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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

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Review your spending daily to understand where your dollars are going. One way to track your spending is to log all of your purchases, bills, atm withdrawals, and any outgoing on notebook paper at the end of each day. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control.

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Frugal February

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Review our spending daily to understand where your dollars are going. One way to track you spending is to log all of your purchases, bills, atm withdrawals, and any outgoing on notebook paper at the end of each day. Groceries is the easiest budget category TO GET OUT of control and the easiest budget category TO control.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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During the holidays a few years ago, Wegman’s offered 5 lb sacks of flour on sale for.99 My absolute favorite cash-back grocery app is Ibotta, and I earn cash back on almost every grocery trip. From my complete review and strategy, read Ibotta Review: How I Earn Cash Back on Groceries. Thaw as needed.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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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. Cancel unused subscriptions.

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How to Save Money on Groceries

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During the holidays a few years ago, Wegman’s offered 5 lb sacks of flour on sale for.99 I earn cash back from almost every grocery trip and often, I can stack the app rebate with a manufacturers and/or store coupon. My absolute favorite cash back grocery app is Ibotta. Look for grocery clearance. Thaw as needed.

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11 Simple Meal Planning Tips

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To achieve those goals I need to review our spending to see where I can make some cuts. If there is one budget category that can quickly get out of control for me, it is GROCERIES. If I don’t plan our meals and my shopping list, I spend too much money and make too many extra stops to the grocery store during the week.

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How to Start a Budget (and be successful at it!)

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Write down any events/holidays/activities that will require funds for the month that you are planning, along with a projection of what you’ll need. The grocery category is the easiest one to reduce. I list tons of ideas: How to Slash Your Grocery Spending . Yes, you really can budget! They will be helpful.

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