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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

Anyway, for sim lab, we break into groups and we go in to take care of the Manikin or the actor, and our professors watch us on the video monitors to see how we do (and so do the student groups that aren’t currently taking a turn.) Now, I regularly stop in at Safeway (decidedly NOT the cheapest grocery store!), Further questions?

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WIS, WWA | all Safeway

The Frugal Girl

What I Spent So I went to pull together my grocery spending for the week and I realized that it’s all quick trips to Safeway. Thursday Zoe and I finally had a night where we were both free, without any pressing homework due, so we watched the last two episodes of the 1995 Pride and Prejudice. Remember how in A.

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3 Monthly Expenses to Reduce Without Feeling a Sacrifice

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My family was watching way too much addictive cable TV anyway and my husband and I were not happy with the new price, so the decision was very easy. Cutting cable is definitely a big step, but it you’re ready to take the leap, find out How We Watch Great TV Without Cable. In 2013, our average monthly grocery spending was $635.

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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By planning our expenses each month to predict cash flow, I hope to avoid impulsive purchases and reduce some spending. After our mortgage, grocery spending is our next largest expense. At the end of 2022, I totaled the year’s worth of groceries and was blown away by the number.

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New to Couponing? It Doesn't Have To Be Extreme

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My humble coupon case: If you are new to couponing or even the subject of saving money on groceries, watching TV shows, like Extreme Couponing on TLC, can be overwhelming or intimidating. I guess it is possible to buy hundreds or even thousands of dollars worth of groceries for pocket change, but nobody needs 62 bottles of mustard.or

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What We Ate this Week on our Budget 05.29.15

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This series helps me stay on top of our grocery spending and currently our monthly budget is $500 for my family of 4. After dinner, we watched the fireworks over the American falls. Would you like to lower your grocery bill? It was a perfect ending to a perfect day. These posts will help: 11 Simple Meal Planning Tips.

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Frugal February

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Check out the group and watch my Facebook LIVES where I describe the steps to writing a budget. 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. 2 – Track your cashflow.

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