Couponing 101

AUGUST 11, 2019

The new school year is upon us. If you’re packing lunches for your child or children, you may have already figured out budget-friendly items to include. However, there’s one cost you may have forgotten to put in your school lunch budget: packaging materials. 06 per bag.

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Couponing 101

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

And since we’re all pretty frugal around here, I’m sure most of us strive to send our kids to school with homemade lunches. Have you ever thought about what kind of effect your kids’ school lunches have on the environment? These are some of my favorite natural/organic brands.

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Saving With Shellie

AUGUST 24, 2012

Did you know that every school lunch creates an average of 67 pounds of trash per school year!? That means, just one average-size middle school creates over 40,000 pounds of lunch waste each year. Help eliminate this was by sending your kids to school with a reusable lunch sack.

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Lunch Lunches Giveaway Kids 69

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 8, 2018

We have been using this system ever since. I highly suggest using a separate paper calendar from your normal planner to eliminate any confusion. Also color coding will be helpful as this is a visual exercise, and you will be using all of this info in the upcoming steps. – Food: groceries, meals out, school lunches.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 10, 2016

The kids are heading Back to School! Reading, writing, arithmetic…and the school lunch. My kids have a love/hate relationship with their school’s cafeteria. What sounds good on the school menu, doesn’t always look or taste so good, so they end up packing their lunch about 4 days a week.

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