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How We Frugal-ed in July 2022

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We’ve seen higher grocery and fuel bills lately, so we’re upping our frugal game to help the budget. Our financial goals are still important to us and we want to hit them regardless of the rising prices. Over the years, I have found money through rebates, refunds, and online sales. Marked down meat!

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How We Frugal-ed this Week: 10/12/18

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so that we have more money to put towards our financial goals. Every Sunday afternoon, I plan the meals and do my grocery shopping for the week. My most recent favorite deal was when I bought 5 sour cream containers for 17 cents each by stacking an Ibotta cash back rebate with a store sale.

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7 Clever Ways Moms Used to Save Money

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If you do a weekly meal plan, you will know exactly what ingredients need to be bought during your next grocery shopping trip, including the ones you have and those you don’t. Unfortunately, many of us head out to the grocery stores armed with nothing but our credit card and a rough idea of what we need.

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How I Spent $425 on Groceries in March

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But we have some serious financial goals to hit and the grocery budget is an easy target when it comes to cutting the budget. Our grocery budget since January has been $450 , which is down from an average of $600 last year, but I wanted to see if I could get it to $400 for March. We were all well fed and quite happy.

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Find Out How Olivia & Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage in 33 Months

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Grocery shopping wisely – We shop at affordable stores, shop the ads/sales, and menu plan. Once our kids are in school our goal will be to look into buying our dream home. What are your financial goals now? I talk a lot about this in my post “Top 4 Ways to Pay Off Debt” but they include: 1.

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Find out how Richard paid off $40,000 of debt

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Could I knock $20 off my grocery shopping somehow? There’s always a sale or a promotion going on, and it can be so tempting. What are your financial goals now? Right now my primary goal is building up my savings as quickly as possible (and also hopefully buying a house in the next year or two).

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