Meatless meals can reduce your grocery bills and improve your health. If your family enjoys meat, you can reduce portion size with soups and casseroles.
The holiday sales continue until well after New Years. I found the nice chocolates we enjoy for 80 % off. I purchased a few bags.
I found 40 ounce Stanley Tumblers on clearance for 14 dollars. This is a tremendous savings. I purchased 4 of them on Tuesday. We needed good metal water bottles. We lost 3 of our last road trip. Frugal hint: Husbands and kids need to watch out for their stuff.
If your income is low, shelf stable items may be the answer to avoid spoilage. Shelf stable milk is a top choice. Dry milk is another cooking staple. I have mafe yogurt out of dry milk before. The pandemic showed us the holes in our food chain. In our rural area, the grocery stores were tricky. I ended up buying meat from the ranchers. I ground flour from grains I had on hand.
There are some items in the budget for children, one can eliminate. Starbucks is one. Children and teens do not need daily Starbucks for many reasons. The most important one is Entitlement. 99 percent of family arguments I have witnessed have been at the Starbucks in Target. We have been spending a lot of time lately at the mall because of Christmas, my husband's dental work, and visiting friend sin the area. Face it, teens love the mall. Our daughter loves the art stores and our son loves the electronic stores. However, they understand balance. Our daughter enjoys BOBA teas. However, she undertands she can make them at home at a fraction of the cost. By making her own BOBA teas she has learned to cook and manage money. The BOBA pearls need to be boiled, syrups made for the tea. etc. It is the same thing with ramen noodles shop. Every one in a while, we stop in for noodle ideas and a quick lunch.
Books continue to be a fairly large purchase. We homeschool, however, we often need books that cannot be ordered through library service. Our library is having a lot of issues within the staffing. The interlibrary loans have been SLOW. I have been using the LIbby app. I save my gift cards for Amazon ebooks. I really enjoy reading books current politics. I have been reviewing books on onlinebookbookclub. It takes a long time to get free good reading opportunties. However, I get paid 5 dollars a review now.
Think outside the box when redoing your house. Our daughter wanted floating shelves, and another sitting space in her room. I suggested metal magazine files spray painted. I always have these hanging around. I use them for storage int he ktichen, to hold my kindles, and as a way to hide my router cords. My husband was sick of the blanket box at the foot of our bed. So, while, she was spray painting the magazine files, I created a cushion for the top of the blanket box. She now has a seating option with storage option. Zero cost for simple upgrades to her room.
SD cards have become part of our daily life. We need them in tablets, cameras, phones, etc. It is best to buy a name brand at a price you can afford. However, there are few off brands you can get at your local Walmart that are good. Onn and pny makes good sd cards for less. Check to make sure that it is for your camera or phone. Some electronics cannot take over 128 gb.
Etsy sellers have been selling pirated software and ebooks. I was supposed to see that they are selling bestselling fiction that retails for 15 for anywhere from 1.29 to 3.00. Not only is it unethical, illegal, you can infect your computer with a virus. There many ways to get free books legally.
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