Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2014

Last summer my husband started volunteering at the Y in exchange for a free family membership and now we have all of the benefits of the gym, but not the monthly fee. To read more about our experience, read How to Get a FREE Gym Membership. In 2013, our average monthly grocery spending was $635.

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Grocery Spending Financial Goals January Budgeting 242

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

I can only be pressed about so many things at one time, and right now, my grocery spending is not it. What We Ate Saturday Domino’s had sent me a “free emergency pizza” (I think lots of people got these, because my friend Katy blogged about getting this offer as well!)

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Press Leftovers Dinner Fry's 200

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. To reign your grocery spending in, you must plan all of your meals. Spend Frugal February planning your meals from food that you already have in your kitchen, refrigerator, and freezer. Say that 5 times!)

February 130

February Frugal Financial Goals Goals 130

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Hopefully you have a general idea of how much you spent on groceries pre-couponing, but even if you don’t, tracking your spending can be extremely beneficial. I have created this awesome and SIMPLE spreadsheet to use to track your grocery spending and savings! Do you track your grocery spending and savings?

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Groceries Grocery 2013 Calculators 111

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 20, 2016

31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending. Today is Day 20 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Pre-Holiday Grocery Sales. Grocery stores completely capitalize on this and offer super low prices on holiday favorites in the weeks leading up to the holiday. Think about it. Low prices on sausages before St.

Grocery Spending 100

Grocery Spending Groceries Grocery Holiday 100

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Hopefully you have a general idea of how much you spent on groceries pre-couponing, but even if you don’t, tracking your spending can be extremely beneficial. I have created this awesome and SIMPLE spreadsheet to use to track your grocery spending and savings! Do you track your grocery spending and savings?

Groceries 95

Groceries Grocery 2012 Calculators 95

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 28, 2013

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. 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. Today is the eighth meeting, but you can join us at any time. How did I do in August?

August 100

August Club Christmas Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 23, 2011

If your grocery spending has spiraled out of control, yet you often feel like you have “nothing” to eat", then head over to Money Crashers for 10 Family Meal Planning Tips and Ideas on a Budget. If you would like to receive FREE updates of FBS, there are four ways to do so: have updates sent to your email , through your RSS Feed.

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Menu Planning Menu Plans Breakfast Real Estate 127

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. I served with steamed vegetables and homemade sugar-free applesauce. Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Financial Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. homemade sugar-free applesauce. My oldest daughter likes to grocery shop with me and requested Alfredo sauce on our last trip. garden salad.

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Budgeting Budget Leftovers Daughter 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control. To reign your grocery spending in, you must plan all of your meals. Spend Frugal February planning your meals from food that you already have in your kitchen, refrigerator, and freezer. Say that 5 times!).

February 100

February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Groceries. I talk a lot about grocery spending on this blog. My absolute #1 way for saving money at the grocery store is to PLAN OUR MEALS. If you make this one simple change, you will reduce your grocery spending. My husband volunteers at our local YMCA for a free family membership. Gym Membership.

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Budgeting Budget Finance Organic 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 7, 2013

This also helps keep my grocery spending down, as I am using up ingredients that I already have instead of going to buy new ones. I run the “clean” cycle on my oven, clean the lint out of the various hiding places on my dryer, and ensure my washing machine is build-up free. Finish Up Some Indoor Work.

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Cleaning Appliances Donation Organic 221

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 25, 2013

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. Or challenge yourself to reduce your grocery spending by your shortfall. If you have not done so, complete the Christmas Gift & Spending Budget worksheet. Today is the sixth meeting, but you can join us at any time.

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June Club Christmas Goals 100

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2021

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Do you know how much you spend on groceries each month? Groceries is the easiest budget category to overspend. It’s also very easy to reduce your grocery spending just by planning your meals. 11 – Find free entertainment.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 6, 2011

I believe the grocery bill is one of the easiest categories of the household budget to reduce and you don't have to be an extreme couponer to accomplish the task. I use coupons but they are not my only method to reducing our grocery spending. Did you watch it? Thanks for reading.

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Land o lakes TV shows Saving Money Menu Planning 166

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 9, 2015

If you followed along last year’s Grocery Budget Challenge , you’ll know that my grocery spending ranged from $425 – $500 throughout the year. Selfishly, the reason for this weekly posting is because I tend to stick to a grocery budget when I know I’m going to write about it.

Leftovers 100

Leftovers Budgeting Budget Lunch 100

Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 30, 2014

On the 30th of each month, between January and November in 2014 , we will meet here to discuss our challenges and successes for the month with our grocery budget. Our grocery spending crept up to about $500 a month during the summer. Visit the previous Grocery Budget Challenge Meetings : January Meeting. February Meeting.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Groceries Grocery 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

My successes: My February grocery budget was $450 and I am happy to say that I stayed within our budget. I found it easier to keep a tab on my grocery spending and I’m going to continue to use cash. Also, if you’re blogging about the Grocery Budget Challenge, feel free to leave the link in the comments.

