Every week I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. FYI – ibotta grocery app is still offering a $10 bonus for new members who redeem their first rebate within 2 weeks. Use my referral code to join. This bonus […]
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5 Steps to Crush Debt + FREE Debt Payoff Goal Tracker
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Are you ready to crush debt this year? We’re are working super hard to pay off the last loan of our non-mortgage debt. Back in 2013, we were saddled with business and student loans, and I just couldn’t imagine making the monthly payments for the full term of the loans. So I concocted an idea to […]
READ MORE >>What We Ate this Week on Our Budget 02.19.16
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Every week I share what we ate for the week on our budget. Our current monthly grocery budget for my family of 4 is $500. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday & Sunday: My kids had swim meets on both days. This means we spent our entire weekend at a pool. It’s fun to cheer on my […]
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Emergencies happen when you least expect it. Just last week, my husband sent me a short text, “truck $700.” My stomach sank. He took the truck to our mechanic because a light came on on the dashboard. We were hoping for an easy (and inexpensive) fix, and we were certainly not expecting this news. But the […]
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Every week I share what we ate on our budget. Currently, our monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: Cheese burgers, fries, steamed broccoli, and homemade applesauce. Enough snow had melted and I was able to get to our grill…and as I type this I realize that I never […]
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A few years ago, our van needed four new tires to pass inspection. In the same week, I woke up one morning to an icy cold shower and the discovery that our hot water heater was broken beyond repair. The total cost of the replacements was $1000. Have you had weeks like that? Where […]
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Every week I share how I saved and what we ate for the week on our budget. Currently our monthly budget for my family of 4 is $500. Do you use grocery apps when shopping? This week I was able to cash out $20 at ibotta. This is my favorite app, because it has the […]
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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Charissa. She helps readers gain control of their finances and live well on a budget at her blog Cook with a Shoe 1. Tell us about you and your family. Where are you from? What do you and your spouse do for a living? What are your hobbies? Include […]
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