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What We Ate this Week 02.05.16

Family Balance Sheet

Currently our monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We went out to dinner with friends. I bought another type of white fish that was on sale, but I don’t remember what kind. And we watched a not very nice segment about tilapia on 60 Minutes and I will never buy nor eat it again.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

I am so impressed by the amount of biking and walking she and her family do, especially since it’s the functional sort, to get yourself from point A to point B. ” Sunrise on Lake Michigan I’ve moved a LOT – not as much as a military family, perhaps, but quite a bit for someone my age! K in her dance costume 2.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

We use the eggs, harvest meat & if I can’t get out to hunt venison we’ve had friends give us meat. I was born frugal, into a super frugal family. We’re meeting an Arkansas reader today and initially, I thought she was the first one! Here’s Jennifer. ? Since summer ’09, right after I had my first kid.

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

Family Balance Sheet

Tell us about you and your family. We realized that we wanted to travel as a family and the only thing keeping us from seeing the world was money. We sold extra items that we weren’t using through Craigslist and garage sales. We ate at home a lot and watched our food budget carefully. Where are you from?

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25 Ways to Save on Groceries Every Month

Saving Everyday

After looking at what I have on hand and what’s on sale, I come up with a few ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The more you have ready to go, the quicker and easier it will be to make easy, delicious meals for your family throughout the week. Here are real ways to save on groceries each and every month! Batch cook.

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25 Ways to Save on Groceries Every Month

Saving Everyday

After looking at what I have on hand and what’s on sale, I come up with a few ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The more you have ready to go, the quicker and easier it will be to make easy, delicious meals for your family throughout the week. Here are real ways to save on groceries each and every month! Batch cook.

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Legit Ways to Make Money for Christmas

Saving Everyday

Back in my day, we didn’t have Facebook Marketplace, so I had to find other ways to sell things like yard sales, pawn shops, and flea markets. She finds most of the products she sells at yard sales and Goodwill outlets, where you pay a set price per pound. Most of it is the same unrealistic advice over and over. Online surveys?

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