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What it means to live Frugally

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fru·gal adjective sparing or economical with regard to money or food. simple and plain and costing little.   We have lived a frugal lifestyle for quite a while. We have done it in the past out of necessity, now we do it so we can achieve our goals. We can go weeks without spending money on anything other than bills and groceries. We cook almost all of our own food, we don’t go out to eat very often, pizza is our weakness though. We plan our dinners weekly and we have a short list of snack items that we regularly … Continue reading What it means to live Frugally

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What is the Cash Envelope System?

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You’re trying to learn to budget, or you already know how to budget, but it’s difficult to stick to your actual numbers. Some bills are hard to budget for like gas, water and electric since they are based off of usage. Other places that may be hard to stick to a budget is groceries, gas, miscellaneous or fun money. Studies have shown that your brain processes using cash different and more painful that just swiping a card. Swiping a card is easy, whereas handing over physical cash makes you double think your purchases. Using that information, if you stick cash … Continue reading What is the Cash Envelope System?

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Grocery Shopping

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One of the hardest places to cut spending is food. Obviously stop going out to eat. We don’t normally go out or order in, if we do, it’s usually really cheap. But we could easily spend $200 at the grocery store for just a weeks worth of meals. That adds up to $800 a month just for food! To keep costs down, we shop at 2 places, Aldi and a local grocery chain, Martins. Martins has a coupon and gas program that we take advantage of. We also plan a week of dinners at a time and shop for those. … Continue reading Grocery Shopping