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Are Drinks Draining Your Budget

Are Drinks Draining Your Budget Are Drinks Draining Your Budget? Can't survive without a Latte or Flat White first thing? Have a couple of cans of Coke per day? Drinks can be a big expense for busy families. Some of our favourite drinks can cost us a lot of money. So, what are cost effective alternatives to our favourite drinks? Here are a few ways to spend less and get more from the beverages that you like to drink: Drink...
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The Difference Between Frugal and Chea...

The Difference Between Frugal and Cheap We use the word frugal quite a bit here on SAHM, but how do you know if your frugality is really just you being cheap? With jobs getting harder to come by and money getting tight, the concept of being frugal is something that gets thrown around all the time. It's easy to just be cheap while using frugality as an umbrella term for everything you do, but there's a lot more to being...
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Frugal Living

Frugal Living What image do you conjure up when you hear the words 'Frugal Living'..... I must admit at first I imagined a hairy under-armed hippy living in a shipping container in the bush.... it never really occurred to me that frugal living can mean that - but it can be applied to the more 'normal' folk like you and I (no offence to hairy under-armed hippies living in shipping containers!). Now that I am older and wiser, I know...
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Reuse and Recycle

Reuse and Recycle Before you throw it out - think about it - does it have an alternative use? Back in our Nanna's days - they were natural recyclers - money was scarce - so you had to make do with what you have. Let's learn from these master recyclers and re-use what we have! Kitchen Things: Use old margarine and butter containers to grow seedlings for your garden. Egg cartons can be used the same way! Newspapers can be used as...
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Strategic Grocery Shopping

What kind of Grocery Shopper are you – do you shop daily for fresh fruit and vegetables, every few days because you forgot something on your weekly shop, or are you a seasoned professional and shop monthly with only a brief visit in between to top up on bread and milk. Do you shop by list or how you feel – here are some guidelines on saving time and money in the shopping centre. Shopping Centres were designed by incredibly...
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Rising Electricity Costs

Rising Electricity Costs Do you know where your power is going??? I spent $20 and bought us a power usage meter to find what was using power and some of the things around our house shocked me, I am not saying to go around unplugging every single appliance all the time but there are some you might want to be checking. This is just a few of the items around my house and all brands are going to be different...
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Getting Married on a Budget

The latest figures show that in Australia the AVERAGE wedding costs $47,000.00. That's INSANITY!!! Especially seeing more than half are...... well you know the rest. But that's the last thing on your mind when you get that rock on your finger. It's easy to get caught up in the moment. As soon as people hear the word 'wedding' - they will add around 50% to the price. Here are some simple ideas to keep costs down: The Dress: Wedding...
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Essential Pantry Staples

Essential Pantry Staples This is a general list of basics - if you have these items in your pantry - you will never go hungry! Cans: Crushed Tomates, Tomato Soup, Baked Beans, Beetroot, Corn, Cream of Chicken Soup, Condensed Milk, Apricots, Pie Apples, Pinapple, Tuna, Chick Peas. General: Plain Flour, Self Raising Flour, Sugar, Raw Sugar, Caster Sugar, Icing Sugar, Coconut, Custard Powder, Long Life Milk (for emergencies), Powdered milk, split peas, rice, spaghetti, hokkein noodles, french onion soup mix....
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