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Saving Your Pennies For A Rainy Day

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We have all heard that age old adage “save your pennies for a rainy day,” but many of us never do it. Saving money can be a bit of a difficult challenge, especially if you are in a household that lives paycheck to paycheck like so many do. Rather, you are looking to cut the cost of your grocery bill.

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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. first about any money that was spent. For our fun money, miscellaneous expenses, and. grocery money we took out cash every pay day. ” It’s amazing how much money was freed up when I stayed. transportation expenses.

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

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– Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches. – Transportation: loan payments, fuel, insurance, service/repairs, necessary parking/tolls. Some items are fixed and are recurring each month, but other things are variable (change month to month) such as groceries, heating/cooling, clothing, restaurants.

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