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Great Ways to Stretch Leftovers

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

April 5, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Save money, make your food last longer, and keep your leftovers from going to waste with these simple tips!

There’s nothing worse than letting good food go to waste. Having to throw away a full container of leftovers makes all of us cringe. You want to make every penny count when it comes to maximizing both your grocery budget and your time. Here are some easy practices that will take you from leftover loser to mealtime master. Prepare 1 1/2 to 2 Times Your Portion Size. Let’s face it. Your

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How Grocery Shopping with Kids Can Increase Their Financial IQ

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

April 2, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Some of the most valuable lessons about money come at the grocery store. Why you should be regularly taking your kids with you & how to structure the time to teach about personal finance.

I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of the launch team for Smart Money, Smart Kids by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze. You can pre-order the book now even though it won’t be out until April 22nd. During the month of April, I’ll be writing a series of posts about the best ways to teach your children about money, inspired by both the book and our own personal experience

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EXPIRED: 20 FREE Starbucks Rewards Stars!

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

April 2, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Love Starbucks? Get 20 FREE "Stars" in your My Starbucks Rewards account with these codes. Hurry!

*UPDATE: IT APPEARS THE CODES ARE NOW EXPIRED. WAAAH WAAAAAAH. I was able to score 10 of the stars before they did. Hopefully this will be a new occurrence for this program and I will let you know if I find any new codes.*  Since I’ve been up to my ears in editing (also the end times stomach bug last week and Spring Break this week), I haven’t shared too many

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The First Lesson for Kids to Learn About Money

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

March 31, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Frequently, I’m asked what I think is the most important lesson kids should learn about money. Usually parents are guessing my answer before a word jumps out of my mouth. It’s the value of work, right? That money doesn’t grow on trees? Not to ever borrow? Certainly all of the above are important but many of the lessons we need to learn about money occur before we even have a

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Monday Meal Plan 3-31-14

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

March 31, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

FREE Menu Plan Printable Plus Meal Plan Ideas from @thequeenoffree

Y’all last week was ROUGH. We had the stomach flu and by we I mean primarily the King of Free who never gets sick and then me with a slightly lesser version. Laundry, bleach, two nights on the couch, horrific visions of their parents being sick for the princess (Zoe actually cried because it was so frightening). Missed appointments, fewer miles run, and an upside down world. Today, I finally

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Video Tips to Save Money on Gardening

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

March 31, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Save Money on Your Vegetable Garden

13 WTHR Indianapolis Miss this week’s Queen on 13 segment where I shared Simple Tips to Save Money on Spring Gardening? Check out the above video for a recap (if you subscribe via RSS, you’ll need to click on over to the site). Loyal Money Saving Lords & Ladies who subscribe via e-mail will need to click over to the site to watch the video. Everyone loves delicious home grown veggies and

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Simple Tips to Save Money on Spring Gardening

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

March 29, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Kickstart your savings on spring gardening with some simple tips!

Slowly but surely, the ground is warming and the sun filling our skies. Spring may have taken her sweet time but she’ll arrive soon (perhaps not soon enough for some of us). Of all the many things you can do to enjoy the milder weather, it might be a good idea to explore planting a garden this year. I’d never claim to be a home farmer, but our family frequently

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Winners Drink Milk: Dear Lord, Please Don’t Let This Get Ugly

Tips like these helped us pay off $127K in debt. You can read our story in Slaying the Debt Dragon: How One Family Conquered Their Money Monster and Found an Inspired Happily Ever After.

March 28, 2014 By Cherie Lowe

Even when you don't feel like it, even when it gets ugly, putting one step in front of the other is worth it.

This post was sponsored by Indiana Dairy. That means I was compensated for this post. For more details, you can read my Disclosure Policy. You get to read about my Royal Running Adventures, I get a few dollars in the Royal Coffers. All is well and royally swell. This post was not edited or reviewed by anyone else as you can tell by my grammar and crazy random thoughts. I always give you

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