Isn’t the New Year so inspiring and motivating? There is something special about the beginning of a New Year and all the possibilities of change and improvement!
Have you set any goals for the New Year? Let me know in the comments bellow! Sharing goals makes them a little more real and keeps you a little more accountable. I personally love hearing other people’s goals because their goals motivate me to do better!
Are you feeling like this is the year you want to live frugal AND fabulous?!
Happy Monday!
Today is the last day of the month and the beginning of the last week of the of my current meal plan. Do you know what that means? It’s time to plan again!
If you want to cut your grocery bill in half then you need to read this article on how we only pay $400 a month on groceries for our family of four.
In that article I tell you all about how to set your monthly meal planning process, why I switched from a weekly meal plan to monthly, and how you starting monthly meal planning is going to SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS!
How does that sound to you? Pretty nice, right?
You can do it! Planning a month of meals at once isn’t that hard! If you follow these three easy steps, try it out for a month, you will be so surprised how much time you save and especially all the money you save! Don’t forget to grab your free meal planner template to get the job done even faster!
Have you noticed lately how I am completely obsessed with my monthly meal plan? I have been a fan of a meal plan in general for a while now. I would say I first realized how helpful it could be when I became a working mom.
Creating a weekly meal plan is great! But if you want to save even more time and save even more money then you need to try pulling together a monthly meal plan!
One of the top concerns I hear when I talk about shopping on a budget is eating healthy. Before I really started delving deep into the frugal world I thought the same things. It’s just not possible to be eating healthy on a budget. Wrong! You totally can!
Really it comes down to prioritizing. If eating healthy is a priority for your family, then within your budget you need to make it a priority. You might have to sacrifice a little in other categories to bump up your grocery budget a little.
If there is no room for movement in your monthly expenses, don’t you worry! I still have a few more tips up my sleeve for you! It’s not a secret that eating healthy takes a little more work. But don’t you agree that it is so worth it? Not only are you physically going to be healthier, you might even loose some unwanted L-Bs, and your food is going to taste way better then something that has been processed!
What is the hardest thing for you when it comes to setting and keeping a budget?
As I have asked several different people what their number one hang-up is when it comes to budgeting, their answer is almost always related to food. Either they have a hard time staying within their grocery budget or they can’t resist the urge to eat out.
Cooking your meals at home is a guaranteed way to save money when compared to eating out. You do need to be careful! If you get too carried away with fancy ingredients, that grocery list can add up your dollars very quickly. To keep yourself on track make sure to follow these 3 simple ideas for cooking on a budget.
Let’s say you woke up this morning and realized you had an extra $500 in your bank account! What would you do with it?
An extra $500! This could be your reality!
Do you know how much your family spends on food each month? That includes all the stops for snacks or fast food. If you don’t know already, you are going to be shocked when you tally up the numbers!
On average, a family of four in America spends $800-$1,000 a month on food. That is probably even a little conservative! If this happens to be where your spending falls, I have the perfect solution for you!
Meal planning is how we reduced our family’s food spending from $900 down to under $400 a month and that is for a family of 5!
