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By: Cassie

Cassie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:00:03 +0000

My husband and I are in week 4 of Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University..I am so excited about it…We don’t have tons of debt, but a significant amount that I want rid of…We have created a budget for this month…and Have done pretty well..Of course there have been 3 or 4 things come up, that I didn’t account for…and it is so frustrating…Seems like my “meetings” with my spouse keep ending up in an argument also…I just want this to work!!

By: McKenna

McKenna — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:37:08 +0000

@ Sharon, We’re cutting down on our meat and seeing a big difference. There’s a lot of alternatives…for instance, we had chalupas last night instead of tacos. I also make some healthy soups that are not very expensive. I love the idea about the milk! We go through milk so fast, that we will have to try that! Our problem is everyone’s on a different milk…Connor’s on whole milk, my husband and I drink skim, and Darah’s on Lactaid. But, if we can do that with the half gallons, it would totally work!

By: Sharon M

Sharon M — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:28:33 +0000

@Kristi – This was a problem for us too; meat and dairy are especially expensive. And when you have kids that drink a lot of milk, that can add up really quickly. So, a couple of money-saving tips:
1. Some grocery stores will mark milk down if it’s close to the expiration date. If your kids (or you!) drink a lot of milk, sometimes it’s worth going to the store more often to buy milk. We had a place in Denver that would mark down a gallon of ORGANIC milk to $1 if it was going to expire the next day. And boy, we used every drop of it!
2. Cut down your meat intake by having one or two “vegetarian days” a week. We did this during Lent last year and liked it so much that we do it year-round!

Great post Amanda, thanks!