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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 12.14.18

Family Balance Sheet

Monday: Leftover night! I made Pioneer Women’s Baked Ziti on Saturday night. My family was not thrilled, but we need to reduce our food waste. Did you know you can save hundreds of dollars by reducing your food waste?!?! I also made a large garden salad to serve for 3 dinners this week. summer corn.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

I was intensely irritated to have to buy a skirt and a head covering to visit a relative’s church (all the women there dress conservatively and veil their heads, and I didn’t want to be disrespectful). And I am more conscious of eating leftovers and avoiding food waste. But I had to SHOP for clothes.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Limiting waste is what really drives most of the habits I have that would qualify as “frugal” – reducing/eliminating food waste, returning unneeded items, pursuing refunds, checking on warranties, repairing things, etc. We made a lot of Steak Diane that night.) I fell in love with pursuing a car-free life.