Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

Even re-organizing the garage can leave you with a chill. Many households take spring cleaning as an opportunity to repaint, hang photographs and picture frames, and re-organize art. To the same effect of cleaning out your closet, having less food will help make this job easier. Wipe Down the Walls. Cleaning Out Your Closet.

Cleaning 221

Cleaning Appliances Donation Organic 221

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

Follow these three action steps and the list of ideas below to find the cash for your fund. The following list of 25 ideas is broken into two larger categories: ways to reduce your spending and ways to earn extra money. 2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Try freezer cooking.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

If you need to find some wiggle room in your budget, or combat the rising grocery prices, or maybe make room for your family’s growing appetites, take a look at the following list and see what changes you can make to reduce what you’re spending on groceries…and still eat really well! Utilize the Freezer.

Saving Money 113

Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 113

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In order to succeed with your money, you must spend time on your money–and that means writing a plan for your spending. If you’re new to writing a budget, read: How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!). Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control.

February 100

February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 1, 2016

Do you feel like your grocery spending is out of control? Are you shocked by how much you’re paying at the check out and how little food is actually in your cart? I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge. I am hosting a 31 Days to Slash Your Grocery Spending challenge.

Grocery Spending 100

Grocery Spending Groceries Grocery Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The Goal of the Grocery Budget Challenge is to be creative with our meal planning and grocery shopping so that we do not over-spend. We don’t want to make our families miserable with bland meals, boring snacks, and not enough food in the house, but we must stay on budget. March’s Assignments.

Budgeting 124

Budgeting Budget February Groceries 124

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 28, 2013

At the beginning of August, I was $100 short from June when we used some of our Christmas savings for gifts that were needed that month. I''m happy to report that I was able to reduce our grocery spending in August by about $50 and I''ll put that money in our Christmas savings. Start looking for Christmas gift ideas.

August 100

August Club Christmas Goals 100

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JUNE 8, 2018

We have been using this system ever since. For example, if your paychecks net to $3000 a month, then you plan the spending for $3000, and not a single dollar over or under. receipts, statements, all upcoming bills, and any other history of your spending. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches.

Budgeting 133

Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

The idea of becoming debt free makes me downright giddy. Acadia’s advice is to be creative and think about your talents and gifts and how you could use them to make extra money. Here are some ideas from the Debt Free Stories interviewees: Olivia’s husband reffed basketball. They Tracked & Analyzed their Spending.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100