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7 Essential Life Skills For Kids That Make Successful Adults.

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Should I Get a Personal Loan To Pay Off My Car?

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How to Budget Money on a Low Income.

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How I Stopped Overspending and Paid Off $90,000 of Debt .

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5 Budget-Friendly Ways To Honor Service Members.

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5 Important Money Lessons to teach your kids. Right on target! I've been struggling to figure out how to get started with my kids, these are some GREAT ideas!

5 Important Money Lessons To Teach Your Kids

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How to Save Money on Your New Years Resolutions…

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How To Budget For The Holidays

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When and How to Ask for a Discount…

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16 ways to reduce your spending (that actually work!)

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These tips not only help us stretch our budget every month but it also sets us up for saving money and having money left over to throw in our savings account every single week! I get so overwhelmed with budgeting but these money saving tips are easy to implement and easy to stick to-- win win!! If you're trying to stretch your budget, I can't recommend trying these tips enough!

Stretch Your Budget with 40 Money Saving Tips You Haven’t Tried Yet

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I struggled so much with money when we had our first child. When we were expecting our second one I knew I really had to work on getting our budget on track and ways to save money on the cost of baby stuff. These money saving tips made a huge difference and really helped us comfortably bring our new baby into the world!!

Budgeting for a Baby: Money-Saving Tips for New Moms

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I think we've all been there. We make a bad budget-choice and we lose all budgeting motivation but the ideas in this article has helped me stick to a budget even when I have lost all motivation to save money! Can you really afford not to try these?

Sticking to a Budget When Your Motivation is Zapped: 6 Steps to Success

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These ideas to make a birthday special are amazing! Not only are they super budget friendly but now I can throw my kids and husband an awesome birthday without having to worry about money. These tips are cheap and easy and so much fun!

7 (Cheap!) Ideas to Make a Birthday Special

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The Best Way to Save on Home Insurance

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I was starting to think we wouldn't be able to travel this summer but this article gave some awesome tips about how we could save money AND take a vacation! I especially like the last tip- what a game changer! These last minute trip ideas are really great. The kids are so excited!

Save on Late Summer Travel: Last Minute Trip Ideas (On a Budget!)

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I can't even tell you how much of a hit our savings has taken this summer until I read this article! We have so many things we want to do as a family, from vacations to birthday parties and more. These tips are so practical and they really work to help us save money and still have fun. Summer savings win!!

Summer Savings: 12 Tips to Keep your Budget from Burning Up

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These home office ideas on a budget are so great! I always wanted a Pinterest pretty office but I couldn't afford to decorate on a budget! These Ideas are cheap, functional, and "Pinterest pretty"- I feel so much more motivated now!!

8 Home Office Ideas on a Budget (+ pics of MY Home Office!)

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I can't even believe how easy this solution was and how big of a difference it made in our budget! I don't think I realized how much we actually printed (probably all those coupons) I'm so glad I found this! I can not WAIT for the next Staples Paper Sale so we can continue to print for free!

How We Print For Free: Print for Pennies with the Staples Paper Sale!

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Yes! I never buy clothes for myself because of our budget so as a result I always wore old T-shirts and jeans that didn't fit right! NOW I know exactly how to afford to buy new clothes and dress nice even on our tiny budget! Sometimes you just need to look nice, it's totally possible to have style on a budget!

Style on a Budget: How to Dress Like a Million Bucks (Even if You’re Broke)

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Buying a house is a BIG goal of ours, but learning how to budget for a house is new and intimidating! I'm so excited about these easy to implement budgeting tips to help us save money for our first down payment! Great article!!

How to Budget for a House: Saving for Your First Down Payment

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Impulsive spending is a huge problem in our household.. until we read this article. These tips were so easy to implement, it barely felt like we had to adjust our habits at all, win- win!!

10 Ways to Kill Impulsive Spending That Actually Work

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I love this list!! I knew really know what to get my husband on fathers day that will also help us stick to our budget, this article is full of awesome ideas and you really can't get any better when it comes to FREE (or inexpensive!) He's gonna be so excited-- win, win!

17 Best Father’s Day Gifts (from FREE to $20 or Less!)

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WOW I can't believe some of these biggest budgeting myths! I'm also embarrassed about how much I had wrong about budgeting, saving money, and cutting expenses before reading this article!

Top 10 Biggest Budgeting Myths: Debunked!

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I never knew how to plan on vacation on a budget without tons of stress and planning. These budget friendly family vacations are totally doable on our tight budget! My kids are going to have so much fun this summer.. such a great article-- I can't wait to start planning vacation!

12 Budget-Friendly Family Vacation Ideas: How To Plan a Vacation on a Budget

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Seriously my house was a mess before I read this article-- I didn't want my house to look like a dorm and those organization systems are so expensive. This article is full of tips for organizing on a budget and it looks nice too!-- plus it helps me save money, win-win!!

Organizing on a Budget: 8 Clever Tips That Won’t Break the Bank

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Yes! Biggest budgeting challenges indeed!! I never knew how to handle them and my husband and I never seemed to be on the same page when it came to cutting expenses and budgeting. Finally we know how to face these challenges head on and it actually works!! Great article!

Rock Your Budget! 7 Biggest Budgeting Challenges & How to Handle Them

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I don't know why budgeting is so difficult for me, but these budgeting tools actually make it EASY. I love that I can do everything online, it makes budgeting my money so much easier and more organized. I can actually stick to my budget thanks to these hacks. Love it!

Budget Hacks: 7 Best Online Budgeting Tools

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Finally, resources that will actually help me learn how to afford to be a stay at home mom. I love being home with my babies but I've always struggled with figuring out how to afford it. Finally an article that spells it out for me!

How to Afford to Be a Stay-at-Home Mom: 8 Resources You Can’t Live Without!

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The Ultimate List of Budgeting Printables From Pinterest

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How This Family FINALLY Got On Track To Be Debt Free in a Year

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creative ways to save money

Creative Ways to Save Money: Live (Just a Bit) Simply & Save

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4 Reasons You Should Visit a Bank Café

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practical ways to save money

Top 10 Practical Ways to Save Money

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how to save money on groceries

How to Save Money on Groceries – Tips for Grocery Shopping on A Budget

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DIY taxes

The Easiest Way to DIY Your Taxes

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What to do if you need money now. This is perfect. I feel like every time I start to get ahead we take 10 steps backwards. Last week, I found out my car needs new brakes on top of the $1,000 in medical bills that I already owe. With this information, I think I might actually make it!

What To Do if You Need Money NOW

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Cheap & Easy DIY Christmas Decorations- Thanks! I was trying to figure out how to decorate for Christmas when you’re on a budget since my bank account is struggling :( These cheap DIY Christmas Decorations are perfect!

Cheap & Easy DIY Christmas Decorations

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This list of super easy DIY Christmas gifts was a life saver this year! We had a tight Christmas budget and this helped. The gift baskets are my FAVORITE! I must have made 10 this week! If you need cheap Christmas gifts or DIY Christmas gifts this is the best list.

Cheap DIY Christmas Gifts That Don’t Suck

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wasteful spending

Top 10 Stupid Things That We Waste Money On

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