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How We Frugal-ed in August 2022

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But in the end, $155 is still a gift. I’m always looking for ways to save my family money to not only help us get through current higher food and gas prices but also to help us achieve our big financial goals. My Frugal Shenanigans! My Thursday dinner plan is now Clean out the Fridge Night! Show me the money!

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Family Budget Spreadsheets 2021

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Financial Goals – Use this spreadsheet to quantify your financial goals for the current year and years to come. Gift Giving – Use this spreadsheet to plan for your gift-giving for the entire year, but especially Christmas.

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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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My goal has always been to live well on less while achieving our big financial goals. 4 – Credit Card Rewards – $241.78 I redeemed a $100 Target gift card from my Discover card’s Cashback bonus program. was transferred to each daughter’s 529 account from our Upromise card.

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Introducing: Family Budget Spreadsheets

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Financial Goals – Use this spreadsheet to quantify your financial goals for the current year and years to come. Gift Giving – Use this spreadsheet to plan for your gift giving for the entire year, but especially Christmas.

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

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We used gift cards on 3 nights, ate leftovers on 1 night, and grilled burgers on the last night. One of the gift cards was given to us TWO years ago for Christmas. The topic came to me when I realized that my husband and I haven’t really talked about our future financial goals in awhile.

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Where I Found $370 Debt Snowball Money in January

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Our main financial goal in 2015 is to pay down our non-mortgage debt. We earn reward points from our Discover card and you can buy gift cards with the points. I haven’t redeemed points in a long time and I had $300 worth of points that I redeemed for Discover gift cards.

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 09.29.17

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It’s a tight budget and I failed miserably over the summer, but we have lots of financial goals, so I need to get it back in line. Hubby and the girls are on their own, but I have some coupons and gift cards that they will be using for dinners. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500.

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