budget talk
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Budget Smart Makeover
I hope your summer (or winter) has been fun and money saving. I’m currently updating the site by working through each of the posts, articles, and interviews and it’s taking me longer than I thought because there are over 800 of them. What I’m basically doing is removing anything that’s no longer relevant, removing links that no longer work and adding tags and putting everything into categories. If you haven’t looked at the archives, I encourage you to do so because lots of articles and tips can be helpful in today’s economy. I’m also planning and working on a self-paced course to teach you how to save money. I’m not…
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Creativebug-Try it for Free!
Save money…make money. That’s the theme of this site and easy ways to do both are to learn new skills. Learning a new skill can help you save money, like sewing your own clothes, mending your own clothes, making homemade products etc. Learning a new skill can also help you make money. Imagine learning how to knit, sew, make jewelry, create beautiful art that you can sell or even use as a stepping stone to start a successful business. How do you learn new skills? Creativebug. I was lucky enough to get complimentary access to their fantastic site and try some of the classes they offer. I honestly didn’t know…
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Friday News You Can Use
It’s Friday and lots of you told me how much you enjoyed me digging through the Budget Smart Girl archives and finding past posts to include in News You Can Use. I had people who have been subscribers from the very beginning tell me they enjoyed seeing these articles again. Others, brand new to the site, appreciated me bringing these tips and hints to their attention. So, with that in mind, I’ve pulled out three more. It’s time to getting gardening and this first link will take you to a post from 2008. Isn’t it funny how old topics become new again and this one also from 2008, tells you…
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Friday News You Can Use-Budget Archives
It’s the last Friday of the month and I thought we’d do something different for News You Can Use by pulling out some articles from the Budget Smart Girl archives- It’s spring and time to think about gardening, how about dirt cheap gardening? How about a list of pantry stand bys? And who does love being pampered, and of course, it’s on a budget- I hope you found this helpful and that it’s a reminder that the archive has plenty of articles for you to go check out. Budget Smart Girl has been around since early 2005. Have a fun weekend and a money saving week.
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Friday News You Can Use-Cheap Businesses You can Start
It’s Friday already and time for news you can use. Worried about inflation, this article has some great advice- https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/dont-let-inflation-ruin-your-fun-how-to-save-on-restaurants-gas-and-gadgets/ I always like to see articles about ways to save money and here’s one from Good Housekeeping- https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/money/a43217787/how-to-save-money/ And as always, being budget smart means both saving and making money and The Penny Hoarder has some ideas for starting cheap small business. You’re sure to find something you can do- https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/make-money/start-a-business/cheap-small-business-ideas/ Have a fun weekend and a money saving week.
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Friday News You Can Use-Creative Entrepreneurs
It’s Friday, it’s halfway through March and it’s St. Patrick’s Day. Here are some articles I think are worth checking out- There are two sides to being budget smart, one is the saving part, the other, finding ways to make more money. Check out this article about ways to be a creative entrepreneur- https://www.thebalancemoney.com/basic-principals-of-creative-entrepreneurs-4582514 And from Fortune, how to save $750 a month- https://fortune.com/recommends/banking/how-to-save-750-month/ And finally, I found this great channel on YouTube called Hometalk. So many good ideas and many of them are money saving. Check out this one about 22 Budget Ideas to use this summer Have a fun weekend and a money saving week.
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Friday News You Can Use-More Budget Meals
It’s Friday already and time for news you can use. Stretching your food budget is a concern for many people right now so I thought for this week, I’d find three sites that focus on budget meals. This first site, is one of my favorites. I have Beth’s cookbook…highly recommend it. https://www.budgetbytes.com/category/recipes/ This site lets you pick how much you want to spend per meal which I think is a great feature- And finally, Taste of Home. These recipes look delicious and it’s hard to believe they’re budget friendly. I think I’ll give some of these a try and post a review on my food and cooking site www.cookinggrubhub.com and…
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Friday News You Can Use-Budget Meals
I t’s the first Friday of March. Here are three useful articles I stumbled upon this week- I found this site called The Balance Money which has lots of great articles, but I thought this one about budget worksheet was especially good- https://www.thebalancemoney.com/basic-monthly-budget-worksheet-1289585 Another new to me site, Be The Budget has these easy to follow budgeting tips- And as I’ve had more requests for budget meals, I found these goodies on The Spruce Eats- https://www.thespruceeats.com/affordable-budget-meals-for-families-4845538
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March-Best Buys-Frozen Food Month, Fish and more
It’s March and that means spring is around the corner… How did you do with our February Challenge? Did you find some bargains? Did you find it hard to buy only things on sale? I have to say, it was a challenge for some things that I needed to buy. One or two were business related so I needed them and didn’t think they were the sort of thing to go on sale, so I bought them. A new month, means a new opportunity to save. In March, look for frozen items because it’s Frozen Food Month. This is a great time to stock up on frozen pantry staples, like…
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Friday News You Can Use-$5 Meals
It’s Friday and the last Friday of February. I hope you had a wonderful week and found money saving bargains. Based on your feedback, (and I’ve had lots of e-mails me asking for articles about saving money at the grocery store, so here’s what I came up with this week. Budgeting Tips from The Penny Hoarder https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/budgeting/budgeting-tips/ Fight High Grocery Prices And from another one of my favorite money related sites, The Dollar Stretcher. You can always count on them for excellent articles and ideas so go check them out- Tried-and-True Tools for Fighting High Grocery Prices (thedollarstretcher.com) $5 Meals And I found this YouTube Channel-Julia Pacheco, who has lots…