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Cutting Curriculum Costs: PaperBackSwap

A couple weeks ago I posted about Cutting Curriculum Costs and listed several options that can be helpful in reducing the costs of curriculum. I thought I would go a bit more into what resources we...

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The Grocery Budget Toolbox eBook by Anne Simpson

I have read several eBooks pertaining to saving money but I have never read one so thoroughly explained as The Grocery Budget Toolbox by Anne Simpson. I was genuinely impressed on how much ground she...

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Frugal Friday Tips: 52 Week Savings Challenge

I noticed a form floating around on Facebook and Pinterest last week about a 52 week savings challenge. When I saw it, I immediately thought that it was a great idea. I don’t know who came up with the...

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January Grocery Budget Tally

It’s Feb. 1st so that means it’s time to tally up the grocery budget for January. Our goal is to get our grocery budget down to $300 a month. We figured early on in Jan. that we might spend closer to...

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52 Week Savings Challenge: Week #7

Welcome to week #7 of the 52 Week Savings Challenge! Are you participating? If so, how is it going for you? On my last post about starting the 52 Week Savings Challenge, reader Cheri mentioned the...

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Frugal Friday Tips: 52 Week Savings Challenge Week 15

So here we are, week #15 in the 52 Week Savings Challenge. How are you doing? I’ll admit that I got behind because of life so I spent some time today catching up. If you are starting from the...

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Frugal Friday: 52 Week Savings Challenge Week #19

Welcome to week #19 in the 52 Week Savings Challenge. Are you keeping up with the transfers each week? If you are, you should have $190 saved already! I’ve been having a hard time remembering to...

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Refinancing with Residential Finance

We considered refinancing our mortgage several times in the last couple years, but each time we looked into it, we discovered that we wouldn’t save much. While the interest rate was a bit lower, it...

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{Printable} Produce Seasons

One of the popular, money-saving tips on buying produce is to buy it when in season. The problem is, our stores offer produce year around. Yes, you can watch prices to see when it’s cheaper but I...

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How to Save Money on Cloth Diapers

Diapers, they tend to cost a lot but they’re kind of a necessity if you have babies, right? There really is no way to get around the cost of diapers whether you go with disposables or cloth. I shared...

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The Benefits of Couponing and a Stockpile

An Update: The below was written a few years ago and while much of it is still true, we have since changed the way we eat and live. I no longer stockpile and only coupon minimally. Do I believe it was...

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Frugal TV

Nathan Engels from We Use Coupons records short videos to help people learn how to coupon properly. If you’re just starting out in couponing, I highly recommend watching his videos and visiting his...

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Switching from FeedBurner to FeedBlitz

It’s been about 2 or 3 months of searching, reading, searching, asking questions and reading about other options besides FeedBurner. I had the daily email set up for some time but it wasn’t being sent...

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Cutting Curriculum Costs: PaperBackSwap

A couple weeks ago I posted about Cutting Curriculum Costs and listed several options that can be helpful in reducing the costs of curriculum. I thought I would go a bit more into what resources we...

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Frugal Friday Tips: 52 Week Savings Challenge

I noticed a form floating around on Facebook and Pinterest last week about a 52 week savings challenge. When I saw it, I immediately thought that it was a great idea. I don’t know who came up with the...

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January Grocery Budget Tally

It’s Feb. 1st so that means it’s time to tally up the grocery budget for January. Our goal is to get our grocery budget down to $300 a month. We figured early on in Jan. that we might spend closer to...

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52 Week Savings Challenge: Week #7

Welcome to week #7 of the 52 Week Savings Challenge! Are you participating? If so, how is it going for you? On my last post about starting the 52 Week Savings Challenge, reader Cheri mentioned the...

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Frugal Friday Tips: 52 Week Savings Challenge Week 15

So here we are, week #15 in the 52 Week Savings Challenge. How are you doing? I’ll admit that I got behind because of life so I spent some time today catching up. If you are starting from the...

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Frugal Friday: 52 Week Savings Challenge Week #19

Welcome to week #19 in the 52 Week Savings Challenge. Are you keeping up with the transfers each week? If you are, you should have $190 saved already! I’ve been having a hard time remembering to...

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{Printable} Produce Seasons

One of the popular, money-saving tips on buying produce is to buy it when in season. The problem is, our stores offer produce year around. Yes, you can watch prices to see when it’s cheaper but I...

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