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Budgeting Budget February Groceries 124

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

My intent is twofold: to hold me accountable with our grocery spending and to give some ideas and insight into how we eat on a budget. You may have noticed that my homemade sugar-free applesauce is a constant side dish on my menu. Our budget is currently $500 for my family of four. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Homemade Kids and Family 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 28, 2022

If we have a free evening, I’ll plan a more time-intensive meal, but if it’s a crazy evening with 2 kids at two locations, I’ll plan an Instant Pot or slow cooker dinner. I also buy apples in bulk from a local orchard and make Homemade Sugar-Free Applesauce to eat year-round. Thaw as needed.

Saving Money 130

Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Their 2017 goal is to pay off the remaining balance on their mortgage ($27,900) and be DEBT FREE! Jackie and her husband paid off $147,000 of debt in 10 years and are debt free. Maureen, from The Debt Free Mess Free Life , suggests that you understand what motivates you to act unwisely and spend frivolously (if that is your situation).

Financial Goals 100

Financial Goals Goals Debt Budgeting 100

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 16, 2015

And my absolute #1 way to save money at the grocery store is to PLAN OUR MEALS. If you make this one simple change, you will reduce your grocery spending substantially. When you walk into a grocery store with a plan, you eliminate impulse & duplicate purchases. Read How to Get a FREE Gym Membership for more details.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Thrifting Thrift Stores 100

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 23, 2011

Try replacing some paper products on your list with cloth and re-usable products that you probably have around the house and you will not only reduce your grocery spending, but you will also reduce your waste. Are you trying to run a more 'green' household? She is always sending food home in pickle jars when we visit.

Economical 185

Economical Kitchen Paper Groceries 185

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

2 – Reduce your grocery spending without sacrificing quality. Can you answer this question, how much do you spend on groceries each month? If you do not know the answer, then there is a good chance you are over spending. The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals.

Emergency Fund 100

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 100

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 1, 2015

When I run the numbers, I realize it’s going to take years before we can scream, ”WE’RE DEBT FREE”, our ultimate goal. Debt Free Stories. I started the Debt Free Stories interview series back in September and it has been really well received. There’s just one problem. I am painfully inpatient.

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2015 Money Debt Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

If we have a free evening, I’ll plan a more time intensive meal, but if it’s a crazy evening with 2 kids at two locations, I’ll plan an Instant Pot or slow cooker dinner. I also buy apples in bulk from a local orchard and make Homemade Sugar-Free Applesauce to eat year round. How often do you go to the grocery store?

Saving Money 113

Saving Money Groceries Grocery Money 113

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 2, 2011

The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. The weeks were I don’t menu plan are the weeks that I’m at the grocery store multiple times or we get take out multiple times, leading to an out of control grocery spending. Menu planning saves me time. Thanks for reading.

Menu Planning 138

Menu Planning Menu Plans Economical Kitchen 138

Family Balance Sheet

JULY 9, 2015

The idea of becoming debt free makes me downright giddy. What did they specifically do to become debt free? So back in August of 2014, I scoured the internet to look for sources for a new series, Debt Free Stories. 10 Smart Ways to Become Debt Free. Her advice, “live junk and debt free!”

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Grocery spending can get out of hand quickly, so I post our weekly menu to ensure that I am planning it weekly. Our monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. Homemade Sugar-Free Applesauce. homemade sugar-free applesauce. Welcome to my weekly series, What We Ate this Week on our Budget. garden salad.

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Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Freezers 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Day 12: How to Get a FREE Gym Membership. Day 14: Reduce Your Grocery Spending without Sacrificing Quality. Day 17: Find FREE or Low Cost Family Entertainment. Day 10: Sell Your Gold Jewelry for Cash. Day 11: Cancel Your Cable TV. Day 13: Update #2. Day 15: Skip the AM Drive-Thru and Eat Breakfast at Home.

Finds 258

Finds October Bank of America Friends And Family Sale 258

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

You can find blank calendar pages by Googling, “free calendar template” or I’ve found blank monthly calendars at the Dollar Tree. Also, my friend, Raki, offers a free blank calendar page if you sign up for her email newsletter. The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce. You can find that here: [link].

Budgeting 133

Budgeting Budget Financial Goals Goals 133

Saving In Akron

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Earn $3 in bonus fuel rewards when you spend $20 in the dairy department. :: GROCERY. Spend $20 on any Smucker's brand foods. FREE Mueller's Pasta wyb Ragu Pasta Sauce, exp. FREE Pepsi Max 2L wyb (2) Cheetos Bags, exp. FREE Diet Pepsi 2-Liter wyb Tostitos Tortilla Chips AND Jar of Dip, exp.

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Hamburger Helper Toll House Tuna helper Uncle Bens 140