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Money Matters: How to Prepare Your Finances for a Recession

Motherhood Moments

Prepare ahead of time and create a bare bones budget that includes only your essentials — think food, shelter, clothes, transportation and insurance — so you have a plan in the event that you experience a loss of income or need to cut expenses suddenly. Prepare by paying off debt. Prepare for the unexpected.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

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Local fairs & festivals – Look for local fairs and festivals for low-cost games, food, and activities. Summer Food: Our diet changes over the summer. They’re all designed to help you save money, pay off debt, and achieve your financial goals, so please take advantage of them. 40 Summer Desserts.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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What are your top 3 – 5 tips for saving money/pinching pennies to put towards paying off your debt. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. We still allotted a lot of money for food, but we were careful not to go too far over budget. Paying off debt can be done!

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How to Recognize the Hidden Costs of Christmas & Trim the Fat

Saving Cents With Sense

Food and Decorations. The average shopper will spend $100 on food and candy and $51.60 Start the New Year off right by making a commitment to save money and pay off debt. Look for sources of cash that you can tap into and pay down debt. on themselves this year, down from $140.43

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How to Save Money in 2016

Saving Cents With Sense

I know many of you are in similar situations of needed to save, but wanting to pay off debt, and eventually be able to put money in savings. Through lay offs, new jobs, new schools, illness, and everything else involved with a family, we have had our ups and downs. Making Homemade Baby Food. Homemade Baby Wipes.

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20 Tips for Frugal Living

For the Mommas

You can use the difference in income to pay off debt, save or invest. Reduce convenience foods. Frozen foods, prepared foods and junk food are not only more expensive than something you cook yourself, but also less healthy. 20 Tips for Frugal Living. You have more options with a frugal lifestyle.

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How Angela & Jeff paid off $58,000 of Debt in 2 Years

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We had tried other methods in the past, but found this one suited us best since it forced us to focus on one goal at a time, rather than trying to do it all (pay off debt and contribute to savings and retirement). What are the top 3 – 5 ways you found money to put towards debt.

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