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     Ashton Side Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 9562 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 66.90.104.94 Rating: N/A |
her blog: http://jane4girls800dollarannualbudget.blogspot.com/ | ||
| Ashton Side Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 9561 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 66.90.104.94 Rating: N/A |
Hope this helps someone. This link has more details about it. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfznzqn3_6f7wk6mrb The incredible $800 (a year) food and sundries budget Erin's annual budget for food, health and beauty items, and cleaning supplies for a family of four and two dogs is $800. That food category includes occasional dining out. We read about her budget and blog, Jane4girls $800 Annual Budget, at Frugal Dad, and wondered, how can she do that? It seemed almost beyond belief. She has three daughters -- ages 18, 11 and 10. We now know some of her secrets -- coupons matched with sales, stockpiling, gardening, ExtraCare bucks, Swag Bucks, and the list goes on -- and they are doable. She also earns gift cards or gets them through special promotions; she never buys them "as that would defeat the purpose," she says. That's a gift card strategy that even Liz Pulliam Weston could like. Erin deposits $800 in an online savings account, spends out-of-pocket with a credit card that earns cash back and other rewards, then transfers money to her checking account to pay the credit card bill off each month. This is important: That online account also gets deposits. "Any money earned from surveys or rebates is added back into the budget for future use as long as the rebate was for a budget item," she writes. |
