When my husband I decided to become debt free, one of the first things I did was check out every finance, thrifty living, and get out of debt book I could find at our library. Other than my bible that was all I read last summer. There were many great books out there, and a [...]

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Tomorrow marks the end of our second homeschool semester. This
would not be significant except for the fact that our school year began in
July! We have had a number of hiccups in our school year, including our second state-to-state move in a year. I am actually amazed that we have managed to complete two semesters. I [...]

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A little over a year ago we had some friends over after church. We talked about the usual stuff, kids, church, homeschool, and then the conversation turned to finances. They were getting rid of all their debt an idea they got from reading Dave Ramsey. It sounded a little radical for us, I mean no [...]

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Money Saving Mom is having a contest. All you have to do is post a comment on her blog and the winner will receive a free copy of the e course Supermarket Savings 101.
This is a great course and you can start saving money almost immediately after reading the e book!

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Last night my husband and I made a late night trip to CVS. I am new at this whole saving money at CVS thing, but I wanted to try it out. This is what I purchased
3 packs of Huggies diapers - $2/1 coupon for each
4 jars of skippy peanut butter - $1/2 coupon for each
4 [...]

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I shop during the week so my menus usually run from Wednesday to Tuesday.
Here is what I have come up with for this week.
Wed- Pizza
Thurs- Roast
Friday- Beef Burritos (using leftover roast)
Saturday- Spaghetti
Sunday- Tacos
Monday- Pasta
Tuesday- Leftovers
I got great deals on noodles, sauce, taco shells and beans this past week so I wanted to incorporate them in [...]

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Crystal has introduced me to shopping at CVS. Last night we signed up for a CVS card and started shopping. Since I am new at this I went for the Pepsi deal. Three 12 packs of Pepsi for $10. That is not really a great deal since I try to purchase Pepsi for about $.20 [...]

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After a year break, I have decided to blog again. I have left my old blog behind and am starting with a new look. I have nothing against my old blog, I am just ready for something different. My last blog was more of a diary. I hope for this blog to be less personal [...]

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