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Grocery Budget Challenge – April Meeting

Family Balance Sheet

We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. O n the 30th of each month, between January and November in 2014 , we will meet here to discuss our challenges and successes for the month with our grocery budget. February Meeting.

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Are You Prepared For An Emergency?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s a good idea to gather your emergency supplies so that you are physically able to deal with an emergency when it strikes. Some of the things that you need to have on hand in the event of an emergency include: First Aid kit and other supplies (including medication). You can augment with other emergency sources as well.

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How to Prevent Three Common Disastrous Personal Financial Mistakes

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Lack of An Emergency Fund . One of the most common disastrous finance mistakes is not having any sort of financial back-up for emergencies. Experts recommend an emergency fund of at least six month’s salary as essential, especially if you are struggling to make ends meet.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! We have significant food restrictions so sourcing our own is helpful health-wise & cost-effective too. We have several food intolerances/needs so cooking is just mostly easier/cheaper. Here’s Jennifer. ? Heavens, no.

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Are You Heading for Financial Disaster?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

See if you can identify with any of these statements: I spend more than I earn I don’t have a household budget I use credit cards all the time to buy everyday essentials like food, gas, transport. Also include an emergency fund and contributions to a retirement account, even if just small amounts at first.

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

Family Balance Sheet

Meet Krystal. working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. emergency fund, so we started throwing what little extra we had straight. First, we will save our six-month emergency fund. towards debt.

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Take Control of Your Money in 2015

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How to Build a Starter Emergency Fund in 30 Days or Less | Jackie Beck @ The Debt Myth. No More Tears at IEP Meetings: Make This Your Best Year Ever! Food Street: How a Community Has Joined Forces to Start a Street Farm | Sam Walker @ Bubble ‘N Squeak. 5 Ways to Make this Your Best Monarch Season…Ever!

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