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A Frugal Fridge
Do you like to shove dollar bills down the garbage disposal? How often do you toss rolls of coins into the trash can? Those thoughts make us cringe, but every now and then we all take cold cash right...
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The Great Pumpkin Muffins
Fall is in the air and that means it's time for a pumpkin to be on our porch. Picking out the annual pumpkin is a very big deal around our house. We pile in the mini-van and make the trip to.....the...
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Coupon Filing
Coupons. I collect them, I clip them using my simplified system, and I save money with them. But somewhere in the process I also have to store them. In the past I've used envelopes, boxes, and boxes of...
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Cutting the Budget
We all know that one way to conserve our grocery budgets is to serve more meatless meals. At our house, my menu plans include bunches of pasta, beans, and soups. But we also enjoy eating meat, so I try...
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TV Money
When I was a kid, I spent my summer mornings watching TV game shows. I know, I know, I should have been out playing, but I wasn't. I was busy watching the magic of people making money by spinning...
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The Total Money Makeover
I'm cheap. I might as well admit it. I don't usually like to pay for things that I can get somewhere else for free. That's one of the reasons I'm such a huge fan of the public library. Tons of book, no...
View Article31 days to {a routine} ordinary :: day 22 ~ cutting costs
I don't know about you, but my life has gotten really expensive. Between the gas prices, grocery prices, and utility prices, I feel like money is leaking out of my wallet like water. On top of that,...
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After the meal has been prepared and the dishes cleared from the table, there is one final thing I do before I collapse onto the sofa on Thanksgiving Day. I make soup. Well, I don't actually make the...
View ArticleGoal :: Better Financial Management
"The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain." (Proverbs 31:11) My husband goes to work everyday while I stay at home eating bonbons and buying stuff off the Internet. Just...
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Snow Day Randomness
I have something to tell you that will get me nothing but dirty looks from all of Ohio and most of the greater Midwest: I like snow. Well, I like it sometimes, and only in reasonable amounts. But when...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Importance of Having a Grocery Budget
In order to have a better grocery budget, we first need to have a grocery budget. Um....obviously. Still, no matter how obvious it is that I should have a budget, I've been ignoring mine lately. I...
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Better Grocery Budget :: What to Include in a Grocery Budget
Okay, now that we know the importance of having a grocery budget, it's time to think about actually creating one. Figuring out a specific dollar amount may seem a bit tricky if we let the little...
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Better Grocery Budget :: How to Make a Grocery Budget
For some, creating a grocery budget may seem like a simple task. If you have an extremely tight household budget, you may only have a certain amount of money left over for food after paying the rest...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Don’t Cheat Your Budget
I'm not generally a cheater. I would never, ever cheat on a test. I tell you if I can see your cards when we're playing a game. I let the cashier know if she forgets to ring up something she put...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Consider Your Priorities
When we're trying to have a Better Grocery Budget by figuring out how much money to allocate to groceries and then making a menu and shopping list that will stay within the boundaries, there is one...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Using Coupons
You knew it was coming, right? There just wasn't any way we could talk about having a better grocery budget without mentioning coupons. But for the record.... I do NOT think using coupons is the...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Cheap Ingredients
I was so excited that I stayed within my grocery budget this week. I haven't done that since...um...since forever. Making a menu and shopping from the freezer and pantry helped a lot, but those...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Coupon Bankruptcy
This is pitiful. Or hilarious. Or pitifully hilarious. I got a little behind in my coupon clipping. And by a little, I mean a lot. I started out putting off my coupon cutting sessions by a couple of...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Making a List (with costs)
We've been talking for a long time about having a better grocery budget, but eventually we have to stop talking and go shopping. Right? And, of course, when we go shopping, we should probably have a...
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Better Grocery Budget :: Sale Shopping
One of the first things I do when I'm ready to make my grocery list is grab the grocery store sale papers. As a matter of fact, I usually look through them even before I make my menu plan. There isn't...
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