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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

Also, you can slice the bread up before freezing it; that makes it very easy to grab just a slice or two. The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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My #1 Tip for Trimming Grocery Spending

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When finances are tight, often the only area we can control is our food spending. While my husband works hard to bring the money in, my job is to make it go as far as it can while feeding our family healthy meals. My #1 tip for trimming grocery spending is an easy one: Serve simple, frugal, scheduled meals.

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Reduce Your Grocery Spending Without Sacrificing Quality | 31 Days to Find $1000

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In the month of October, my challenge will be to find $1000. Mondays thru Saturdays in October, I will have ideas to help you find $1000 too. On Sundays, we’ll meet here to catch our breath, and let everyone know how we’re finding our $1000. So read through the below tips and attack that grocery bill!

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Day 6 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Shop the Clearance Section

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31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Don’t be afraid of the clearance section at the grocery store. Stores will mark down foods and other products when they are close to the “use by” date or the store has too much of a product and it needs to be cleared out. Yep, you read that assignment correctly!

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Day 10 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Plan a Freezer Cooking Session

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Dinner hour is often more like 15 minutes of scarfing down food before we have to leave for some kind of practice or meeting. A freezer full of meals makes weekly meal planning a breeze. It also prevents me from making impulsive trips to the grocery store or calling for take out. Still not convinced?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund. Now it’s time to FIND THE MONEY! 25 Ways to Find Money for your Emergency Fund. To kick start your emergency fund savings, take the next 31 days and challenge yourself to find $1000. 1 – Determine how much you need.

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Day 18: 9 Easy Places to Find Grocery Coupons

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Day 18 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Coupons! Coupons are an easy way to reduce your grocery bill. The good news is that coupons are very easy to find and you don’t need to spend loads of time clipping them to slash your grocery spending. 9 Places to Find Grocery Coupons.

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