you money over dining out. At the very least, and most of what we do, is to bring back leftovers and eat those instead of going out for another meal. Tip: Give a little extra where you can. Tip: Clean up big messes.

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7 Ways to Save Money When Dining Out

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We all like to eat out, but if we do it too often, it can get expensive. If you like to eat out a lot, and you would like to save some money, here are few tips to save when dining out. Limit Yourself If you dine out regularly, you can limit the number of times that you go out to save some money.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

When I don’t plan, I make multiple trips to the store, eat out too often, and most certainly blow our budget. Designate one night a week as “raid the fridge’ night to get rid of leftovers. Everyone’s plate might look different, but you’ll at least use up the leftovers and reduce the waste. You’ll be thankful later.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

There was a time (pre-pandemic) that I ate lunch out almost every day with friends. It was an escape from the office, but it was eating up my budget…see what I did there! An easy lunch idea in one word: leftovers! 6 – Eat dinner at home. This is an area that I also need to review.

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5 Ways to Lower Your Monthly Bills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are some examples: Stop eating out on the weekend. If you’re lacking on equipment front, check out Amazon for some great deals on appliances. Leftovers from last night’s dinner and some fruit work just fine. So have you recently reviewed your expenses? Stop buying lunch every day.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

Family Balance Sheet

To achieve those goals I need to review our spending to see where I can make some cuts. If there is one budget category that can quickly get out of control for me, it is GROCERIES. I’ve been lazy in the past and just planned for the work week and ignored the fact that we do need to eat on the weekends.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

Family Balance Sheet

When I don’t plan, I make multiple trips to the store, eat out too often, and most certainly blow our budget. Designate one night a week as “raid the fridge’ night to get rid of leftovers. Everyone’s plate might look different, but you’ll at least use up the leftovers and reduce the waste. You’ll be thankful later.