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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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I also opened another Capital One 360 account for our emergency fund that was also sitting in a zero-interest savings account. I cleaned out our medicine/supplement cupboard and ended up with a bag of expired medicines and prescriptions. In total, we have made $250 in interest since April.

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Build Your Home Food Storage Without Breaking the Bank

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Including items that you eat in the normal course of your meals is important, since a vital part of home food storage is rotating your food so that it doesn’t expire. Every so often, we have a “food storage” week, in which our meals are based on food storage items nearing expiration.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

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emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. Use all the food you have, and freeze it if you know you won’t use it up before it expires. First, we will save our six-month emergency fund. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave. We already had a small.

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How to Place A Stock Order

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Your job is secure, your emergency fund is in place and you are diligently saving for retirement. Unfortunately, the stock never recovers that far so this order expires without being executed. You want to invest some money in the market, even buy shares of an individual company stock.