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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. 15 – Have a yard sale.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Money Finds Friends And Family Sale 130

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AUGUST 28, 2013

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army''s Adopt-a-Family program.

August 100

August Club Christmas Goals 100

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JANUARY 8, 2014

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.

Meals 186

Meals Simple Menu Planning Menu Plans 186

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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.

February 100

February Frugal Financial Goals Budgeting 100

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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. Although my kids are young (9 & 6), they truly eat like adults, truly. How do you handle this with your kids? Are you enjoying these “what we ate on a budget” posts?

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Homemade Kids and Family 100

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JUNE 25, 2013

My offer for a FREE Christmas Gift & Spending Budget excel spreadsheet is still available. That number includes gifts for our kids, extended family members, teachers, friends, neighbors, bus drivers, service people, our Christmas cards, stamps, and our donations towards the Salvation Army''s Adopt-a-Family program.

June 100

June Club Christmas Goals 100

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MARCH 2, 2011

Groceries are the one area in our household budget that I feel like I have the most control over. The weeks that I take the time to plan the menu are the weeks that I have control over our spending. Sure, there is time spent upfront; about 30 minutes for me each Sunday when I plan my menu and make a grocery list.

Menu Planning 138

Menu Planning Menu Plans Economical Kitchen 138

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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

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JULY 9, 2015

Carrie worked at H&R Block during tax season and flipped yard sale finds for a profit on eBay. Tracy put her sales commissions and tax returns towards debt. I have made hundreds of dollars at yard sales and usually use the money to pay for our vacation spending. Tracy used cash for her spending categories.

Debt Free 100

Debt Free Debt Budgeting Budget 100