Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 21, 2012

After a long day filled with projects, meetings, and deadlines at the office, you race home in time to put dinner on the table, help your children with their homework, and squeeze in a few loads of laundry. in an effort to overcome the perception that a full-time mother has ample amounts of free time.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I read Millionaire Women Next Door around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time work force to stay at home with our new baby. How can I reduce the grocery budget? Pay bills in a timely manner. If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially that chapter.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 20, 2011

I started by cutting grocery expenses, and then expanded to lowering monthly bills and reducing insurance fees. I’ve unintentionally gone too far a few times, and in doing so, learned valuable lessons about trying too hard to live a frugal life. Losing Valuable Time. Below are my three biggest discoveries.

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Saving Cents With Sense

JANUARY 19, 2012

Everybody has to put a value to what their time is worth, whether you work full time or if you are a stay at home mom. You can use this rule for many things other than just going to the grocery store like the cost of a trip (Fly vs Drive), cost to go to your favorite restaurant, cost to drive to work versus carpooling, etc.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

Planning a week’s worth of meals can seem like a full-time job. Then, just tear off your meal plan and shopping list to take with you when you hit the grocery store! With dozens of useful stickers, you can track your week ahead in the planner. Meal-Planning. And it’s no wonder why! It can be stressful!

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For the Mommas

MAY 22, 2012

If you use $10 in coupons on a grocery purchase, add $10 to a sinking fund. As a full-time work-at-home, homeschooling mom, she runs Life Your Way and Jungle Deals & Steals and consults for a variety of websites and brands. can be downright overwhelming. Bank Your Savings. Another option is to simply bank your savings.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2017

Current job postings for full-time and part-time opportunities. High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. They offer: Career education. Career exploration opportunities. Resumé critiques.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). Easiest part of being frugal: Not buying things like junk food at the grocery store. Clark, our cat, the day after we brought him home from the shelter.

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Savings Corner

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

Beating Broke presents I Quit My Job: Back to Work posted at Beating Broke , saying, “If you’ve been following the I Quit My Job series, you’ll know that I quit my full-time job back in November 2011 and have been working a part-time job and running my websites ever since. Furniture and major appliances are expensive.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Extra income for me meant anything that I earned above and beyond my full-time office job, from things like freelancing. I made it a habit to transfer the amount of my extra income into my account just for that purpose every single time I was paid, and I never missed it.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My parents were married for 7 years before having kids, and during that time they both worked – my dad is an engineer, and my mom’s a nurse, so they made pretty good money! They had me, and then my mom decided to go back to school full-time and get a PhD. Eat at grocery stores!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 24, 2013

If you are having trouble making ends meet as it is, and you can hardly keep up with the demanding needs of a teen, maybe picking up a few hours a week at the local grocery store wouldn’t hurt. Time is a factor in high school, because teenagers will be in school all day. It’s like having a full-time job.

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Penny Pinchin' Mom

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Being a mom really is a full-time job, and being an organized mom should come with overtime pay! You can outsource professionals to do housekeeping, laundry, and even grocery shopping. The post 11 Lifestyle Tips From Organized Moms appeared first on Penny Pinchin' Mom. Research shows that 85% of women spend an average of 2.7

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Coupons Do Work

AUGUST 13, 2016

Spouses and children under the age of 19 (25 if they’re a full-time student) can also take advantage of these savings, as long as they have a discount card in their name. 21: Check Ibotta for cash-back offers on purchases: Ibotta is good for more than just groceries!

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