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    Are You Eating Your Way Into Debt?

    I’m late for work, I haven’t got time to put something together for lunch. Never mind, I’ll just go out to eat. It’s just one day, right? I had an awful day at work so I’ll go out to eat? Do the above scenarios sound like you? Eating out once in awhile is fine because we all need to splurge now and then but when it comes to be a weekly or worse still a daily habit, you could be eating your way into debt? There’s nothing worse than paying off credit card bills for food you could have prepared yourself. And here are some of the other dangers of…

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    Money Saving Tip-Save Seeds

    One way to stretch a budget and be less wasteful is to make sure you use everything. I know you can’t eat all parts of fruits and vegetables but try saving seeds from things like tomatoes and peppers. Even try growing an avocado pit. I even have some apple seeds I’m going to give a try growing in the spring. Best thing you you don’t have to spend any more money because you’re sourcing it from something you’ve already paid for. I call that a win-win for budget smart people.

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    Homemade TV Dinners

    I’ve had lots of requests to bring back posts with money saving tips and as everyone’s talking about rising food prices, I thought we’d make that the focus of this one. I’ve always hated wasting food. One way I use dinner leftovers is to eat them for lunch the following day. That’s one tip, but sometimes seeing the same food from one day to the next, makes it seems like your sacrificing something. Feel that way too often and it’s the quickest route to straying off your budget. Last year, I came up with something new and it’s to make your own homemade TV dinners. Not only are you using…

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