
Meghan - posted on 05/01/2012 ( 82 moms have responded )
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Hi everyone! This is Meghan, Circle of Moms' Community Manager! Welcome to Circle of Moms' brand new live chat, with our special guest host, Top 25 Couponing AND Money Saving Mom Blogger Melea of Freebies2Deals! She's here today to chat with us about how to save money and stick to a family budget. Join us in this thread for answers to your questions, fun mom chat, and great advice! We'll be starting in just a few minutes.
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Lisa - posted on 05/01/2012
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The library and local park are cost free things to do with the kids.
Melea - posted on 05/01/2012
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Thanks everyone for joining me in the chat today! It was a lot of fun and great to “meet” all of you! Just keep in mind that there are SO many ways to save money. And we’ve talked about a bunch of them here. So don’t get discouraged! You are all more than welcome to visit www.Freebies2Deals.com and “Like” Freebies2Deals on Facebook. I post deals and freebies that myself and my readers find so everyone can save. Hopefully it can help you guys out on your quest too!
Melea - posted on 05/01/2012
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Sounds great Meghan! One Question I got was "How Can You Save Money When Living Paycheck to Paycheck". I just want to say that our family has been there and done that. I know it felt completely useless...like we would be in a neverending cycle of debt and barely making it. Couponing obviously helped.. but what I think helps even more is cutting back on unncessary costs. You can try to lower your monthly payments on cars, or sell them and pay cash for an older car so you never have a payment. You can change the programming on your Cable bill- or get rid of it for awhile until you get back on your feet... really watch the amount of electricty your family uses and turn off everything and unplug after every use. There are a lot of ways to cut back temporarily to help you get you ahead. Then, any extra money can be put in savings!
Jolene - posted on 05/01/2012
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we do like to eat out sometimes but that will be cut, as will going places esp in the car out to events or w/e...we'll walk to the park or go feed the ducks, do some yard work etc....
Jolene - posted on 05/01/2012
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@melea: yes i have recieved free samples of all sorts of items and i use them for traveling so i dont' have to buy travel items...or i'll use them as back ups if i dont realize im out of something....i have also given away stuff to family that i know they use